Mozella dusts off Servo
Rust never sleeps
The boffins behind Servo, Mozilla's "next-generation browser engine", are kicking off 2024 with a bang.
AI takes its toll on Big Tech
Tech giants axe 34,000 jobs
Major tech firms such as Microsoft, Alphabet, PayPal, and eBay have sacked 34,000 workers since the start of 2024 to focus on artificial intelligence (AI), the Financial Times revealed.
Loutish luddites torch driverless taxi
Chinatown rampage
A mob of yobs attacked a Waymo driverless taxi and set it ablaze in San Francisco's Chinatown last night, causing chaos and cheers.
Putin fawns over Musk in cosy chat with US hack
Nothing will stop him – or me
Russian Tsar Vladimir Putin has lavished praise on X-owner, Tesla and Neuralink boss Elon [look at me] Musk in a cosy chat with a US hack.
AMD breaks records
Leaves Chipzilla feeling a bit sick
AMD, the chip maker behind the mighty EPYC and Ryzen processors, has revealed its stunning results for the last quarter of 2023, showing that it is leaving its rival Intel far behind.
Mozzarella Foundation shuffles its big cheeses
Baker quits to save the Internet
Mozilla, the company behind the popular Firefox browser, has been rocked by the shock departure of its CEO Mitchell Baker, who is leaving to fight for a safer and fairer internet.
FTC slams Microsoft for sacking workers after mega merger
If you can't trust Microsoft, who can you trust?
The Federal Trade Commission has blasted Microsoft for firing 1,900 workers in January after it bought Activision Blizzard for €60.4 billion.
AI PCs to take over the world by 2027
IDC has been at its crystal balls again
A new prediction from IDC shows sales of artificial intelligence (AI) PCs -- personal computers with special chips that can run AI tasks on their own -- soaring from nearly 50 million units in 2024 to more than 167 million in 2027.
Apple tries malicious compliance with EU
How to make friends and influence people
Apple has told developers for years that they can always make web apps if they don't like its rules for iOS apps. It has said so in its platform guidelines before Congress and the court. But web developers say that Safari and its WebKit engine are still rubbish and keep web apps from competing with iOS apps on Apple devices.
Pakistan killed phones and the internet for election
Apparently to stop terror attacks
Pakistan has switched off mobile phone networks and internet services across the country to prevent any "possible threats" as the nation starts its election, a top ministry said.