US is making consumers pay for corporate data centre plans
It is the American way
The US has a novel way of funding big IT company data centres and AI plans: it hikes ordinary people's power bills.
Chinese spooks hacking US mobile users in real time
Reds under the beds
Millions of US mobile users could be vulnerable to Chinese government spooks who are apparently desperate to know when they are picking up their snowflakes from school and where they order their pizza.
EU takes a hard line on software liability
While US dithers
According to Lawfare's cybersecurity newsletter, the European Union and the United States are taking different approaches to introducing liability for software products.
White house orders spooks to use AI tools
Accelerate adoption
The White House is directing the Pentagon and intelligence agencies to accelerate their adoption of artificial intelligence.
Huwaei is free from Android’s chains
HarmonyOS NEXT launched
Huawei formally launched its home-brewed operating system, HarmonyOS NEXT, and freed itself from the Android ecosystem.
Foreign powers stepping up cyber attacks on US
Trying to influence the US election
Software King of the World Microsoft has noticed an uptick in the amount of attacks by foreign powers trying to influence the US elections.
Intel’s woes are a national security problem
US will lose its competitive edge
According to the Wall Street Journal, Chipzilla’s woes pose a significant risk to shareholder wealth and US national security.
Qualcomm still plans to buy Intel
Waiting for US election result
The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell-on-earth yarn claiming that Qualcomm has not given up wanting to buy Intel, it is just waiting for the US election results.
US government wants to further limit sales of Nvidia AI chips
They should only be sold to those we like
US officials have discussed limiting sales of advanced AI chips from Nvidia and other American companies on a country-specific basis.
China’s x86 CPU a long way behind US
8-core Zhaoxin KaiXian KX-7000 processor close but no cigar
Chinese tech magazine PC Watch has acquired the 8-core Zhaoxin KaiXian KX-7000 processor, China’s latest entry into the x86 CPU market.