Apple shifts iPhone 17 production to India
Published in Mobiles
Wednesday, 20 August 2025 10:30

Apple shifts iPhone 17 production to India


All four iPhone 17 models to ship from India for the first time

Fruity Cargo Cult Apple is planning to flog all its shiny new iPhone 17 models straight out of India for the first time, as it moves production away from mainland China.

Fortnite boss slams UK Big Tech regulation
Published in Mobiles
Wednesday, 20 August 2025 10:22

Fortnite boss slams UK Big Tech regulation


Epic Games fumes over delay while rivals move ahead

The UK is falling behind the rest of the world when it comes to standing up to Big Tech, according to Epic Games chief Tim Sweeney.

AI stocks take a kicking
Published in AI
Wednesday, 20 August 2025 10:03

AI stocks take a kicking


Tech investors run scared after MIT says most AI projects are useless

Tech investors got spooked on Tuesday after the Massachusetts Institute of Technology suggested most AI projects were about as useful as a chocolate teapot.

White House wants 10 per cent of Intel
Published in News
Wednesday, 20 August 2025 09:58

White House wants 10 per cent of Intel


Chips Act shake-up

The Trump administration has confirmed it is going to take a 10 per cent slice of Troubled Chipzilla.

Phison blames Windows 11 update for SSD meltdowns
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Promises fixes via partners after drives start coughing up errors

Phison has confirmed that Windows 11’s latest security updates are trashing SSDs, particularly those based on its PS5012-E12 controller, after a wave of failures was reported by users, mostly in Japan.

ARM poaches Amazon chip guru for AI push
Published in AI
Tuesday, 19 August 2025 11:37

ARM poaches Amazon chip guru for AI push


Ramps up in-house CPU plans

Chip designer ARM has poached one of Amazon’s top silicon brains, Rami Sinno [pictured], to spearhead its in-house AI chip efforts, in a move that looks suspiciously like a direct shot at Chipzilla, AMD, and Nvidia's datacentre turf.

Microsoft says AI agents will kill off SaaS by 2030
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Lamanna reckons business software is already a walking corpse

Software King of the World, Microsoft has declared that traditional business software is as good as dead and is betting big that AI agents will have finished the job by 2030.

Trump regime forces UK to back down on Apple backdoor
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Brits drop encryption demand 

The Trump administration has browbeaten the UK government into dropping its demand for a backdoor into Apple’s encrypted data, in what is being spun in Washington as a “victory” for big American technology companies privacy.

Nvidia jacks up H20 chip prices to pay Trump tax
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Price increases passed on to China

Nvidia is hiking the price of its H20 AI chips by 18 per cent to bankroll a Trump-approved shake-down of its Chinese business.

SoftBank set to rescue Intel
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Tuesday, 19 August 2025 09:38

SoftBank set to rescue Intel


Intel gets $2 billion lifeline while slashing its own investments

SoftBank is chucking US$2 billion at Troubled Chipzilla in what looks like an effort to revive its sagging foundry business and rekindle interest in its battle with the mighty TSMC.