Meta and Google orders slip away

Something strange is stirring at Taiwanese IC design house MediaTek. The company’s push into special application chips (ASICs) after 2026 is suddenly looking a lot shakier.

Silicon Valley start-up wants to crash the AI chip party

Chipmaker Cerebras Systems has bagged more than $1 billion from backers including Fidelity and Donald Trump Jr’s 1789 Capital as it tries to peel customers away from Nvidia.

Final Big Tech holdout forks over cash after Capitol riot ban

YouTube has become the last of the Big Tech giants to pay off Donald Trump after booting him off the platform following the Capitol riot.

Snapdragon Summit gets a dose of AI hype, edge-cloud waffle and 6G premonitions

Qualcomm chief Cristiano Amon used his Snapdragon Summit keynote to sell a future stuffed with AI agents, 6G sensors and personal tech that practically lives your life for you.

Bosworth admits Ray-Ban AI glasses brought down by “chef” trigger

Last week, Meta made a complete dog’s breakfast of its flashy demo, and now we know why.

Meta boss bets on ‘superintelligence’ while glasses can’t even take a call

Mark Zuckerberg has shown off Meta’s first smart glasses with a built-in screen, insisting that wearables capable of replacing smartphones are the future of computing, however they did not work very well on their first outing.

Goertek tightens its grip on smart glasses production

A top Chinese hardware outfit has tightened its hold over Meta’s supply chain for its AI-powered spectacles, despite Mark Zuckerberg’s attempts to cosy up to the Trump administration’s anti-Beijing crusade.

Kissing the ring while Musk is left out in the cold

The biggest names in US tech have lined up at the White House to show how much they adore Donald and Melania Trump, apparently believing fawning public displays will save their companies from regulators.

ChatGPT outfit wants to ditch Nvidia addiction

OpenAI is moving into chip manufacturing next year in a bid to feed its AI addiction and loosen its ties with Nvidia’s pricey silicon.

Brussels hints trade deal could collapse 

The EU’s competition chief Teresa Ribera has warned that Brussels must be ready to ditch its freshly minted trade deal with the US if Donald Trump presses ahead with threats to neuter Europe’s digital rules in favour of Google, Microsoft, Apple, and Meta.