Musk threatens to sue Apple over Grok snub
Claims Cupertino favours OpenAI
Elon Musk is threatening to sue the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple, accusing it of stacking the App Store rankings against his Grok chatbot.
Perplexity offers $34.5bn to buy Chrome
AI upstart reckons it can do Google’s job better
Perplexity has lobbed a $34.5 billion offer to buy the Chrome browser, even though the AI firm is only worth about half that much.
AOL pulls the plug on its dial-up dinosaur
After 34 years, the screech of the modem is no more
AOL has decided to kill off its dial-up internet service at the end of September, bringing the curtain down on a relic of the early web.
Intel needs $40 billion lifeline to keep US in chip race
Former CEO Craig Barrett urges customers to bankroll Intel’s survival
Former Chipzilla chief Craig Barrett [pictured] has warned that Intel needs a $40 billion cash injection to stay at the sharp end of chip manufacturing and he is not expecting Washington to stump up the money.
Apple about to make iPhone more expensive
May dangle bigger storage to keep punters sweet
The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn claiming that the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple is about to jack up the price of its already overpriced shiny toys later this year.
TSMC staff accused of stealing 2nm chip secrets
Three current and former employees detained
Taiwanese prosecutors have detained three current and former staff of chip giant TSMC on suspicion of stealing core trade secrets, including details of its 2-nanometre manufacturing technology.
New Apple chip flaws leak sensitive browser data
FLOP and SLAP attacks make a mockery of Job’s Mob's ‘secure by design’ claims
The fruity cargo cult Apple is having a rough time defending its so-called security-first design philosophy after researchers found two serious vulnerabilities in its custom silicon that can quietly siphon off browser data like credit card details, email contents and location history.
OpenAI wants you to wear a screenless AI gadget
Ive’s shuffle-inspired wearable could hit production in 2027
ChatGPT peddler OpenAI is cooking up a screenless AI gizmo with the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple’s former design wizard Sir Jony Ive, and apparently it’s going to look a lot like an old iPod shuffle.
Trump slaps 100 per cent tariff on chip imports
Offers Apple get out of jail free card
Donald Trump is back on the tariff warpath, this time threatening to slap a 100 per cent levy on all semiconductor imports unless the chips are made on US soil.
TSMC staff arrested over alleged tech theft
Two former TSMC engineers and a third suspect detained
A pair of ex‑TSMC engineers and another person have been arrested in Taiwan for allegedly pinching proprietary chipmaking technology.