AX Gaming hides RTX 50-series power cables 
Published in Graphics


Another white triple-fan Blackwell card with minor tweaks and no price tag

AX Gaming has released a new batch of GeForce RTX 50-series graphics cards under the X3W Max branding, but the hardware is standard fare with some aesthetic tweaks and cable routing updates.

Builder.ai’s AI was fake
Published in AI
Tuesday, 03 June 2025 09:26

Builder.ai’s AI was fake


Startup torched $450 million on fake bots and now it’s skint

The wheels have finally come off Builder.ai, the British AI startup that was supposedly revolutionising no-code development and is now begging for bankruptcy protection across five countries.

Jobs Mob’s AI flop swept under carpet as WWDC looms
Published in News


Tame Apple Press tries to spin ‘nothing to see here’ into AI genius

WWDC 2025 is around the corner, but the only thing the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple seems ready to unleash is a desperate off the books PR campaign to lower expectations while pretending it still knows what it's doing.

Hyperscalers hotwire EV tech for AI data centre binge
Published in Network


Google, Meta and Microsoft push 1MW rack dreams with borrowed volts

Google, Microsoft, and Meta are pilfering ideas from the electric vehicle world, pushing 400VDC systems to wrestle with escalating power and cooling demands. 

Snapdragon X2 Elite tipped for 64 GB RAM and 18 cores
Published in Mobiles


Qualcomm’s next laptop chip could double down on power

Leaker Roland Quandt has spilled more details on what Qualcomm is cooking up for its next-gen laptop chip, the Snapdragon X2 Elite.

Ryzen AI Max Pro 385 shows up in Geekbench
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AMD's mid-tier Zen 5 chip turns up in HP workstation

The Ryzen AI Max Pro 385 has made its first benchmarking appearance, turning up in Geekbench results with a respectable 2489 single-core and 14,136 multi-core score.

Arrow Lake-S Refresh leaks hint at Intel reboot
Published in Graphics


Chipzilla regenerates failed architecture 

If a leaked manual is anything to go by, Troubled Chipzilla may not be ready to give up on Arrow Lake-S just yet.

China's tech giants scramble for local AI chips
Published in News


Nvidia ban forces pivot to homegrown silicon

China's top tech outfits are being forced to kick their dependency on Nvidia and shift to homegrown AI chips, as US export curbs and a dwindling stockpile of H20 processors squeeze their options.

TSMC eyes UAE chip fab
Published in News
Monday, 02 June 2025 09:21

TSMC eyes UAE chip fab


Middle Eastern megafab plans tests US national security nerves

TSMC is apparently snuffling around the United Arab Emirates as a possible spot for a new chip fab, despite the fact that it might anger the US ruler Donald Trump who insists that all fabs are belong to him.

Microsoft promises to sort out USB shambles
Published in News


They will do what you expect from now on

Software King of the World Microsoft is finally admitting that its USB-C ports are a shambles, with some doing charging, some doing data, some pretending to do display output, and none doing all three.