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Nvidia pulls the plug on Maxwell, Pascal and Volta GPU driver support
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580 series will be the swan song for aging cards 

Nvidia is set to drop the curtain on driver support for its Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta GPUs, with the upcoming 580 driver series marking the final stop on the update train.

ASML outlook dims as Intel wobble spooks investors
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Bank of America slashes forecast, doubts Intel and SK hynix will save high NA EUV tech

Bank of America has taken a scalpel to ASML’s share price target, hacking it down to €759 from €795 on the back of waning enthusiasm for its latest high numerical aperture (high NA) extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography gear.

Windows PCs are becoming an endangered species
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Microsoft admits 400 million Windows devices have disappeared

Microsoft exec Yusuf Mehdi probably didn’t think anyone would notice when he claimed that Windows now runs on “over a billion monthly active devices.” The trouble is, the last time Voles in Redmond bragged about such things, the number was 1.4 billion. That was in 2022. Meaning 400 million devices have quietly exited stage left.

Proton slams Apple
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Job’s Mob’s monopoly is bad for business, privacy and democracy

The Fruity Cargo Cult, Apple is taking more flak in the US courts, this time from Proton, which has joined a lawsuit claiming the iOS walled garden is anti-competitive and an active threat to privacy.

Apple accuses ex-employee of pocketing AR "secrets" for Snap
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He was the one person interested in the Vision Pro

The Fruity Cargo Cult, Apple is waving legal sabres at a former Vision Pro engineer, Di Liu, claiming he swiped thousands of secret documents before legging it to Snap.