Qualcomm might find safety with Samsung
We don't need no Apple
While the Tame Apple Press has rushed to write Qualcomm off as Jobs’ Mob prepares to end its long-term contract with the outfit, there might be a bright future with the fruity cargo cult’s rival.
Chinese boffins build new laser-based immersion lithography machine
Touted as “break through”
The cocaine nose jobs of the Shanghai Stock Market seem to have gotten a little ahead of their selves over news that Chinese boffins had had a break through in creating chips.
Ellison and Musk took Huang to dinner
Please give us more chips, and take our money.
The IT gossip circle is all abuzz that Oracle’s Larry Ellison and Elon [look at me] Musk have been seen in swanky restaurants wining and dining Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.
AMD releases new Adrenalin Edition 24.20.11.01 Preview driver
One to have for Frostpunk 2 and God of War Ragnarok
AMD has released a preview driver that you might want to install if you are looking to try out Frostpunk 2, God of War Ragnarok, The Sims 4, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, Black Myth: Wukong, or Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut
TCL quantum dot TVs may not have had quantum dots
It is not as if users would have noticed
Watchdogs are snuffling around the telly maker TCL after it was claimed that three TCL TVs marketed as quantum dot TVs had a few too little quantum dots.
Intel CEO talks about the future in letter to the employees
AWS deal, U.S. Secure Enclave, Intel Foundry, and focus on x86
Intel's board members and CEO, Pat Gelsinger sent out and shared a letter to the employees that outlines the future of the company, revealing a bit more details and trying to ease off the pressure that was seen after the company's Q2 earnings report.
Google starts identifying AI fakes
Fed up with them crowding out real images
Online search outfit Google will begin labelling AI-generated and AI-edited image search results in the coming months.
Israelis make hundreds of Hezbollah pagers explode
Killing nine including an 8-year-old girl
Israeli hackers carried out an attack on pagers used by hundreds of members of Hezbollah causing them to explode almost simultaneously in Lebanon and Syria.
Apple pauses iPadOS 18 for M4 iPad Pro rollout
Comes with a brick-expensive device feature
Fruity cargo cult Apple has slammed the brakes on the release of its iPadOS 18 for M4 iPad Pro models because it includes a feature that turns the device into an expensive brick.
iPhone 16 / Pro pre orders are low in EU
Preorders weaker than predecessor
Enthusiasm over the new iPhone 16 series with a new shutter button and unclear Apple Intelligence (AI) strategy led to much lower iPhone 16 preorder numbers compared to the iPhone 15 generation. The numbers are lower in the EU as well as worldwide.