Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka lands
Wayland-only desktop and a Rusty twist
Canonical has unleashed Ubuntu 25.10, cheerily codenamed Questing Quokka, with a fresh Linux 6.17 kernel, a shiny GNOME 49 desktop, and a bag full of tinkering changes sure to delight or infuriate long-time users.
China tightens the screws on chip imports
Beijing serious about cutting Nvidia out of its tech diet
China has gone full throttle in enforcing tighter controls on semiconductor imports, as the Middle Kingdom pushes to purge its tech sector of American hardware, particularly from Nvidia.
Panther Lake to Launch at CES
18A Architecture Revealed 50 percent faster CPU and GPU
Intel’s Vice President and General Manager of PC Products Dan Rogers has shared with the audience at the Intel Technology Tour 2025 in Arizona that Panther Lake products will launch at CES 2026.
OpenAI cheers for TSMC
OpenAI boss warns
OpenAI, CEO, Sam Altman, has poured cold water on swapping to Intel’s foundry, saying he’d rather the Taiwan giant simply built more.
Leadership wanted to avoid US culture-war pile-on
Ubisoft canned a 19th-century Assassin’s Creed in 2024, set after the American Civil War because it would tackle issues like slavery, the rise of the KKK and racial prejudice which some US think is "talked up" too much.