AMD releases minor Adrenalin Edition GPU driver update
Published in Graphics


In case you want to play Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League game

AMD has released a minor AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition GPU driver update which adds support for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League game, as well as fixes an issue seen in the same game.

Kioxia releases industry's first UFS Ver. 4.0 embedded flash memory devices
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For automotive applications

Kioxial Corporation has announced sampling of the industry's first Universal Flash Storage (UFS) Ver. 4.0 embedded flash memory devices designed for automotive applications. The new standard will bring higher performance which is needed for a variety of next-generation automotive applications.

OpenAI in hot water
Published in AI
30 January 2024

OpenAI in hot water


Italy's data cops give US firm an offer it can't refuse

OpenAI, the US company that made ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence chatbot is in trouble with Italy's data cops who have warned that it has to get its act together or end up sleeping with the fishes.

Blackstone's AI gold rush
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Mega-rich firm is cashing in on the tech revolution

Blackstone, the world's biggest private equity firm, is cashing in on the artificial intelligence craze. After snapping up data centre operator QTS for $10 billion in 2021, the firm is pumping money into one of the top landlords for tech titans like Microsoft, Amazon, and Google.

How AMD might have helped Nvidia
Published in Graphics


RX 7600 XT repeats one of Nvidia’s mistakes

AMD has launched a new graphics card that could end up making Nvidia’s offerings look good.

IBM remote workers told to find an office or leave
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Our managers are lonely

IBM suits has given a harsh warning to those managers still working from home: move near an office or find another job.

Japan abandons ancient traditions
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Ditches floppy disks and CD-ROMs 

Japan is planning to bin floppy disks and CD-ROMs, which until now were needed for sending some official papers to the government. 

NMSU shuts down ancient OS/2 archive
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End of a systems error 

US uni NMSU will close its Hobbes OS/2 Archive on April 15, 2024.

Musk finds a human willing to trust him with their brain
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Who would have thunk it

Tech tycoon Elon [look at me] Musk says his Neuralink firm has stuck one of its wireless brain chips in a human for the first time.

Apple sticks two fingers up at the EU
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Firefox fuming

Apple's new rule changes in the EU mean browsers like Firefox can finally ditch Safari's engine on iOS. But a big cheese in the Mozzarella Foundation is Mozilla's Damiano DeMonte. He's "gutted" with the way things turned out.