
US pulls plug on TSMC's China waiver
We tell other countries what to do
The United States has yanked TSMC's authorisation to freely ship essential kit to its mainland plants, a move that could wreck the foundry’s China operations.

Judge lets Google off lightly in antitrust case
AI means Google's hotel's on Mayfair and Park Lane are safe
Champagne corks will be popping at Google HQ after US District Judge Amit Mehta effectively gave the search giant a free pass for its monopoly antics.

AMD’s next-gen EPYC CPUs could guzzle up to 1400W
Zen 6 monsters spark race for kilowatt-class cooling
AMD’s upcoming EPYC Venice chips, powered by the Zen 6 architecture and running on the new SP7 socket, look set to redefine power-hungry silicon by drawing as much as 1400W.

Applied Materials boss says US chip incentives barely register
Shrugs at Washington’s pricey patriotism push
Despite a flood of government cash designed to drag chipmaking back to the US, one of the industry's key suppliers seems distinctly unimpressed.

Apple faces mass exodus due to lack of tech savvy
More than 30 per cent of users eye Samsung and Google foldables
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple might want to look away from the latest SellCell survey, which suggests nearly a third of its faithful are thinking of jumping ship.

Samsung’s $2K foldable gets flaky again
Galaxy Z Fold 7 joins its predecessor in the paint-peeling party
Samsung’s fancy Galaxy Z Fold 7 has started showing signs of cosmetic decay, with users moaning that the paint is flaking off their near-$2,000 foldables.

Microsoft-backed brainiacs crack record fibre speeds
Hollow-core cable could mean faster clouds and greener networks
A group of networking boffins bankrolled by Microsoft have emerged from their smoke filled lab claiming that they’ve broken a major speed and latency barrier with a new hollow-core fibre design.

ITU says it’ll cost up to $2.8 trillion to get everyone online
Connecting the unconnected now five times more than predicted
The International Telecommunication Union, the UN’s tech arm, says hooking up the world to the Internet by 2030 will cost $2.6-$2.8 trillion, before anyone logs on.

Salesforce boss brags about binning 4,000 staff for AI
Marc Benioff calls mass layoffs “exciting” as job cuts accelerate
The CEO of Salesforce has been telling everyone+dog how artificial intelligence has helped him give 4,000 workers the boot and he’s rather chuffed with himself.

Linux devs keep ancient Radeon cards kicking
Open-sauce driver breathes new life into 20-year-old GPUs
While Microsoft long ago lobbed support for ATI’s ancient R300-series GPUs into the skip, Linux developers are still quietly keeping the lights on for hardware that predates most influencers.