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Valve Genius fixed video game lighting calculations
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The maths was all wrong

The groundbreaking lighting in Half-Life 2 resulted from serious lobbying by a Valve designer on hardware makers who had not correctly added up their sums.

Vole faces £1 Billion Cloud overcharge case in UK
Published in News


Outlook is cloudy

Software King of the World, Microsoft is staring down the barrel of a potential £1 billion payout if a colossal class action lawsuit brought by UK businesses succeeds.

Consumer electronics to become a trillion-dollar industry by 2026
Published in News


Heading back to black

A new report from beancounters Stocklytics claims that the consumer electronics industry is back on track after having a dismissal few years and will be worth a trillion dollars by 2026.

Apple gets a breather in Brazil
Published in News


Court gives it more time to get its act together

Fruity cargo cult Apple has been given more time to sort out its anti-trust antics in Brazil.

Chinese chip designer faces massive layoffs
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Casualties in US-China Tech Conflict

Chinese server CPU designer Hongjun Microelectronics Technology is reportedly preparing to lay off up to half of its workforce, reflecting the escalating challenges Chinese semiconductor firms face due to geopolitical tensions.