Huawei wants to bring Harmony to the world
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We would like to teach the world to sing.

Huawei's sights are set on taking its HarmonyOS smartphone platform global, even though it's been hit with US-led sanctions that have nicked its access to some crucial tech.

Apple buys its AI tech from the French
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Yes we have AI, its very nice.

Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has finally admitted that it knows little about AI and tried to buy its innovation from the French and claim it invented it.

Qualcomm teases Snapdragon X announcement
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Is it the Apple busting Snapdragon X Elite?

In a rather cryptic teaser, Qualcomm has hinted at a significant announcement regarding the Snapdragon X chipset, expected early this week. 

Zen 5 APU rumours are cranking up
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Strix Halo has more grunt than the PS5

The Dark Satanic Rumour Mill, specifically the Chiphell forums, has manufactured a hell-on-earth yarn that the new Zen 5 APUs, dubbed Strix Halo, are a bit of a powerhouse.

Torvalds thinks AI is a huge laugh
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That is, until they replace him

At The Linux Foundation's Open Source Summit North America, Linus Torvalds dismissed the latest AI software as hilarious.

MediaTek announces Dimensity 6300 SoC
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6nm update of the Dimensity 6100+

MediaTek has announced its newest Dimensity 6300 SoC that will be coming to mid-range smartphones this year. Built on a 6nm manufacturing at TSMC, the Dimensity 6300 SoC is an octa-core SoC with two Cortex-A76 cores and six Cortex-A55 cores, paired up with Mali-G57 MC2 GPU.

Z80 chip finally retired
Published in PC Hardware


Been available for 48 years

After a venerable 48-year tenure, Zilog is bidding farewell to the Z80. Initially an offshoot from the Intel 8080 project, this chip ascended to fame as one of the most cherished and extensively utilised 8-bit CPUs in gaming and general computing.

AI can exploit security by reading a book
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If only humans still did that

In the latest "AI is taking over the world" news, a gaggle of computer boffins from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign discovered that AI agents can read security advisories and exploit real-world security vulnerabilities.

Rivos set to churn out AI server chip
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Something RISCy

Rivos is smirking behind closed doors after receiving a $250 million cash injection.

Musk’s cyber truck recalled
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Just as  well he did not sell many of them and it was not one of his rockets

In a turn of events that shocked absolutely nobody, Elon Musk's preposterous 6,000 lb. bulletproof ugly Cybertruck has been recalled due to a rather serious hiccup with the accelerator pedal.