Aussie survey drop shows public tech bosses bracing for a turbulent year

A new Gartner survey reckons more than half of government CIOs outside the US expect their IT budgets to climb in 2026, even as wider public finances feel the squeeze.

A not-quite-flagship aiming to look harder than it is

Qualcomm has pushed out another Android chip, and it seems ready to elbow its way into the phones that chase flagship swagger without paying flagship money.

Memory bump arrives as the platform’s future window shrinks

Troubled Chipzilla has confirmed that its Arrow Lake Core Ultra 200S refresh chips will natively handle quicker DDR5 speeds.

Taiwan’s chip colossus digs deeper into its pockets

The boss of the world’s biggest chip foundry has admitted that TSMC cannot churn out enough silicon to satisfy the world’s appetite.

Taiwan’s chip titan bristles as a retired strategist jumps ship

TSMC has kicked off a probe into former vice president of corporate strategy Lo Wen jen after he leapt from retirement into a new gig at Troubled Chipzilla.

Seoul throws cash and clout at its own AI destiny

The global AI arms race between China and the US has smaller nations nervously eyeing their supply lines, fearing they will end up beholden to the whims of the superpowers.

Hype continues while details stay hidden

OpenAI boss Sam Altman reckons the company’s new hardware will prompt people to mutter “that’s it?… It’s so simple” the moment they clap eyes on it.

Shoppers find themselves guessing the cost of RAM

Memory prices have gone properly pear-shaped, with top-end RAM now pricier than most punters expect.

Hefty splurge to keep federal bods swimming in compute

Amazon Web Services has decided to chuck a hefty pile of cash at new kit designed to boost AI capabilities for US government outfits.

Platform logs hint at a power-hungry monster

Intel's next-gen Diamond Rapids Xeon parts have shown up in NBD’s shipment records, and the numbers suggest these chips will need a miniature power station to run.