Intel blames motherboard makers Raptor Lake stability snafus
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It was broken before we got there

Intel has found itself grappling with stability concerns over its 13th and 14th Generation Raptor Lake processors and is claiming that the kerfuffle stems from motherboard makers getting a bit too creative with the CPUs' settings—tweaking voltage curves, going wild with automatic overclocking, and tossing power limits out the window.

Chipzilla’s AI ambitions test Wall Street’s patience
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Bernstein analyst claims Intel is being too optimistic

Bernstein analyst Stacy Rasgon is warning that Intel is in for a rough time and thinks the company's bosses are too optimistic with their predictions, which adds more risk to an already shaky situation.

DARPA puts sinister green eyes on its robot tank
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Messing with your mind

DARPA's latest step into the world of autonomous vehicles a real eye-opener—literally.

Intel reveals chip plans
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Gelsinger tries to put a silver lining into disappointing results

Despite Intel's disappointing results, the company used the announcement to reveal some of its chip plans.

US TikTok is likely to close rather than be sold
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US kids will need therapy

The owner of TikTok, ByteDance, would prefer to shut down its loss-making application rather than sell it if the Chinese company uses all legal avenues to contest legislation that would ban the platform from app stores in the US.

Harddrive makers jack up the price of products
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Hard cheese is all because of AI, and last year, it was Covid

Harddrive makers are increasing the prices of their products, blaming AI for a supply shortage caused by that other dog-ate-my-homework excuse, COVID-19.

Motherboard makers back new AMD chips
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ASRock and Biostar last to sign up

All the principal motherboard manuacturers have now introduced support for AMD's forthcoming desktop CPUs with their latest BIOS updates, and another vendor has specifically indicated that these chips will be the Ryzen 9000 series.

Intel’s stocks slide after unimpressive results
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Gelsinger’s plan is not making money fast enough

Intel’s stock dropped approximately nine per cent within an hour after its first-quarter results and guidance was released on 25 April, following the close of regular trading on Thursday.

Microsoft reports record results
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All thanks to its AI moves

Software King of the World, Microsoft reported a 17 per cent increase in revenue to $61.9 billion (€55.63 billion), with $21.9 billion (€23.43 billion) in profits, up 20 per cent, and earnings of $2.94 (€3.15).

Blizzard cancels BlizzCon 2024
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Might return "in future years"

Blizzard has officially released a statement cancelling BlizzCon 2024, and while the company will be present at other physical and livestream events, it will not be holding its own event.