Samsung’s Galaxy XR leak shows Apple is in real trouble
Published in IoT


New headset makes the Vision Pro look even more rubbish

Samsung’s long-awaited Project Moohan has finally broken cover, and seems set to be serious contender that reminds the world that Apple’s Vision Pro really was over-priced pants.

Samsung sends 2nm Snapdragon sample to Qualcomm
Published in Mobiles


Hopes to win back Qualcomm with shiny new silicon

Samsung has shipped a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 sample produced on its 2nm GAA process to Qualcomm for evaluation, marking a potential turning point in its bruised relationship with the US chip designer.

Bank of England fears AI bubble about to pop
Published in AI


Threadbare faith in AI valuations

The Bank of England has warned that the frothy optimism inflating the world’s biggest tech stocks could soon splatter across trading floors, saying the risk of a “sharp market correction” has grown alarmingly.

Intel questions open source generosity
Published in News
Friday, 10 October 2025 10:13

Intel questions open source generosity


Exec says Intel shouldn’t be carrying freeloading rivals 

Troubled Chipzilla’s long-standing love affair with open sauce might be heading for rocky times after one of its top brass suggested it’s time to stop being everyone’s free R&D department.

Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka lands
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Friday, 10 October 2025 10:07

Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka lands


Wayland-only desktop and a Rusty twist

Canonical has unleashed Ubuntu 25.10, cheerily codenamed Questing Quokka, with a fresh Linux 6.17 kernel, a shiny GNOME 49 desktop, and a bag full of tinkering changes sure to delight or infuriate long-time users.

China tightens the screws on chip imports
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Friday, 10 October 2025 09:59

China tightens the screws on chip imports


Beijing serious about cutting Nvidia out of its tech diet

China has gone full throttle in enforcing tighter controls on semiconductor imports, as the Middle Kingdom pushes to purge its tech sector of American hardware, particularly from Nvidia.

OpenAI cheers for TSMC
Published in News
Thursday, 09 October 2025 10:30

OpenAI cheers for TSMC


OpenAI boss warns

OpenAI, CEO, Sam Altman, has poured cold water on swapping to Intel’s foundry, saying he’d rather the Taiwan giant simply built more.

Ubisoft binned post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed because it was ‘too political’
Published in Gaming


Leadership wanted to avoid US culture-war pile-on

Ubisoft canned a 19th-century Assassin’s Creed in 2024, set after the American Civil War because it would tackle issues like slavery, the rise of the KKK and racial prejudice which some US think is "talked up" too much.

Nvidia boss surprised about AMD handing OpenAI 10 per cent
Published in News


“Clever” but the deal raises funding questions

Nvidia CEO, Jensen Huang, said he is surprised Advanced Micro Devices would offer OpenAI warrants worth about 10 per cent of itself.

PC sales surge in Q3 as Windows deadlines bite
Published in News
Thursday, 09 October 2025 09:44

PC sales surge in Q3 as Windows deadlines bite


Enterprises rush refreshes while consumers tag along

Beancounters at IDC have added up some numbers and divided by their collective shoe size and reckons the PC market just clocked its best quarter in years.