Tens of thousands lose service

SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet was hit by a major outage, knocking tens of thousands of users offline just as the company celebrated a key milestone in its partnership with T-Mobile.

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.

Chatbots chip away at Google’s dominance

AI-powered chatbots are fast becoming a go-to for online answers, eating into the long-standing grip of traditional search engines and giving marketers another headache.

Cloud Act clashes with Europe’s fantasy of digital sovereignty

Software King of the World, Microsoft has admitted it cannot keep French citizen data safe from the reach of US authorities, even when it is locked up in EU data centres.

Tech giant sheds four per cent of workforce to keep AI wheels turning

Software King of the World, Microsoft is slashing around 9,000 jobs globally as it shuffles cash towards its ever-growing AI empire. The move carves out about four per cent of its 228,000-strong workforce and comes hot on the heels of earlier bloodlettings in May and January.

Chen Liwu may dump billions into the bin

Intel’s new chief executive Chen Liwu, is ready to scrap its heavily hyped 18A process in a desperate attempt to snare big-name customers like the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple and Nvidia.

AI server gold rush trumps smartphone season in Taiwan's supply chain

Nvidia's Blackwell GB300 AI servers are shaking up the production lines in Taiwan, with contract manufacturers ditching their usual priorities to chase the new silicon gravy train.

Shares soar past Microsoft 

Nvidia has soared to a $3.77 trillion market cap, overtaking Microsoft after a 4.3 per cent rise in its share price, capping a dramatic turnaround from earlier setbacks this year.

Gamers Nexus uncovers a CPU with no guts 

Someone’s been flogging bogus AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D chips online, and someone sent a dud to Gamers Nexus who cracked it open to find absolutely nothing inside.

Two new hyperscalers signed up as demand surges for custom silicon

Chip designer Marvell reckons it has landed two new hyperscale cloud clients and is sniffing around more than 50 other deals as demand for its customised AI silicon keeps growing.