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DARPA puts sinister green eyes on its robot tank
Messing with your mind
DARPA's latest step into the world of autonomous vehicles a real eye-opener—literally.
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Intel reveals chip plans
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.
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US TikTok is likely to close rather than be sold
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.
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Harddrive makers jack up the price of products
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.
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Motherboard makers back new AMD chips
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.
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Intel’s stocks slide after unimpressive results
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.
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Microsoft reports record results
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).
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Blizzard cancels BlizzCon 2024
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.
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TSMC aims to give Chipzilla a kick in the backside
A16 production will start in 2026
TSMC has announced its cutting-edge A16 technology, slated to commence production in the latter half of 2026.
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Oldest PC game is 40 years old
Still in active development
Biplane shoot-'em up, Sopwith, is celebrating 40 years since its first release in 1984.