Marc Benioff calls mass layoffs “exciting” as job cuts accelerate

The CEO of Salesforce has been telling everyone+dog how artificial intelligence has helped him give 4,000 workers the boot and he’s rather chuffed with himself.

Asia dominates global rankings for AI dependency

Singapore’s workforce is the most AI-addicted in the world, with nearly three-quarters of its workers hooked on digital thinking machines to get anything done.

Vendors flog silicon dreams while punters wait for prices to drop

Despite some economic potholes and user indifference, so-called AI PCs are crawling their way into the market, with analysts predicting 143 million units will ship next year.

Rivals left bleeding red ink in AI factory economics

Number crunchers at Morgan Stanley have been adding up some numbers and divided by their shoe size and reached the conclusion that Nvidia’s monster GB200 NVL72 racks are the only kit worth buying if you want to turn an AI factory into a cash cow.

ChatGPT blamed as pandemic-era boom crashes into AI reality

Canada’s once-blistering tech job market has faceplanted, with listings now 19 per cent below what they were in 2020, and analysts are pointing fingers squarely at AI.

Beijing's AI chip pipsqueak rakes in the yuan

Chinese chip upstart Cambricon is laughing all the way to the bank after netting a record profit on the back of Beijing's vendetta against Nvidia.

Uses Samsung's enhanced 7nm node with 2.5D stacking

IBM has wheeled out its Power11 server CPU at Hot Chips 2025, giving it higher clocks, AI acceleration, and a taste of Samsung’s iCube 2.5D packaging.

Chipmaker arms Jetson Thor with smarter motors

Infineon has teamed up with Nvidia to push physical AI deeper into humanoid robotics, stuffing smarter motor control into the chip designer's Jetson Thor developer kits.

Nvidia backs away as Chinese market turns sour

Nvidia appears to be winding down its H20 GPU line for China, as the economic and political winds continue to blow straight in its face.

Nguyen realises the Pixel 10 actually works

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple’s grip on reality is slipping, and not even its favourite tame journos are buying the hype anymore. Nicole Nguyen [pictured] at the Wall Street Journal appears to have broken ranks after playing with Google’s Pixel 10.