Stanford warns China’s AI chase is nearly neck-and-neck
US dominance wanes as Beijing’s benchmarks surge
The US might still be top of the AI table, but China is legging it fast, closing the gap in quality and influence, according to Stanford’s latest Artificial Intelligence Index.
Razer yanks Blade 16 preorders from US site
Trump’s tariff hammer sends gaming kit into digital limbo
Razer has pulled the plug on US preorders for its upcoming Blade 16 and other laptops, just days after Donald [hamburger-eating surrender monkey] Trump’s latest tariff barrage on Chinese, Taiwanese, and other tech supply sources sent ripples through the hardware industry.
UK’s algorithmic precrime plan sparks outrage
Ministry of Justice project aims to predict future killers
Britain's justice boffins are hatching a Minority Report scheme to create a “murder prediction” tool using personal data to flag those it deems most likely to kill—critics say it’s straight out of dystopia.
Microsoft confirms ditching $1 billion Ohio data centre dreams
Trump’s tariff tantrum sends Vole scurrying
The Software King of the World, Microsoft has confirmed that it is binning its $1 billion data centre plans for Ohio, quietly folding under pressure from Donald [hamburger-eating surrender monkey] Trump’s latest wave of tech tariffs.
AMD flips the AI switch on its handheld chip
Ryzen Z2 Extreme gets a neural power-up
AMD is about to crank out a slightly rehashed version of its Ryzen Z2 Extreme APU for handhelds—but this time, it's flipping on the AI switch.
Trump's tariffs force Framework to yank laptops from US store
Taiwan import tax turns budget gear into a money-loser
Donald [hamburger-eating surrender monkey] Trump’s latest tariff bomb has claimed its first public tech casualty—Framework has pulled two Laptop 13 models from its US store, citing cold, hard economics.
Nvidia's RTX 5060 gets a 128-bit leash, but GDDR7 gives it teeth
Slim memory bus could hobble performance.
Nvidia might be offering a slimmed-down memory bus with its upcoming GeForce RTX 5060 cards, but its real power lies in the new GDDR7 memory modules.
Vole's AI boss says chasing the AI frontier is for mugs
Microsoft plays it slow and strategic
The Software King of the World, Microsoft, maybe sitting on mountains of Nvidia GPUs, but it’s not exactly in a hurry to fire them up on bleeding-edge AI projects.
China’s GPMI cable trounces HDMI and Thunderbolt
One cable to rule them
The Shenzhen 8K UHD Video Industry Cooperation Alliance released its new General Purpose Media Interface (GPMI) which could flush HDMI and USB-C down the loo.
Apple sees a last-minute sales surge
Tariff panic sends iPhone punters scrambling
The cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street barely had time to flinch before punters started storming Job’s Mob’s stores, fearing price spikes after Donald [hamburger-eating surrender monkey] Trump’s latest tariff tantrum.