Kissing the ring while Musk is left out in the cold

The biggest names in US tech have lined up at the White House to show how much they adore Donald and Melania Trump, apparently believing fawning public displays will save their companies from regulators.

ChatGPT outfit wants to ditch Nvidia addiction

OpenAI is moving into chip manufacturing next year in a bid to feed its AI addiction and loosen its ties with Nvidia’s pricey silicon.

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.

AI darling’s data centre growth slows as H20 blacklisting bites

Nvidia has blown past earnings expectations again, but that wasn’t enough to satisfy the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street.

Company admits chatbot guidelines let dangerous content slide

Meta’s internal AI policies gave chatbots the green light to engage in flirty chats with children, dish out bogus medical advice and help users craft racist nonsense, according to a 200 page company document seen by Reuters.

Data centres blamed for pushing household electricity costs skyward

State governments across the US are starting to feel the heat from consumers who are being asked to foot the power bills of Big Tech data centres.

Santa Clara outfit fails to impress investors with sluggish data centre gains

AMD fluffed its lines again in the AI chip race, posting second-quarter data centre revenue that barely moved the needle despite the market frenzy around artificial intelligence.

Cloudflare, Groq and Positron chase greener inference alternatives

Chip boffins are scrambling to cut the soaring energy costs of artificial intelligence, with a new generation of startups targeting Nvidia’s grip on the market by building faster, leaner, and more efficient inference silicon.

Who didn't see that one coming?

The UK is seeing a huge rise in VPN use after the government bought in "child protection" laws.

ChatGPT hasn’t killed Google’s cash cow

Alphabet is laughing all the way to the bank with another quarter of fat profits, proving the panic over chatbots eating Google’s lunch was premature.