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.
FreeBSD 15 lands with a modern makeover
And dropping almost all 32-bit support
FreeBSD just released version 15, and while it didn’t arrive with the marketing theatrics we see from like some OS distributions, the impact is hard to ignore.
Samsung’s foundry fights its way back into the game
Yield gains pull in fresh AI customers.
Samsung’s memory business is roaring back to life, and its foundry arm is finally showing signs of life as yield improvements tempt Big Tech outfits back to the table.
Torvalds blames Windows crashes on muppet-grade hardware
Linux creator says BSOD blame lands on flaky rigs, not code
Linus Torvalds has ended up defending Microsoft’s much-mocked blue-screen-of-death screens. However, his argument has less to do with software quality and everything to do with dodgy hardware in the hands of punters.