Intel kills off Clear Linux in cost-cutting purge
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Performance-tuned distro joins Deep Link in the corporate graveyard

Intel has axed Clear Linux, its high-performance Linux distro that spent the last decade squeezing every drop of speed out of x86-64 chips.

Astronomer CEO resigns after Coldplay scandal
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Dataops firm can't "fix you" as affair with HR chief becomes internet meme

A night out watching Apple's favourite band Coldplay has cost Astronomer’s now ex-CEO Andy Byron his job and possibly his reputation. Byron resigned in disgrace after being caught up in a scandal involving the company’s Chief People Officer, Kristin Cabot.

REDMI K90 packing last year’s Snapdragon 8 elite at a bargain price
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Qualcomm’s former flagship chip trickles down to cheaper phones

According to Kuai Technology, from October the big Android players will start rolling out phones with Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 at the top end, while the original Snapdragon 8 Elite will slide down into cheaper sub-flagships.

Apple engineers grumble that iPhone fold looks like everything else
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Job’s Mob's foldable looks like Samsung clone

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple is finally edging toward the foldable market, with its first iPhone Fold pencilled in for 2026 but behind the scenes, engineers are far from thrilled.

Quantum light factory-on-a-chip could turbocharge scalable quantum tech
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Quantum light sources and electronics finally share the same silicon 

A team of boffins from Boston University, UC Berkeley and Northwestern University have emerged from their smoke filled labs with the world’s first chip that combines quantum light sources and control electronics on a single slab of silicon.