Foreign tech workers spurn US as if it were a rabid dog
Border chaos and visa fees are turning conferences into Europe-and-Asia only
Computerworld columnist Steven Vaughan-Nichols is warning that foreign tech workers are avoiding attending US events and are not interested in jobs in the Land of the Fee.
Nadella rearranges the deckchairs on Microsoft’s Titanic AI efforts
After the OpenAI reset, he wants speed, talent and fewer meetings
Softwar King of the World Microsoft's chief executive, Satya Nadella, has spent this year reshaping senior leadership to keep the 50-year-old software giant ahead in AI, after it reworked its relationship with OpenAI.
Chipmakers expect next year to be a feeding frenzy
Bubble still bubbling
Chipmakers are expecting to trouser billions in cash next year after pulling in more than $400 billion in combined sales in 2025, the largest year for chips on record.
Big Tech hiding AI debt
A few trillion here, a few trillion there, and suddenly you are talking about real money
Big Tech companies have moved more than $120 billion of data centre spending off their balance sheets using special purpose vehicles funded by the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street, stirring fresh jitters about the financial risks of their huge bet on artificial intelligence.
Gaming cash machine hits $197bn in 2025
Mobile hogs the spotlight while PC creeps up on consoles.
Beancounters at analyst outfit Newzoo have added up some numbers, divided by their shoe size, and concluded that the global video games business will pull in $197 billion in 2025.
Microsoft vows to bin C and C++ by 2030
Wants to get all rusty
Software King of the World, Microsoft, wants to burn its C and C++ bridges and will modernise its biggest codebases by the end of the decade, replacing C and C++ with Rust.
Microsoft dusts off old tricks to scare users off Chrome
Edge gets the hard sell in new browser wars
Software King of the World, Microsoft, is once again trying to stop users from downloading Google Chrome, and nobody who has watched this industry for five minutes will be shocked.
Oracle’s AI binge rattles markets as Blue Owl flies off
Debt fears grow while Wall Street whispers about a popping bubble
Blue Owl Capital has walked away from talks to bankroll a $10 billion data centre for Oracle in Saline Township, Michigan, a flagship project meant to feed OpenAI.
Microsoft finally bins RC4 after decades of pain
Ancient cypher meets its end after years of hacks and warnings
Software King of the World, Microsoft, is pulling the plug on RC4, an obsolete and leaky encryption cypher it has propped up by default for 26 years despite a trail of break-ins and public embarrassment.
LG stuffs Copilot onto smart TVs
Forced webOS update leaves users stuck with Microsoft AI
LG has shoved Microsoft Copilot onto its smart TVs, leaving baffled owners staring at an app they never asked for and cannot remove.