
AI PCs inch forward despite market gridlock
Vendors flog silicon dreams while punters wait for prices to drop
Despite some economic potholes and user indifference, so-called AI PCs are crawling their way into the market, with analysts predicting 143 million units will ship next year.

Japan powers up its first homegrown quantum computer
Nevermind quantum cats, this one is powered by an OQTOPUS
Japan has flicked the switch on its first quantum computer built entirely from bits designed and manufactured within the country’s borders.

Huawei wants to kill PCIe, TCP/IP and NVLink
Chinese giant pitches UB-Mesh as a single unifying protocol
Huawei has rolled out a grand plan to scrap half the data centre’s plumbing and replace it with its shiny new UB-Mesh protocol.

Tesla tanks in Europe
Europeans have had enough of Musk
Tesla has hit another bump in the road in Europe, clocking up its seventh straight month of shrinking car sales while Chinese upstart BYD floored it.

AI darling’s data centre growth slows as H20 blacklisting bites
Nvidia has blown past earnings expectations again, but that wasn’t enough to satisfy the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street.