Apple prepares to gouge iPhone buyers
Published in Mobiles
Tuesday, 13 May 2025 10:41

Apple prepares to gouge iPhone buyers


Cook does not want to blame tariffs

The Fruity Cargo Cult, Apple is plotting price hikes for its autumn iPhone 17 lineup while pretending tariffs have nothing to do with it.

SAP surrenders to US and drops diversity programmes
Published in News


Vows to keep women out of top management 

The German maker of expensive management software, which no one really knows what it does, SAP, has axed its 40 per cent female workforce quota, according to a leaked internal memo.

US trade ban slaps $1.5bn hole in AMD’s results
Published in News


Su says AI demand remains strong despite MI308 blockade

AMD warned that new US export rules will cost it $1.5 billion in lost sales this year, mainly due to a ban on shipping its MI308 chips to China.

Lasercom tipped to replace jammed, hacked satellite links
Published in Network


Russia, China ramping up dirty space tricks 

A 316-page report from the Secure World Foundation paints a grim picture of the growing space arms race, with Russia and China doubling down on satellite jamming, spoofing, and cyber-attacks, especially in active war zones.

AI chip clampdown throttling Nvidia’s global sales
Published in AI


US diffusion rules target even friendly nations

New US export rules are about to hammer Nvidia’s artificial intelligence chip business far beyond China.

Samsung spooked by US tariff threats
Published in Mobiles
Wednesday, 30 April 2025 09:23

Samsung spooked by US tariff threats


Sales hit in mobiles, AI  and memory chips

Samsung Electronics reckons looming US tariffs could sink demand for its smartphones and memory chips, with the South Korean giant sounding the alarm during its latest earnings call.

Nvidia rushes B300 AI chip production forward
Published in News


New GPU plugs gaps left by banned H20 chips

Nvidia is pushing production of its new B300 AI chip forward to May, using Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing’s latest 5nm (N4P) process and CoWoS-L advanced packaging technology.

Whistleblower said DOGE data droids raided union files
Published in News


Followed by some hacking behaviour

A whistleblower said that a DOGE team entered the National Labour Relations Board in early March and carried out some strange security antics.

TSMC can’t police where its chips end up
Published in News


Export rules can’t keep China out of the AI loop

Taiwan’s semiconductor overlord, TSMC, has admitted there’s no foolproof way to keep its advanced chips out of China’s hands, despite tightening US export controls and a looming tariff storm.

Nvidia plans to fix the China crisis
Published in News
Tuesday, 22 April 2025 09:53

Nvidia plans to fix the China crisis


Custom AI chips with local partners

The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn claiming that Nvidia is going all-in on a Plan B: building custom, China-specific AI chips through partnerships with domestic tech firms like DeepSeek.