TSMC’s CoWoS backlog sparks outsourcing scramble
Taiwan giant turns to local partners as packaging crunch bites
TSMC is stuffed to the rafters with CoWoS orders, and the AI industry is sweating over it, although the company seems to have a cunning plan.
Lenovo preps Legion Pro Rollable for 2026
Gaming slab gets a party trick as its screen rolls out sideways
Lenovo is gearing up to unleash a Legion-branded rollable laptop that stretches sideways into a portable ultrawide gaming panel and is pencilled in for an early 2026 launch, probably at CES.
OTF GRIMM racks up arrests as it battles VaaS rise
Europol’s OTF GRIMM has smashed its way through Europe’s cyber violence-for-hire scene in its first six months and left a trail of crippled criminal networks behind it.
Tiling makeover could open the door to rival GPUs
Nvidia has rolled out one of the biggest updates to its CUDA software stack in years, and chip design legend Jim Keller reckons it might even spell the end of its long-guarded exclusivity.
IBM snaps up Confluent in $11 billion AI binge
Biggish Blue reckons data streaming will rev up its generative push
IBM has hurled $11 billion at Confluent in a deal meant to drag the ageing giant deeper into the artificial intelligence stampede.
Google’s homegrown TPU muscles into Nvidia’s turf
Big Tech outfit turns its custom silicon into a serious threat
Google’s custom silicon is giving Nvidia a proper fright as the search outfit’s tensor processing units help its Gemini 3 models overtake OpenAI’s latest efforts.
Trump extorts 25 per cent to let Nvidia into China
With fiends like that, who needs enemas
Trump will allow Nvidia to flog its H200 chip to China if he is allowed to skim 25 per cent off the top.
Valve trying to bring HDMI 2.1 support for Steam Machine
HDMI Forum is to blame, as hardware supports it
Valve is trying to bring HDMI 2.1 support for the upcoming Steam Machine, and while the hardware supports it, the HDMI Forum is still blocking the support.
Xiaomi 17 could launch globally in January 2026
A global version spotted at Geekbench
The Xiaomi 17, which was unveiled in China back in September, could be launching globally in January 2026, according to the latest leak. A global version has been recently spotted in the Geekbench database.
Honor Magic8 Lite comes with 7,500mAh battery
Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 SoC for the entry-level member of the series
Honor Magic8 Lite is finally official, and this least expensive member of Honor's Magic8 series will be packing Qualcomm's Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 SoC and a hefty 7,500mAh battery.