CMA has another pop at Google and Apple
Published in News
Friday, 24 January 2025 07:29

CMA has another pop at Google and Apple


Playing monoply with their app stores

Britain’s competition watchdog has Apple and Google in its sights once again, launching fresh investigations into the tech giants’ mobile ecosystems under powerful new rules designed to curb digital market abuses.

Nova Lake spotted in the wild
Published in News
Thursday, 23 January 2025 11:39

Nova Lake spotted in the wild


It can’t come soon enough

Intel’s coming Nova Lake has been spotted in the wild in a shipping manifest seen by X86 is dead&back.

Apple’s shares slide as cash cow dies in China
Published in Mobiles


You can’t really depend on a single product

The fruity cargo cult Apple is starting to see its single-product cash cow business model begin to fall apart.

Cloudflare blocked 21.3 million DDoS attacks last year
Published in News


Halloween 2024 was the worst ever

Cloudflare’s autonomous DDoS defence systems thwarted approximately 21.3 million DDoS attacks in 2024, a significant 53 per cent increase from 2023.

Google did evil with the IDF in Gaza
Published in News
Thursday, 23 January 2025 09:45

Google did evil with the IDF in Gaza


AI services rushed to compete with Amazon

Google collaborated with the Israeli military in the immediate aftermath of its ground invasion of the Gaza Strip.

Great unwashed spent a fortune on AI apps
Published in Mobiles
Thursday, 23 January 2025 09:34

Great unwashed spent a fortune on AI apps


$150 Billion globally in 2024

Demand for generative AI drove consumer spending on mobile apps to $150 billion globally in 2024 -- a 13 per cent increase from the previous year.

Trump’s Homeland security abandons Chinese telecoms hack investigation
Published in News


Misuse of resources

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has terminated all members of its advisory committees, including the Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB), which had been investigating a major Chinese cyberattack on large US telecom firms.

Musk appears to be trying to kill Stargate
Published in AI
Thursday, 23 January 2025 09:05

Musk appears to be trying to kill Stargate


Vested interest

Elon [Roman salute] Musk appears to be using his position as Donald Trump’s budget advisor to sabotage his rival’s mega AI plans, Stargate.

Escaping VMware's clutches will cost you
Published in Cloud
Wednesday, 22 January 2025 08:32

Escaping VMware's clutches will cost you


Gartner warns

According to a new assessment by Gartner, enterprises considering moving away from VMware due to Broadcom's changes should brace themselves for a lengthy, costly, and complex project.

Facebook forces users to follow Donald Trump
Published in News
Wednesday, 22 January 2025 08:19

Facebook forces users to follow Donald Trump


Censors the democrat hashtag

Facebook users are complaining that their accounts automatically now follow President Donald Trump and are being swamped with newspeak posts about him.