Stockpiling, shortages and silly prices are now the industry’s default setting.

The memory world has wandered straight into a supply shock, and every big name is now stuffing its warehouses like doomsday preppers.

Packaging kit gets unexpected love as TSMC struggles to keep up

Troubled Chipzilla's EMIB and Foveros packaging tricks, long overshadowed by TSMC’s dominance, are finally being treated as viable alternatives.

Hopes a few nanometres will save its bacon

Samsung Electronics has finally bragged about real two-nanometer mass production results, rather than mumbling vague promises.

Limited edition sock proves taste is optional if it has an Apple label

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has sold out its iPhone Pocket, which is selling so well despite being an overpriced sock.

Harvard types claim to have tamed their twitchy qubits

Harvard researchers have emerged from their smoke-filled labs claiming to have stitched together enough error correction to stop quantum computers wandering off into la-la land.

Long-time believer wanders toward Alphabet

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has just done the unthinkable and taken a $4.3 billion bite out of Alphabet while casually trimming its once worshipful stake in the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple.

Cook edges toward the exit

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple is cranking up its succession machinery as Tim Cook prepares to shuffle off the chief executive perch as early as next year, according to several people whispering into the Financial Times’ ear.

Weak Exynos yields and contract penalties keep Snapdragon in charge

Samsung’s next Galaxy flagships are shaping up to be a pricey headache as the dark satanic rumour mill claims the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 will power about 75 per cent of Galaxy S26 models worldwide.

A last-minute freeze that reeks of trouble

Ubisoft torched its own timetable by delaying its half-year earnings with only 15 minutes to go, then asking Euronext to halt trading in its shares and bonds.

High-end handhelds vanish

Asus has joined the parade of companies waving quarterly numbers at investors, and its chief financial officer, Nick Wu, used the Q3 2025 call to gush about the latest ROG Ally machines, which were launched last month, with Microsoft’s Xbox crew lurking in the background.