Canonical and Intel scrap GPU mitigations
Ubuntu 25.10 to ditch Intel graphics security trade-offs for OpenCL and Level Zero
Troubled Chipzilla's long-suffering GPU compute stack is getting a breather, as it and Ubuntu’s Canonical have decided to chuck out security mitigations that were kneecapping performance by up to 20 per cent.
Apple scrambles to avoid fresh EU smackdown
Last-ditch talks aim to dodge hefty Digital Markets Act fines
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple is frantically negotiating with Brussels to dodge another regulatory slap as its deadline to comply with the Digital Markets Act runs out on 26 June.
US chipmaker Wolfspeed in trouble
Semiconductor outfit gutted as creditors take the reins
Wolfspeed has managed to chop more than two-thirds off its $6.5 billion debt pile in a move that leaves its shareholders with barely a crumb.
Liberty Phone shows what making a smartphone in America actually looks like
While Donald Trump bangs on about his mythical $500 made-in-America T1 smartphone, the real price tag of US manufacturing is on full display thanks to a company called Purism. Its Liberty Phone, assembled in California, will set you back $1,999 and has the kind of specs that would’ve looked decent when Obama was president.
Samsung eyes MediaTek’s new chip as Exynos fizzles
Dimensity 8450 could plug gap left by weak in-house silicon
MediaTek has rolled out its Dimensity 8450 chip at the India Dimensity Summit, offering a lightly reworked version of the 8400 it pushed out in December 2024. The real eyebrow-raiser, though, was Samsung turning up to the launch.