
Fake AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D scams rampant
You get this sort of thing when you are popular
As its popularity has risen, the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D has become the focal point of a new counterfeit chip scam.

Musk, Global Foundries and Qualcomm team rumoured to buy Intel
Today, Intel; tomorrow the world
Elon [look at me] Musk, Global Foundries, and Qualcomm are in Florida, where they will are rumoured to be plotting to buy Intel.

IntelBroker takes out HPE
Flogged data online
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is investigating a cyber attack from the notorious threat actor IntelBroker, who announced it had data stolen from HPE.

Apple pulls botched AI news product
Half baked
Red-faced cargo cult Apple has pulled its AI news product after it was universally declared as accurate as a Russian government announcement about the Ukrainian war.

Trump reprieves TikTok
Gives it time to be flogged to his mates
President Donald Trump swooped in with a last-minute save to the social notworking app TikTok to allow users to see his glorious inauguration ceremony.

Amazon’s forced return to office a fiasco
No desks, packed parking lots, and furious workers
Amazon has landed itself in hot water again "after forcing workers to return to the office five days a week" to ensure they are engaged in tedious and pointless meetings with middle management teamwork meetings.

Social notworking sites pledge to crack down on hate speech
At least in the EU
While social notworking sites are frantically trying to reassure Trump’s government that they will be allowing a return to the good old days where fake news and bullying were allowed, they are doing the opposite in the EU.

GPU-as-a-service market surges
Sorry, not for gamers
The growing demand for advanced AI has led to a massive surge in computing power needs, prompting the rise of GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS) businesses.

Nintendo unveils Switch 2
First-look trailer
Nintendo has lifted the kimono on the Switch 2 in a first-look trailer.

Bluesky will get a photo and video sharing app
Getting more functions
Independent developer Sebastian Vogelsang is building a photo-sharing app for the decentralised social network Bluesky, leveraging its AT Protocol and his earlier app, Skeets.