Sophos buyout complete
Published in News


British AV outfit snapped up by Americans 

UK AV outfit Sophos has been bought by equity firm Thoma Bravo in a cash transaction that values Sophos at approximately $3.9 billion.

SambaNova wants to kill the conventional chip
Published in PC Hardware


Intel, AMD, and graphics chips from Nvidia will have to go

A stealth startup called SambaNova wants to build a new kind of computer to replace typical Von Neumann computers and if it manages it, Intel, AMD and Nvidia will be toast.

Citroen releases a cheap tiny electric car
Published in Transportation


It is ugly and growls, but it is French, so what do you expect?

French automaker Citroën has taken the brave step of making an electric car which is affordable.

Japanese phone prevents you taking "inappropriate" photos
Published in AI


Pics by Richard banned.

A phone which can identify if you are about to take a picture without any clothes on and prevent it has gone on sale in Japan.

Big Republican donor trying to take over Twitter
Published in News


Wants to purge the Liberal Jack Dorsey

A major Republican donor has bought a stake in Twitter and is seeking to oust Jack Dorsey and reform the social media platform.

Putin’s daughter is head of AI at Moscow State University
Published in AI


Not bad for an acrobatic rock’n’roll dancer

Katerina Tikhonova, the youngest daughter of Russian President Tsar Vladimir Putin, was appointed head of a new artificial intelligence institute at Moscow State University.

Tame Apple Press helping fudge Apple numbers
Published in News


How do you still say you are on top, when you are third?

The Tame Apple Press has been doing its best to prove that its favourite corporate giant is still the number one seller of smartphones, despite the fact it is number three.

Logitech wants a piece of the gaming chair market
Published in News


Teams up with Herman Miller

Gaming chairs have become a big part of the gaming peripherals market, and comes as no surprise that Logitech's gaming division wants a piece of that cake. Logitech Gaming has formed an exclusive partnership with Herman Miller, in order to create "the ultimate gaming chair".

Nvidia rolls out a Geforce 442.50 WHQL Game Ready driver
Published in Graphics


One to have for new season/expansions of Apex Legends, The Division 2, and ARK: Survival Evolved

Nvidia has released its latest Geforce 442.50 WHQL Game Ready graphics driver with support for some upcoming games, support for new G-Sync Compatible monitors, and a couple of bug fixes.

Vivo shows its APEX 2020 concept in more detail
Published in Mobiles


With 6.45-inch FullView screen and more

Although it failed to be the star of the MWC 2020 show in Barcelona due to Coronavirus, the vivo APEX 2020 concept phone has just been described in detail and it shows in which direction vivo is heading with its future smartphones.