UK Post Office scandal might have been a sequel
Earlier software problems also jailed Post Masters
After the public outcry over the Post Office Horizon scandal, there are worries over an earlier system that came before the dodgy software popped up. Just like with Horizon, the Post Office nicked and punished sub-postmasters with mysterious gaps in its Capture system.
Samsung bags first order for 2nm chip
Leaves TSMC in the dust
Samsung is the first big player to land an order for a chip made with a 2nm process.
Chipzilla caught cheating on benchmarks
SPEC throws Poe and says, "Nevermore"
The Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC), which keeps fair and honest benchmarks for computing chips, has chucked out more than 2,600 results for Chipzilla Xeon chips.
Microsoft tinkers with Windows for AMD AI
Preparing Task Manager for the AI onslaught
Software King of the World, Microsoft seems to be gearing up for the inevitable rise of hardware-accelerated local AI tools and is tinkering with Windows software to play nice with AMD’s AI chips.
Nintendo's new Switch delayed
But at least not half-baked
Word on the street is Nintendo's next console might be fashionably late to the party, with whispers suggesting its Switch 2 won't grace our living rooms until early 2025.
Meizu ditches smartphones
Bets big on AI
Meizu, the brainchild of car maker Geely, has decided to throw in the towel on its smartphones, and announced plans to go "All in AI."
Zuck backs Altman's £5.5 trillion AI chip plan
It is not bonkers
Meta Platforms boss Mark Zuckerberg gave his views on the £5.5 trillion AI chipmaking plan by OpenAI chief Sam Altman last week, saying that they are not as bonkers as they sound.
China's secret supercomputer switched on
The beast that could beat the world
China has secretly launched the Tianhe-3 supercomputer, which is thought to be the most powerful machine ever built.
Japanese boffins to launch wooden satellite into space
Wood, you believe it?
The Observer reports that Japanese scientists are planning to blast a satellite made of magnolia wood into space this summer on a US rocket.
Apple fanboys revolting over new toy
Expensive waste of time -- I can't even see my iPhone
Apple fanboys are storming the bastille of the frying saucer over the poor design choices in the hugely overpriced Vision Pro.