ASRock rushes out BIOS fix to stop frying Ryzen 9000 chips
New firmware locks voltages to calm CPU crematorium
ASRock has pushed a fresh BIOS update for its 800-series motherboards, claiming better CPU and memory stability after its boards developed a nasty habit of roasting AMD’s new Ryzen 9000 processors.
Microsoft won’t say where Scottish police data goes
Redmond stonewalls watchdogs over Office 365 flows
Software King of the World, Microsoft is refusing to tell Police Scotland where the sensitive data it processes in Office 365 goes, leaving the force staring down a breach of UK law.
Microsoft builds its own AI models
Copilot gets high-speed voice generation while foundation model debuts on LMArena
Software King of the World, Microsoft has trundled out two new in-house AI efforts, one already talking inside Copilot and the other still in the test arena.
Trump’s stake deal was all about locking Intel into foundry
Real countries have fabs
Intel has been strong-armed into holding on to its bleeding foundry business after Donald Trump’s administration tied subsidies to an equity grab.
EU antitrust boss warns Trump not to mess with tech laws
Brussels hints trade deal could collapse
The EU’s competition chief Teresa Ribera has warned that Brussels must be ready to ditch its freshly minted trade deal with the US if Donald Trump presses ahead with threats to neuter Europe’s digital rules in favour of Google, Microsoft, Apple, and Meta.