Siri’s AI makeover not going well
Apple struggling to make its assistant not terrible
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple’s long-overdue attempt to bring Siri up to scratch is reportedly hitting the skids again.
TSMC shows off its Arizona fab in rare factory video
Twinscan EUV kit and shiny wafer robots steal the show
Wafer-maker-in-chief TSMC has released a glossy video giving the world a look inside its Fab 21 plant in Phoenix, Arizona, and it’s stuffed with chip porn for the semiconductor-curious.
Nexperia mess fuelled by $200 million CEO heist
Dutch chipmaker seized after boss allegedly funnelled cash to failing side hustle
The Dutch government’s dramatic seizure of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia wasn’t just about keeping technology out of Beijing’s paws. It turns out the whole fiasco was sparked by the company’s own CEO funnelling more than $200 million into a failing pet project in Shanghai.
Apple’s M5 pitch leans hard on its AI
Job’s Mob hypes specs
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has rolled out new MacBook Pro, iPad Pro and Apple Vision Pro models and stuffed them with a shiny M5, which it claims is finally ready for the AI era.
TSMC smashes profit record again on AI chip frenzy
Monster demand for GPUs and HPC silicon
Taiwan’s semiconductor darling TSMC has once again bathed in the glow of the AI gold rush, reporting a massive 39.1 per cent jump in third-quarter profit and setting a fresh all-time record.
Apple’s cosies up to China again despite promises to Trump
Cook promises more cash for Beijing while pretending to love American manufacturing
Apple's CEO Tim Cook has once again pledged to pump more money into China, promising Beijing’s industry minister Li Lecheng that Job’s Mob will keep investing in the Middle Kingdom.
Apple dumps chargers from European MacBook Pro boxes
Charges fanboys for EU environmental policy
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has decided that Europeans don’t deserve a charger with their shiny new 14-inch MacBook Pro sporting the M5 chip and will have to pay extra.
Blighty workers still think hackers only target the big fish
Cohesity Research shows small firms remain sitting ducks
A third of UK workers reckon hackers only go after big corporations and that small businesses are beneath their notice.
Apple about to lose grip over TSMC
Fruity cargo cult’s chip clout under threat
The fruity cargo cult Apple may be about to lose its long-held grip over TSMC as Nvidia muscles in with a deluge of orders for high-performance computing parts and AI kit.
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.