IBM says consultancies must turn into software firms or die
Big Blue’s consulting boss warns that AI agents are coming for the old guard
IBM Consulting boss Mohamad Ali has warned that consultancies will have to reinvent themselves as software companies if they want to survive the artificial intelligence revolution.
OpenAI signs $1 trillion worth of chip deals to feed its AI habit
Money maths doesn't add up
OpenAI is signing about $1 trillion (€940 billion) in deals this year for computing power to keep its artificial intelligence dreams humming.
Qualcomm faces £480 million lawsuit in London
Consumer group says chipmaker’s “private tax” hiked phone prices
Qualcomm is in the legal firing line again, this time facing a £480 million (€560 million) London lawsuit accusing it of abusing its market power to squeeze more money from the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple and Samsung.
No quick way back for Intel
ARM boss says slow EUV adoption and mobile missteps handed TSMC the crown
ARM chief executive Rene Haas has delivered a stinging assessment of Intel’s attempts to compete with TSMC, claiming the chipmaker squandered vital opportunities and is facing a near-impossible climb back to the top.
Intel rumoured to pack a dozen Core Ultra and X-series chips in Panther Lake
Shuffled naming and confusing GPU specs
A new leak has revealed more details about Intel’s upcoming Panther Lake lineup, suggesting that the company is preparing a tangled mix of Core Ultra “X” and non-X variants with inconsistent GPU configurations and unclear naming.
Nvidia uses radical cooling trick for Rubin Ultra AI chips
Ditches traditional liquid cooling
Nvidia is preparing a major rethink of how it cools its next-generation Rubin Ultra AI chips, reportedly moving to a new microchannel cover plate system to stop its silicon beasts from overheating.
AI killing the internet
Users ditch clickbait for instant answers
A new study by Loopex Digital shows that major websites are haemorrhaging visitors as users increasingly turn to AI chat tools instead of clicking through to traditional pages.
EU warned not to trust Musk with Europe’s space future
Top investor says reliance on SpaceX a ‘huge risk’ to Europe’s defence and sovereignty
One of Europe’s leading tech backers has sounded the alarm over the continent’s growing dependence on Elon Musk’s SpaceX, warning that trusting the world’s richest attention seeker with Europe’s launch and satellite infrastructure is a disaster waiting to happen.
Ive and Altman struggle to make OpenAI’s dream gadget work
Screen-free AI gizmo
The Dark Satanic Rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn claiming that the former Fruity Cargo Cult Apple’s design messiah Jony Ive and OpenAI supremo Sam Altman are wrestling with technical headaches that could derail the launch of their secretive artificial intelligence device next year.
Brussels plots AI independence drive
AI strategy aims to cut ties with US and Chinese tech
Brussels is preparing to throw itself into the artificial intelligence race with a plan to reduce its reliance on foreign companies and promote homegrown platforms instead.