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Right of repair could be ten years in EU
Published in News
Thursday, 23 March 2023 11:45

Right of repair could be ten years in EU


Apple has heart attack 

The European Commission has adopted a new set of right to repair rules that will add electronic devices like smartphones and tablets to a list of goods that must be built with repairability in mind.

Bombing journalists with USB drives
Published in News
Thursday, 23 March 2023 11:35

Bombing journalists with USB drives


Not for hacking, just exploding 

Some idiot has been sending journalists USB drives which explode when they are plugged in. 

Openreach jumps fibre hurdle
Published in Network
Thursday, 23 March 2023 11:23

Openreach jumps fibre hurdle


Rutland was a milestone

UK broadband network provider Openreach has crossed a 'huge milestone' in its upgrading of the nation's broadband infrastructure, with ultrafast Full Fibre connections now available to 10 million homes and businesses.

Threadripper 7000 confirmed for second half of the year
Published in PC Hardware


Along with TR5 platform 

Asus China General Manager Tony Yu has confirmed that AMD's Ryzen Threadripper 7000 (codename Storm Peak) and new TR5 platform will hit the market in the second half of this year.

Intel delays buying Tower
Published in News
Thursday, 23 March 2023 10:56

Intel delays buying Tower


One does does not simply buy Tower Semiconductor 

Intel has delayed its $5.4 billion purchase of Tower Semiconductor.

Amazon has sold 200 million fires
Published in News
Thursday, 23 March 2023 10:46

Amazon has sold 200 million fires


That should sort out the rain forests 

In the middle of announcements about its new tellys,  Amazon has revealed it has now sold 200 million Fire TV devices.

Nvidia modifies H100 to sell it to China
Published in AI
Wednesday, 22 March 2023 11:57

Nvidia modifies H100 to sell it to China


Cuts it back to avoid red tape

Nvidia has modified its AI H100 chip to get around export rules so it can be flogged to China as a “H800.”

Nvidia dusts off dual GPU cards
Published in AI
Wednesday, 22 March 2023 11:42

Nvidia dusts off dual GPU cards


At least for data centres 

Nvidia has announced a new dual-GPU product, the H100 NVL but sadly not for SLI or multi-GPU gaming.

Nvidia teams up in Microsoft Azure pact
Published in News
Wednesday, 22 March 2023 11:35

Nvidia teams up in Microsoft Azure pact


Nvidia cloud based services 

The maker of graphics cards named after a Roman vengence daemon, Nvidia has teamed up with the software King of the World, Microsoft.

Fertility apps collecting too much information
Published in Mobiles


Might be selling it on 

Fertility apps on mobile phones might be collecting rather too much personal data sparking fears that creators are selling it.