UK VPN uptake rockets after age verification rules
Who didn't see that one coming?
The UK is seeing a huge rise in VPN use after the government bought in "child protection" laws.
Samsung gets $16.5 billion chip deal lifeline from Tesla
TSMC rival finally gets a win in foundry fight
Samsung Electronics has signed a 22.8 trillion won (about $16.5 billion) chip foundry contract with what it calls a "global company" which the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street are convinced is Tesla.
Italian AI cult leader jailed after victim ditches chemo
Quantum physics, bogus cures, and "miraculous" AI Marie
A woman leading a crackpot AI health cult has been banged up in Rome for killing someone after convincing them to stop cancer treatment based on the advice of a fake AI.
Healthcare GenAI strategies flounder
Grand plans meet reality as data, skills and ethics block progress
While healthcare bosses dream big about GenAI, most of them appear to be clueless when it comes to putting those dreams into action.
Nvidia gives Micron SOCAMM gig
Memory market braces for shake‑up
Nvidia is moving to disrupt the memory market again, planning to deploy between 600,000 and 800,000 SOCAMM modules in 2025 and handed the entire contract to Micron.
Starlink suffers massive outage
Tens of thousands lose service
SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet was hit by a major outage, knocking tens of thousands of users offline just as the company celebrated a key milestone in its partnership with T-Mobile.
Trump vowed to save TikTok but his deal is collapsing
Deadline looms as China refuses to hand over algorithm
Donald Trump promised he alone could “save TikTok” from a US ban. Months later, the app is still in limbo, and his beautiful big deal is falling apart.
Nvidia’s banned AI chips flood China’s black market
More than a $1bn of restricted B200 processors slipped through in three months
Washington’s plan to restrain China’s AI ambitions is already failing as more than $1 billion worth of Nvidia’s high-end AI chips entered China in the three months after Donald Trump tightened export curbs.
Alphabet rides AI wave
ChatGPT hasn’t killed Google’s cash cow
Alphabet is laughing all the way to the bank with another quarter of fat profits, proving the panic over chatbots eating Google’s lunch was premature.
Intel's slow-motion car crash
More layoffs, fab delays and yet another AI pivot
Intel is hacking away at its workforce and torching grandiose European fab plans in Germany and Poland in a last-ditch effort to look relevant.