CP/M’s 50th anniversary
If it had not been for Windows, things would have been so different
This week marks the 50th anniversary of computer visionary Gary Kildall showcasing CP/M, the first personal computer operating system to achieve commercial success.
Engineers fix Voyager One
More than just turning it off and on again
NASA engineers have managed to fix Voyager One using some pretty clever workaround which would cause many helpdesks to hang their heads in shame.
Vision Pro falls off a cliff
You probably were not expecting this
Jobs's Mob's latest gizmo, the Vision Pro, is already hitting the buffers before it's even had a chance to flop internationally.
Apple’s China crisis continues
Meltdown to the centre of the earth.
The Fruity cargo-cult Apple’s woes in what used to be a significant market are continuing, according to the latest findings from Counterpoint Research.
Samsung sings of new AI-flavoured NAND
Mass production
Samsung Electronics has announced that it has started mass production for its one-terabit (Tb) triple-level cell (TLC) 9th-generation vertical NAND (V-NAND).
Microsoft launches a small AI for SMEs
It does not need vast amounts of data
Microsoft announced a cost-effective, small-language artificial intelligence model that can create content creation and create social media posts while using smaller amounts of data.
AI on phones might be a bad idea
Power hungry
While the likes of Apple are trying to stuff something called AI onto its iPhones, there is a downside to the technology that no one appears to have considered – AI takes up a lot of charge.
AMD rolling out new adaptive SoCs
Versal AI Edge Series Gen 2
AMD’s rolling out a couple of new adaptive SoCs – the Versal AI Edge Series Gen 2 for AI-powered embedded systems and the Versal Prime Series Gen 2 for more traditional embedded systems.
Unstable Intel high-end CPU patches kill performance
Up to nine per cent
Over the last few weeks, there's been a fair bit of chatter about high-end Chipzilla CPUs, like the Core i9-14900K, throwing a wobbly. Asus has knocked out a BIOS update for its Z790 motherboards to sort it, but it's nicked up to nine per cent off the performance in some tasks.
Apple pulls vegan-friendly FineWoven cases
It was falling to bits faster than the phones
Fruit-themed cargo cult Apple has pulled production of its FineWoven accessories because they were causing a crisis of faith among its followers because they were so alarmingly bad.