Microsoft’s management musical chairs
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When the music stops the Voles will all sit down

Software king of the world Microsoft is playing musical chairs with its top brass after Panos Panay's shock jump to Amazon.

Chrome goes native on Arm
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Now, all roads lead to Chrome 

In alliance with Qualcomm, Google claims to have turbocharged the browsing experience for Windows on ARM users. The tech behemoth has rolled out an ARM-optimised iteration of its Chrome browser, promising a zippier and more seamless online experience.

Ghostbusters went rogue
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Meta spied on Snatchat secrets

Tech titans at Meta have been caught with their hands in the digital cookie jar playing a sneaky game of peek-a-boo with Snapchat's secrets in a hush-hush op dubbed "Project Ghostbusters."

AI creates something useful
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The perfect pint

The boffins at KU Leuven have cracked the code to a perfect pint, and it's all thanks to a bit of AI wizardry.

British ready to retire their CHIEF
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OK, Customs Declaration Service you are finally up

After years of faffing about, the tax bods at HMRC have finally set a date to ditch the dusty old CHIEF computer system.

Qualcomm's gaming gamble
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Arm laptops to run Windows games 

Qualcomm has told the gathered crowds at the 2024 Game Developers Conference (GDC) that Windows games are expected to be compatible with its forthcoming Arm laptops. If this holds true, x86 emulation and gaming could operate flawlessly on these machines without porting.

The story of the immortal Windows Format drive dialogue box
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Frozen in time

Former Microsoft coder Dave Plummer has revealed the story behind the Windows Format drive dialogue box, which is now 30 years old.

Apple’s Walled garden under siege
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DoJ and Fanboys are at its Gates

Apple’s fruity empire is under siege as a barrage of lawsuits accuses the tech titan of strong-arming the smartphone realm. The legal onslaught, which piggybacks on a colossal antitrust case by the US Justice Department and a posse of 15 states, has seen at least three class actions lobbed at the iPhone maker since last Friday.

Tech titans try to break Nvidia's AI stranglehold
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Ganging up to bring an end to tyranny

A coalition of tech giants, including Qualcomm, Google, and Intel, is set to challenge Nvidia's stronghold by targeting the software that binds developers to Nvidia's chips. They join a growing band of financiers and firms chipping away at Nvidia's AI supremacy.

Misplaced trust in Apple nearly ends in tragedy
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Lucky no one was killed

In a shocking display of blind faith in Silicon Valley's shiny gadgets, a pair of Apple zealots nearly caused a fatal disaster, all thanks to the tech giant's "Findmy" fiasco.