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.
32GB of RAM about to dethrone 16GB on Steam
Falling DDR5 prices and bloated AAA titles drive the move
Valve’s monthly Steam hardware survey shows that 32GB of RAM is about to shove 16GB off its throne as the default spec for PC gamers.
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.