European telcos plot satellite alternative to Starlink
Four major European mobile operators are exploring a joint satellite service that could extend mobile…
Nvidia muscles into Intel and AMD’s CPU business
Nvidia has won processor business from cloud computing outfit Modal, giving Intel and AMD another…
Memory crunch sends phone makers to the scrapheap
Some Chinese phone makers are reportedly turning to memory chips recovered from discarded handsets as rising component costs squeeze the budget smartphone market. According to TrendForce, citing Taiwanese publication TechNews,…
Memory crunch sends phone makers to the scrapheap
Some Chinese phone makers are reportedly turning to memory chips recovered from discarded handsets as…
Arm claims twice AMD’s work per rack
Arm claims its AGI CPU delivers nearly twice AMD’s EPYC Turin performance per rack, thanks…
Topfeel crams 256GB into compact workstation
Topfeel has announced a compact workstation supporting up to 256GB of RAM, giving buyers plenty…
Canada plots internet route around America
Norwegian infrastructure outfit Bulk is seeking a Canadian partner to build a $620 million transatlantic…
Latest reviews
PowerColor ALPHYN AM10 Wireless Gaming Mouse
Red Devil DNA makes for a great warrior under $50 I have been dealing with…
Pixel Watch 4 45mm A nice evolution
Review: Faster charging, longer battery life, and a larger screen. A long time ago, I set…
GEEKOM A5 Pro Mini PC is a great budget mini PC
Pre-“RAMpocalypse” Pricing and Solid Everyday Performance Mini PCs have always been close to my heart.…
News
Memory crunch sends phone makers to the scrapheap
Some Chinese phone makers are reportedly turning to memory chips recovered from discarded handsets as rising component costs squeeze the budget smartphone market. According to TrendForce, citing Taiwanese publication TechNews,…
Arm claims twice AMD’s work per rack
Arm claims its AGI CPU delivers nearly twice AMD’s EPYC Turin performance per rack, thanks…
Topfeel crams 256GB into compact workstation
Topfeel has announced a compact workstation supporting up to 256GB of RAM, giving buyers plenty…
Graphics
Intel gives Crescent Island its D-series badge
Intel has unveiled its GPU D-series accelerators, led by the D270, promising substantial memory capacity…
Modder moves GPU and slashes temperatures
A PC enthusiast has cut an Nvidia RTX 3080’s hotspot temperature by up to 19°C…
Nvidia insists missing RTX 5090 is still alive
Nvidia insists its elusive GeForce RTX 5090 remains in production, despite empty shelves and third-party asking prices that suggest it comes with a swimming pool and a granny flat. Nvidia…
Mobiles
Memory crunch sends phone makers to the scrapheap
Some Chinese phone makers are reportedly turning to memory chips recovered from discarded handsets as rising component costs squeeze the budget smartphone market. According to TrendForce, citing Taiwanese publication TechNews,…
Smartphone sales fall of a cliff
Global smartphone shipments have fallen by at least a fifth as soaring memory costs force…
Hackers hit Trump Mobile customer data
Hackers have stolen and published personal information belonging to 3,615 Trump Mobile users, adding a…
PC Hardware
Topfeel crams 256GB into compact workstation
Topfeel has announced a compact workstation supporting up to 256GB of RAM, giving buyers plenty…
Nvidia muscles into Intel and AMD’s CPU business
Nvidia has won processor business from cloud computing outfit Modal, giving Intel and AMD another…
Arm claims twice AMD’s work per rack
Arm claims its AGI CPU delivers nearly twice AMD’s EPYC Turin performance per rack, thanks to its higher server density. Research outfit Signal65 tested early Arm systems against AMD’s Zen 5-based EPYC…
AI
Crescent Island demonstrated and named Intel GPU D270
480GB LPDDR5X 350W air-cooled envelope Intel has officially put a commercial name on its eagerly awaited Crescent Island architecture, demonstrating the Intel GPU D-Series alongside its inaugural accelerator: the Intel…
Character.AI bankruptcy sparks fight over kiddie chats
Character.AI’s bankruptcy has drawn the attention of 40 attorneys general, who are demanding safeguards for…
Huawei closes in as Nvidia loses ground in China
Nvidia’s share of China’s data-centre AI chip market has fallen to 34 per cent as…
Gaming
US lawmaker wants publishers to stop killing purchased games
US Representative Ritchie Torres plans legislation that would force publishers to respect game ownership and…
PowerColor ALPHYN AM10 Wireless Gaming Mouse
Red Devil DNA makes for a great warrior under $50 I have been dealing with…
Rockstar’s GTA nearly cooked after 13 year wait
Rockstar’s long road to GTA VI involved competing projects, an uncertain early direction and a determination to avoid another punishing development crunch. According to The Verge and GamesRadar+, the scheduled…
Automotive
Uber plans to unleash Chinese robotaxis on London
Uber has teamed up with Chinese autonomous-vehicle outfit Pony.ai to bring robotaxis to London, with road testing set to begin within weeks. According to TechCrunch. the companies intend to put…
RAMageddon increases car prices
RAMageddon is threatening to shove car prices higher as AI outfits gobble up the memory…
BMW enshittifies its cars with adverts
The maker of expensive cars for twats and travelling salesmen, BMW, has enshittified its motors…
Data center
Crescent Island demonstrated and named Intel GPU D270
480GB LPDDR5X 350W air-cooled envelope Intel has officially put a commercial name on its eagerly…
Tech bros wave €115 billion scare bill at Europe
America’s technology giants have found a suitably frightening price for Europe’s cloud independence, courtesy of…
Microsoft pulls plug on powerless Essex AI project
Microsoft has abandoned its planned tenancy at Nscale’s Essex AI data centre after reports that adequate electricity supplies could remain unavailable until the 2030s. The Loughton project was supposed to…
Smart devices
TomTom navigates another 200 staff towards the exit
TomTom is recalculating and cutting approximately 200 jobs worldwide as it reorganises its operations and targets €21 million in annual savings. The company plans to reduce management layers and organise…
Amazon makes smart speaker a little dumber
Amazon has decided that some of its older Echo smart speakers have been far too…
Toyota wants 400,000 robots
Toyota plans to deploy 400,000 factory robots while insisting its mechanical workforce should coexist with…
Network
European telcos plot satellite alternative to Starlink
Four major European mobile operators are exploring a joint satellite service that could extend mobile…
Asus discovers the gaming Ethernet cable
Asus has launched a gaming Ethernet cable costing about $41, apparently hoping its ROG branding…
Canada plots internet route around America
Norwegian infrastructure outfit Bulk is seeking a Canadian partner to build a $620 million transatlantic cable that would bypass the US. According to Tom’s Hardware, the proposed Leif Erikson connection…