Intel’s 8088 turns 45
Chipzilla’s first significant CPU
Intel’s first significant CPU based in x86 turns 45 today.
Finnish outfit makes accelerator chip
Claims it can double the speed of any CPU
A Finnish startup, Flow Computing, claims that by adding its unique secondary chip, any central processing unit (CPU) can immediately see its performance doubled and potentially increase up to 100 times with further software adjustments.
Police arrest hackers built their own phone tower
Phishing
British coppers have fingered the collars of two people implicated in an SMS-based phishing scheme utilising a distinctive apparatus, which the police characterised as a “homemade mobile antenna,” “an illegitimate telephone mast,” and a “text message blaster.”
Musk threatens to ban Apple devices at his work
We are not sure whose side we are on here
In a rather petulant display of corporate chest-thumping, Elon [look at me] Musk has threatened to ban Apple gear from his companies after Jobs’ Mob salted its “Apple Intelligence” with AI from OpenAI.
AMD launches sooner than expected
Ryzen 9000 X3D as early as September
The Dark Satanic Rumour Mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn claiming that AMD will release its Ryzen 9000 X3D versions earlier than thought.
Intel stalls Israel plant expansion construction
Unclear why
Chipzilla appears to have stalled construction on its semiconductor manufacturing plant in Kiryat Gat, Israel, which is valued at 25 billion dollars (23.25 billion euro).
Tame Apple Press is moist over a calculator app
At last, Apple has invented something we can use
One of the sadder things we saw at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) was the Tame Apple Press getting all excited about a calculator app.
Intel’s Meteor Lake gets a boost
It is like another chip
Chipzilla recently released a single line of Linux code for its Meteor Lake processors which has transformed the chip significantly.
Still not worth the $3,500 price
Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has just unveiled VisionOS 2 for its Vision Pro spatial computing headset, which it claims brings new features and enhancements to the overpriced and poorly selling device.
Don’t download Apple’s new iOS yet
Beta is a bit buggy
While the Tame Apple Press touted the launch of Jobs’ Mob’s latest iOS as if it were a cure for cancer Apple fanboys might be insane to download the beta right away.