AMD's RX 9070 XT gets serious speed boost with new drivers
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Beats Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti by three per cent 

AMD’s driver team has pulled a rabbit out of the hat with Adrenalin 25.6.3, giving the Radeon RX 9070 XT a much-needed shot in the arm.

Apple's Indian dream dented by China pushback
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Foxconn boots Chinese workers as Beijing tightens grip

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple’s plans to turn India into its new iPhone haven have run into trouble, as Foxconn has been quietly shipping Chinese staff out of the country. This follows its $1.5 billion investment and India’s green light for a new semiconductor plant.

TSMC dumps GaN as price war bites
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Thursday, 03 July 2025 09:14

TSMC dumps GaN as price war bites


PSMC steps in with Navitas to chase AI power chip gold rush

The world's top chipmaker TSMC has decided to ditch its gallium nitride (GaN) wafer foundry business, confirming it will be out by 31 July 2027.

Microsoft axes 9,000 staff in AI cash shuffle
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Tech giant sheds four per cent of workforce to keep AI wheels turning

Software King of the World, Microsoft is slashing around 9,000 jobs globally as it shuffles cash towards its ever-growing AI empire. The move carves out about four per cent of its 228,000-strong workforce and comes hot on the heels of earlier bloodlettings in May and January.

Nvidia pulls the plug on Maxwell, Pascal and Volta GPU driver support
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580 series will be the swan song for aging cards 

Nvidia is set to drop the curtain on driver support for its Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta GPUs, with the upcoming 580 driver series marking the final stop on the update train.

ASML outlook dims as Intel wobble spooks investors
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Bank of America slashes forecast, doubts Intel and SK hynix will save high NA EUV tech

Bank of America has taken a scalpel to ASML’s share price target, hacking it down to €759 from €795 on the back of waning enthusiasm for its latest high numerical aperture (high NA) extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography gear.

Windows PCs are becoming an endangered species
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Microsoft admits 400 million Windows devices have disappeared

Microsoft exec Yusuf Mehdi probably didn’t think anyone would notice when he claimed that Windows now runs on “over a billion monthly active devices.” The trouble is, the last time Voles in Redmond bragged about such things, the number was 1.4 billion. That was in 2022. Meaning 400 million devices have quietly exited stage left.

Proton slams Apple
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Wednesday, 02 July 2025 10:24

Proton slams Apple


Job’s Mob’s monopoly is bad for business, privacy and democracy

The Fruity Cargo Cult, Apple is taking more flak in the US courts, this time from Proton, which has joined a lawsuit claiming the iOS walled garden is anti-competitive and an active threat to privacy.

Apple accuses ex-employee of pocketing AR "secrets" for Snap
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He was the one person interested in the Vision Pro

The Fruity Cargo Cult, Apple is waving legal sabres at a former Vision Pro engineer, Di Liu, claiming he swiped thousands of secret documents before legging it to Snap.

Intel CEO eyes ditching 18A to woo Apple and Nvidia
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Chen Liwu may dump billions into the bin

Intel’s new chief executive Chen Liwu, is ready to scrap its heavily hyped 18A process in a desperate attempt to snare big-name customers like the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple and Nvidia.