Software engineering standards have plummeted
Engineer slams normalised bloat and forgotten basics
Engineer Denis Stetskov has called time on what he sees as an era of software rot, pointing out that the fruity cargo cult Apple managed to ship a calculator app that leaks 32GB of RAM and no one gave a toss.
Oracle’s twin CEOs push AI data centre splurge
Insist OpenAI gamble will pay off
Oracle’s new dual boss setup has come out swinging in defence of its expensive data centre expansion, insisting the firm is uniquely placed to make artificial intelligence useful for businesses.
US was behind Dutch Nexperia take over
Washington’s long reach in tech power games
US officials were behind the Dutch government's surprise take over of Nexperia.
Nvidia’s 800v power push jolts Mediatek and Bizlink
Vera Rubin platform ushers in power revolution for AI data centres
Graphics giant Nvidia has kicked off what it claims is a data centre power revolution, announcing its next-gen Vera Rubin platform and dragging the world into the 800-volt direct current age.
Pegatron boss shrugs off rare earth control fuss
Tong Zixian says tighter rules won’t hit Pegatron directly
Pegatron Chairman Tong Zixian insisted that the rare earth control's imposed by China would not directly affect his company.
AMD’s Soundwave Arm chips leak
Heading to handhelds
It looks like AMD’s having another go at Arm CPUs, this time with a range codenamed “Soundwave” and aimed squarely at the handheld and low-power gaming market.
Gelsinger warns Intel’s big equity wins mean bugger all
Flashy deals don't fill fabs
Troubled Chipzilla’s ex-boss, Pat [kicking] Gelsinger, has waded in on the firm’s latest equity-focused bromances with the US government and Nvidia, warning that none of it matters if they don’t result in chips getting made in Intel fabs.
Another RX 9070 XT fries its 16-pin cable
Sapphire joins ASRock in the GPU roasting league
Just when we thought the RX 9070 XT was immune to the melted connector circus, another premium board has gone full toaster. This time, it's Sapphire's Nitro+ edition that's joined ASRock’s Taichi OC in the "crispy connector" club.
Intel and AMD toast joint anniversary of advisory club
Acronyms everywhere
Troubled Chipzilla and AMD announced the one-year anniversary of their x86 Ecosystem Advisory Group which they claim is making the x86 architecture more compatible, predictable and less of a dog's breakfast
Pixnapping revives a 12-year-old browser trick to steal Android pixels
Nasty and it still works
Security researchers have resurrected a 12-year-old data‑stealing browser attack and adapted it to Android so a malicious app can read pixels from other apps or websites.