New Wi-Fi 7 standard emphases stability
Published in Network


Multi-link operations

When Wi-Fi 7 arrives this year, it will bring with it a new focus on improving its image and this appears to be mostly in the area of stability.

Those were the Crays
Published in PC Hardware
02 January 2024

Those were the Crays


Supercomputer out matched by a Raspberry Pi

The UK government’s supercomputers in the 1970s would now be outclassed by a Raspberry Pi according to one of the testors of both.

Foldable phones make the industry crease
Published in Mobiles


The future or a expensive flop?

Every smartphone maker is gambling on foldable phones to save their flagging sales, despite Apple snobs saying they are a waste of time.

Apple in hot water in 2024
Published in Mobiles


Tech giant faces legal battles over billions

Apple is facing a double whammy of legal troubles that could cost it billions of dollars and shake up its cosy empire.

Nigeria's phone ban: Millions to be cut off by government
Published in Network


Give the government your details or lose your phones

Nigeria's government has ordered telecoms firms to cut off millions of mobile users who have not linked their SIM cards to their biometric IDs.

World's first lithium-free electric car launched by China
Published in Transportation


Will not blow up in your garage

China has beaten the world to launch the first electric car that doesn't need a lithium battery.

Microsoft jacks AI under the bonnet of new laptops
Published in AI


Ready in 2024

Microsoft is gearing up to launch its new Surface Pro and Surface Laptop lines, which it claims will be its first true next-gen AI PCs.

Nvidia slashes gaming card power to dodge US ban
Published in Graphics


Chinese will get throttled RTX 4090D  

Nvidia has chopped the performance of its GeForce RTX 4090 GPU by nearly 11 per cent, so it can flog it in China without breaking US sanctions.

Musk blasts media for “fake” robot attack story
Published in News


Attack happened; it was just not Musk’s pet robot.

Elon [look at me] Musk has hit out at the media for spreading lies about a robot “attack” at his Tesla factory in Austin.

Apple fangirls refuse to breed with Android users
Published in Mobiles


iPhone or Bye Phone

In the Christmas to New Year dry season for news, the Tame Apple Press has made much of a story where a TikToker asked random women if they would refuse to date a perfect man if he had an Android.