Chinese quantum computers solve maths problem superfast
Several billions of years earlier than a supercomputer
Scientists in China say their latest quantum computer has solved an ultra-complicated mathematical problem within a millionth of a second a few billion years faster than a supercomputer and do not require dead or alive cats.
Start-up wants to build “lego-like” chip factories
Prefab and AI enabled
A start-up wants to build cheap and cheerful AI enabled chip plants that can be assembled and expanded modularly with prefab pieces, like high-tech Lego bricks.
Data centres could have a heart of glass
It could be made cruising, yeah
Microsoft Research Cambridge is working out a way to reduce the size of data centres by storing data on glass.
Open-source projects are not properly maintained
Just 11 per cent are viable
A recent analysis of 1.2 million open source software projects primarily across four ecosystems found that only about 11 per cent of projects were actively maintained.
Working from home is the way of the future
Dropbox CEO tells other big tech companies to grow up
Dropbox CEO of Silicon Valley Drew Houston has told other big tech companies that having their employees working from home is the way of the future.
Apple PC sales tank
Finally realise users realise they are not worth the price
Beancounters at IDC have been adding up some numbers and dividing by their shoe size and have seen a massive decline in Apple PC sales.
AMD Anti-Lag+ will get you banned by Valve
And it might be worse than that
It appears that enabling AMD's Anti-Lag+ feature will get you banned in Counter Strike 2. The issue might not be limited to Valve's latest game but also some other competitive games.
Microsoft completes acquisition of Activision Blizzard King
Record deal at $68.7 billion gets it all under one roof
Microsoft has finally managed to close the deal and has completed the acquisition of Activision Blizzard King company. This puts all franchises and plenty of developers under the same roof called Xbox Game Studios, as announced by Phil Spencer, head of Microsoft Gaming.
Microsoft gets a huge tax bill
$28.9 billion short
Software King of the World, Microsoft has just received a tax bill which is so huge that it has attracted small moons into its orbit, and light cannot escape from some of its clauses.
Microsoft backtracks on photo storage limits
Ducking the backlash
The software King of the World, Microsoft has backpedalled on a plan to impose photo storage limits in a user's OneDrive account.