Pixnapping revives a 12-year-old browser trick to steal Android pixels
Nasty and it still works
Security researchers have resurrected a 12-year-old data‑stealing browser attack and adapted it to Android so a malicious app can read pixels from other apps or websites.
Google’s Tensor G5 leaves Pixel punters hot and bothered
Hot and Throttling
Google’s shiny new Tensor G5 chip has failed to live up to its own hype. Tech enthusiasts say the chip throttles faster than a cheap gaming laptop, and the blame lies with Google’s piecemeal design philosophy.
Big Tech ignoring Trump's tariff tiffs
Investing shedloads in India
American Big Tech firms are showing remarkable confidence in India even as tariff tensions and visa snags simmer between New Delhi and Washington.
CMA slaps special status on Google
New UK digital rules bite as regulator eyes AI search and publishers’ control
The UK competition regulator has decided Google needs a tighter leash.
Data centre growth saved the US economy
US economy is now running on the fumes of AI infrastructure
The cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street might want to send a thank-you card to Silicon Valley, because without data centres and AI servers, US economic growth in 2025 would have been dead in the water.
Pixel 10 Pro XL proves Google cannot build a gaming chip
Tensor G5 leaves gamers wondering if Mountain View tested it
The Google Pixel 10 Pro XL is meant to show off the best of Google’s hardware and artificial intelligence, but the company’s latest flagship behaves like it is allergic to gaming.
Microsoft wants to ditch Nvidia and AMD for its own silicon
Vole needs a bit of leverage
Software King of the World, Microsoft has decided it no longer wants to live under the silicon thumb of AMD or Nvidia and wants to rely more on its home brew chips.
Mediatek’s ASIC dreams wobble
Meta and Google orders slip away
Something strange is stirring at Taiwanese IC design house MediaTek. The company’s push into special application chips (ASICs) after 2026 is suddenly looking a lot shakier.
YouTube gives $24.5 million to Trump
Final Big Tech holdout forks over cash after Capitol riot ban
YouTube has become the last of the Big Tech giants to pay off Donald Trump after booting him off the platform following the Capitol riot.
Amazon Fire TV to dump Android for Linux in 2025
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.