Sounds of PR silence

After more than 100 Ryzen 7 9800X3D processors keeled over, mostly while paired with ASRock boards, AMD has finally broken its vow of silence—only to point fingers at “memory compatibility.”

Lip-Bu Tan's deep China ties

Silicon Valley investor Lip-Bu Tan, who was tapped to steer troubled Chipzilla out of its tailspin, holds financial stakes in hundreds of Chinese tech outfits, some with direct links to the People’s Liberation Army.

New CPUs promise desktop-class punch and RDNA 2 graphics on the go

AMD’s Dragon Range is breathing fire again. The chipmaker has just unleashed its Ryzen 8000HX mobility CPUs — a refresh of the 7000HX lineup — aimed squarely at high-end gaming laptops and mobile workstations.

Will Fab Nvidia chip for Switch 3

Chipzilla may be crawling through market muck, but according to the dark satanic rumour mill it's just landed a big order.

Volatility, but automation’s future looks bulletproof

The tariffs crisis might be a migraine for many, but it's opening some tasty new doors for the AI, robotics and automation sector. 

 
Chinese brands blitz old guard

By late 2027 or early 2028, the planet will have more smartphones than people, and the industry's old titans are watching the tide turn.

China export curbs on H20 AI chips safe

Donald [hamburger-eating surrender monkey] Trump’s White House has quietly shelved a looming crackdown on Nvidia’s H20 chip exports to China, just days after the GPU peddler’s CEO Jensen Huang dined at Mar-a-Lago — where seats went for a $1 million a head.

Most data to messy or misplaced

According to a new study by Nasuni, only one in five firms reckons their data is fit for AI use, meaning a paltry 27 per cent of artificial intelligence projects are delivering anything close to a return on investment.

Bezos puts a rocket up SpaceX

After years of puff and prep, Jeff Bezos’s Project Kuiper is lobbing its first 27 satellites into orbit in a $10 billion (£7.8 billion) swing at Starlink, the Elon [Roman Salute] Musk-powered behemoth that lords over the skies.

Private jet gaming stunt ends in humiliation and mockery

Elon [Roman Salute] Musk’s latest attempt to prove he’s an elite gamer went down in flames—live—aboard his private jet, as a brutal wave of online trolling forced him to abruptly pull the plug mid-stream.