Boffins come up with smart bandages
Published in News
Monday, 27 March 2023 12:00

Boffins come up with smart bandages


Printed boards 

Boffins claim to have invented a device that could help such wounds heal: a stretchable, wireless, bioelectronic system that can stick to the skin.

Arduino has revised its UNO board
Published in PC Hardware
Monday, 27 March 2023 11:57

Arduino has revised its UNO board


32-bit Cortex-M4

Arduino has revised its UNO board and promised "a long-awaited update on performance and possibilities."

Arm wants to increase its margins
Published in PC Hardware
Monday, 27 March 2023 11:45

Arm wants to increase its margins


Plans to jack up its royalties

British chip designer Arm wants to increase the royalties it charges for its chip licensing, according to a report by Financial Times.

Musk admits that Twitter has lost half its value since he took over
Published in News


That is the sort of business genius he is

Red-faced supreme twit Elon [look at me] Musk has admitted that he has succeeded in reducing the value of Twitter by a half since he took over.

Apple staff fear that new headset will be expensive flop
Published in IoT


VR headset depends too much on non-existant hype

Apple employees are apparently warning their managers that the company's inbound VR headset, is going to be an overpriced flop.

UK Tories whinge that Google’s chatbot hates them
Published in AI


Thinks it has a left-wing bias

The UK Conservative party is complaining that Google’s new Bard AI based chatbot hates them and believes it is producing results with a left-wing bias.

Chipzilla founder Gordon Moore dies
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Monday, 27 March 2023 10:04

Chipzilla founder Gordon Moore dies


Moore’s Law continues

The bloke who famously observed that the number of transistors in an integrated circuit (IC) doubled about every two years, Gordon Moore has died, he was 94.

ZTE and Leia make a glasses-free 3D tablet
Published in PC Hardware


Cost a bit

US enema-of-the-state ZTE and an outfit called Leia is making a 12.4-inch, $1,100 Android tablet with a glasses-free 3D display.

Intel, IBM, and Nvidia fights bans on “forever chemicals”
Published in News


So much for being green

While companies are banging on about how green and circular they are, Intel, IBM, and Nvidia have joined together with industrial materials businesses to fight US clampdowns on “forever chemicals.”

China shows off indigenous interconnected interface for chiplet
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The quest for independence should buy the US a few years

China has come up with an indigenous interconnected interface for chiplet to counter US actions to protect its chip industry.