China masks up in Taiwan chip heist scandal.
Beijing’s talent-thieving ops exposed by Taiwanese spooks
China has been playing dress-up in Taiwan’s tech scene, creating fake firms to lure semiconductor experts into helping bolster Beijing’s chip ambitions—without anyone knowing they were working for the mainland.
Chipzilla’s new boss admits it’s all a bit of a mess
Tan promises custom chips, cuts, and contrition at Intel Vision debut
Troubled Chipzilla’s newly appointed CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, took the stage in Las Vegas and confessed to a crowd of unimpressed attendees that the chipmaker had lost its way.
Hdrtest backlash as DRM update hits kernel
IT’s Mr Sweary Linus Torvalds has blasted Troubled Chipzilla’s “hdrtest” feature.
Microsoft turns 50
Early insiders reflect on the messy genius behind Vole
The Software King of the World has officially hit the big five-oh, and the Seattle Times kicked off its retrospective with a perfect line: “Microsoft built things. It broke things.”
China leads humanoid robot charge.
Bets big on bipedal bots while the US flaps over security fears
Foxconn is getting first dibs on China’s humanoid robots, while the US dithers over national security fears and turf wars.