Phison blames Windows 11 update for SSD meltdowns
Promises fixes via partners after drives start coughing up errors
Phison has confirmed that Windows 11’s latest security updates are trashing SSDs, particularly those based on its PS5012-E12 controller, after a wave of failures was reported by users, mostly in Japan.
Microsoft says AI agents will kill off SaaS by 2030
Lamanna reckons business software is already a walking corpse
Software King of the World, Microsoft has declared that traditional business software is as good as dead and is betting big that AI agents will have finished the job by 2030.
Quantum computing arms race heats up
Everyone wants to build the first machine that does something useful
The long-held fantasy of quantum computing is now looking more like a knuckle-busting engineering war.
US consumers paying for Big Tech’s bargain power bills
Data centres blamed for pushing household electricity costs skyward
State governments across the US are starting to feel the heat from consumers who are being asked to foot the power bills of Big Tech data centres.
Github completely Microsoft now
AI era shifts priorities at the code-sharing giant
GitHub chief executive Thomas Dohmke has told staff he is fleeing the Volehill to chase entrepreneurial ambitions, leaving the Open Saucy outfit completely merged with Microsoft.
Intel needs $40 billion lifeline to keep US in chip race
Former CEO Craig Barrett urges customers to bankroll Intel’s survival
Former Chipzilla chief Craig Barrett [pictured] has warned that Intel needs a $40 billion cash injection to stay at the sharp end of chip manufacturing and he is not expecting Washington to stump up the money.
AMD and Microsoft plan one chip to rule them all
In the darkness bind them
AMD is getting chummy with Microsoft again and is cooking up a custom chip that will run the next-gen Xbox console, and PCs and handhelds.
Microsoft raids Deepmind for AI talent
Claims Vole is more of a start up than Google
Mustafa Suleyman [pictured] is luring top engineers from Google’s DeepMind into Microsoft’s AI division by claiming that Vole has much more of a start-up mentality these days.
AMD’s AI chip hype falls flat
Santa Clara outfit fails to impress investors with sluggish data centre gains
AMD fluffed its lines again in the AI chip race, posting second-quarter data centre revenue that barely moved the needle despite the market frenzy around artificial intelligence.
AWS hits capacity wall
Amazon boss blames chips and power for lagging GenAI performance
Amazon supremo Andy Jassy does not appear to be sweating over whether his outfit can keep pace with Microsoft and other AI-obsessed cloud vendors.
