Tech's Artificial General Intelligence dream is just a fantasy
Published in AI


Until someone has a new idea, this is all just expensive word salad

The tech industry is running full tilt towards Artificial General Intelligence, but the tools it’s using barely understand sarcasm, let alone reality.

Tech shortsightedness could be killing tomorrow’s coders
Published in AI


AI’s appetite for junior jobs is hollowing out the ladder before Gen Z gets a foot on it

The IT industry is merrily chainsawing its own future by starving the bottom of the talent funnel, all in the name of efficiency and AI-fuelled delusion.

Qualcomm drags itself back into the data centre racket
Published in News


Once more into the breach

Qualcomm has decided it wants another crack at the data centre business, this time hoping Nvidia’s AI-laced coat-tails will carry it past previous failures.

Huang rewrites PC gaming history at Computex
Published in Gaming


Nvidia boss forgets gaming existed before 1999

Nvidia chief Jensen Huang opened his Computex 2025 keynote with the kind of historical revisionism that would make a dictator blush.

MSI’s AI server lineup gets serious upgrade
Published in Network


Built on NVIDIA’s MGX and DGX Station architectures

MSI has tipped up to Comptex 2025  flaunting its latest AI server arsenal built on Nvidia's MGX and DGX Station architectures.

Nvidia’s retro driver hype cools
Published in News
Monday, 19 May 2025 11:22

Nvidia’s retro driver hype cools


Core 2 meets cold, hard reality

Earlier this week, a driver update from Nvidia had retro-PC fans frothing with excitement. Thanks to the removal of a pesky POPCNT instruction requirement, GeForce drivers suddenly played nice with ancient Intel CPUs all the way back to the Core 2 era.

MIT’s breakthrough makes chips stretchier than pasta
Published in News


Boffins fling something against the wall and it sticks

MIT boffins have emerged from their smoke-filled labs with a new form of chip that behaves like pasta.

Xiaomi flexes silicon muscles with XRing chip
Published in Mobiles


China’s phone makers race to dump Qualcomm

Xiaomi is sharpening its knives for Qualcomm and MediaTek with its own in-house silicon, the XRing 01, and if leaks are anything to go by, it might just have the grunt to pull it off.

Acer's Swift and Predator models chase AI and OLED glory
Published in PC Hardware


Refreshed upgraded laptops

Acer turned up to Computex 2025 with a wheelbarrow full of refreshed laptops, hurling upgrades at nearly every model it sells. It’s the usual story of faster chips, louder acronyms and shinier graphics, but this time there’s real polish, especially in the Swift range.

Maxsun's Terminator board goes rogue with rear PCIe
Published in PC Hardware


BTF-style tricks without the cable Zen

Maxsun’s new Terminator B850BKB WIFI board is doing something funky with PCIe slots.