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Brussels probes SAP’s on-prem support tactics
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Watchdogs fear unfair after-market squeeze could sting customers

The European Commission is investigating SAP, the maker of expensive management software, which no one can be really sure what it does.  Watchdogs are interested in how the outfit flogs maintenance and support for on-premises software.

TSMC rumoured to be buying into Intel
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Nvidia’s cash and Washington’s chequebook shift the mood

The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn claiming that TSMC is about to shove cash towards its rival Intel.

AMD gets PyTorch working on Windows
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Radeon 9000, 7000 and Ryzen AI kit now less useless 

AMD has delivered on its Computex 2025 promise to make PyTorch work on Windows for consumer GPUs and APUs.

Intel splashes more cash on ASML’s magic machines
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Chipzilla bets the farm on 14A while chasing TSMC

Troubled Chipzilla is doubling down on ASML’s obscenely expensive High-NA EUV lithography kit, ordering two more of the €350 million-plus contraptions in the hope of dragging its much-hyped 14A process over the line.

Brussels admits its cookie monster was a disaster
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Eurocrats want to kill off those annoying banners

The EU finally seems to have twigged that its infamous cookie law turned the internet into a pop-up purgatory and now wants to bin it.