FCC investigates AT&T’s network meltdown
If only they had not had to give up their Huawei technology
The FCC confirmed that it is investigating how AT&T’s network went spectacularly tits up for 11 hours yesterday.
Top boffin hired to advise US cops
AI Tsar named
The US Justice Department has hired a top boffin to be its first AI Tsar as it tries to work out how AI affects the law and policing.
Nvidia still worried about Huawei
Fighting over new ground
Buried in yesterday’s filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission was an indication that Nvidia still saw Huawei as a significant threat.
Nvidia releases new control panel called NVIDIA App
New Geforce 551.61 WHQL driver with RTX HDR in tow
Nvidia has finally released the new NVIDIA App, a more modern control panel, which, unlike the Geforce Experience app, does not need you to create an Nvidia account. In addition, Nvidia has released the new Geforce 551.61 WHQL driver, which brings RTX HDR and support for the new NVIDIA App control panel.
Intel wants to make AMD chips at IFS
For Nvidia, Qualcomm, and Google as well
During the IFS Direct Connect 2024 event, Intel's CEO, Pat Gelsinger, answered a couple of questions from the members of the press, including a rather peculiar one from Tom's Hardware hack, Paul Alcorn, where Intel CEO expressed hope that customers for Intel Foundry Services will include Nvidia, Qualcomm, Google, and even AMD.
AMD's big Zen 5 gamble
Two sizes
The dark satanic rumour mill has spat out a yarn which claims AMD is using 3nm for its low-power Zen 5c and 4nm for standard Zen 5 CPUs.
Apple fiddles with its battery lifespan adverts to dodge EU rules
Claims iPhones can last longer without any new updates.
Apple has fiddled with the iPhone 15's battery lifespan. The company said its latest iPhones can keep 80 per cent of their original charging capacity after 1,000 cycles — double the previous estimate — without any new hardware or software updates.
Chipzilla bags a big deal with Vole
An alliance made in a Japanese film lot
Intel has landed a contract to make custom chips for the software King of the world, Microsoft.
XBOX boss: we're not ditching disks yet
Even if fans are not interested
The gaming chief says Xbox will keep supporting old-fashioned disks but admits that console fans are losing interest.
Nvidia is getting hotter than a 2018 GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
GPU company's results are on fire
Nvidia says it's on fire with its AI chips and expects even more growth.