Moto G power wows with price, but bloatware's a nightmare
How to kill off a good product
Motorola's 2024 Moto G Power has caught the eye with its vegan friendly tactile back and sleek edges, all for a modest €300, even if the camera and LCD screen don't quite hit the mark. But for some reason the whole thing has been destroyed by bloatware.
CISPE calls for inquiry into Broadcom’s lockdown antics
VMWare take over will decimate the cloud infrastructure
A European cloud trade organisation has urged an inquiry into Broadcom due to concerns about alterations to VMware’s licensing arrangements.
Apple pickled as California Attorney General takes it on
Anti-trust case started
The California Attorney General has gone and thrown the book at the fruity cargo cult Apple for playing monopoly.
Microsoft releases new AI powered Surfaces
With Intel Inside
Software King of the World Microsoft has just released a couple of new Surfaces for the business crowd—the Surface Pro 10 for Business and the Surface Laptop 6 for Business. They're equipped with the latest Intel Core Ultra processors, a fancy Neural Processing Unit (NPU) and this nifty new Copilot key that's all about AI tricks in Windows 11.
Warning about AI's "irrational exuberance"
Are we heading for a tech bubble burst?
Cloud Native Computing Foundation boss Priyanka Sharma told the gathered throngs at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe that AI is in a phase of "irrational exuberance" and people are getting too excited too soon.
Ubisoft teams up with Nvidia
Aims for more interesting NPCs
Ubisoft's Paris R&D centre is working with Nvida to explore the possibilities of generative AI within gaming.
Employment crisis in tech industry
So much for the skills gap
Since the current year's commencement, over 50,000 employees have been dismissed from upwards of 200 technology firms, as reported by the tracking website Layoffs. fyi.
EU prepares for a showdown with Apple and Meta
The Good, the bad and the ugly
EU's competition watchdog, Margrethe Vestager, has issued a stark warning to tech titans Apple and Meta regarding their latest fee structures, suggesting they could stifle the consumer freedoms promised by the Digital Markets Act (DMA).
MacOS Sonoma 14.4 update wipes file histories
It is not as if you needed those files right?
In a classic Jobs’ Mob programming gaffe, the latest macOS Sonoma 14.4 update has unleashed a bug that's wreaking havoc on iCloud Drive's versioning system.
Micron predicts glowing future
Memory will benefit from AI boom
Memory maker Micron saw its shares surge in after-hours trading following an unexpectedly positive revenue forecast for the current quarter, spurred by the increased demand for AI.