Amazon jams Alexa+ into everything
Published in AI
Thursday, 02 October 2025 10:09

Amazon jams Alexa+ into everything


Generative AI shoved into Echos, Fire TVs and doorbells

Amazon is rolling out Alexa+ across a pile of its hardware, effectively welding generative AI into daily life whether people want it or not.

Amazon Fire TV to dump Android for Linux in 2025
Published in Mobiles


Bezos’s empire fancies more cash from your telly habits

Amazon is preparing to ditch Android on its Fire TV gadgets and shove in a home-grown Linux-based system codenamed Vega OS.

ASUS RTX 5070 dips below MSRP
Published in Graphics
Friday, 19 September 2025 11:48

ASUS RTX 5070 dips below MSRP


Nvidia price slide continues

While Nvidia's RTX 50 series finally has enough cards in the wild, prices are dipping with some falling below their original MSRP.

AI doctors hate women and minorities
Published in AI
Friday, 19 September 2025 10:08

AI doctors hate women and minorities


Bias baked into medical models 

Artificial intelligence tools touted as the saviours of overstretched hospitals could end up doing the opposite for women and ethnic minorities, according to new research.

SAP flings €20 billion at sovereign cloud
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Wednesday, 03 September 2025 09:44

SAP flings €20 billion at sovereign cloud


German outfit wants to keep Europe’s ai data away from US

The maker of esoteric business software, which no one is sure quiet what it does, SAP has promised to splurge more than €20 billion ($23.3 billion) over the next decade on “sovereign cloud” infrastructure in Europe.

Nvidia’s profits sparkle but China chip freeze spooks traders
Published in News


AI darling’s data centre growth slows as H20 blacklisting bites

Nvidia has blown past earnings expectations again, but that wasn’t enough to satisfy the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street.

Fortnite boss slams UK Big Tech regulation
Published in Mobiles
Wednesday, 20 August 2025 10:22

Fortnite boss slams UK Big Tech regulation


Epic Games fumes over delay while rivals move ahead

The UK is falling behind the rest of the world when it comes to standing up to Big Tech, according to Epic Games chief Tim Sweeney.

ARM poaches Amazon chip guru for AI push
Published in AI
Tuesday, 19 August 2025 11:37

ARM poaches Amazon chip guru for AI push


Ramps up in-house CPU plans

Chip designer ARM has poached one of Amazon’s top silicon brains, Rami Sinno [pictured], to spearhead its in-house AI chip efforts, in a move that looks suspiciously like a direct shot at Chipzilla, AMD, and Nvidia's datacentre turf.

Streaming chaos driving piracy's comeback
Published in News
Friday, 15 August 2025 10:05

Streaming chaos driving piracy's comeback


Industry own goal

Streaming is in such a mess that piracy is starting to look like the grown-up option.

US consumers paying for Big Tech’s bargain power bills
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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.