Coracer slaps graphene thermal pad on AMD AM5 chips
Claims 130 W/m·K conductivity miracle
A mysterious outfit calling itself Coracer has chucked a new graphene thermal pad into the AM5 processor ring, claiming it’s a better option than thermal paste or liquid metal.
Qualcomm spurns Apple as modem deal nears expiry
We are just so over this relationship
After more than 15 years of flogging modem chips to the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple, Qualcomm seems to be limbering up for life without its biggest drama prone customer.
Job's Mob and Google accused of dragging their feet to protect profits
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple and Google are getting a proper earful from furious British MPs for stalling a basic anti-theft fix that could stop criminals cashing in on stolen smartphones.
Hell Is Us demo crashes RTX 50 and 40 cards
Devs suggest lowering settings and disabling upscaling to avoid intro crash
Hell just froze for Nvidia RTX 50 and 40 series owners trying to play the demo of Hell Is Us. The game crashes before the cinematic even finishes, leaving players staring at their high-end hardware in disbelief.
Brain in a box goes on sale for $35k
Cortical Labs ships synthetic brains to scientists with a taste for real-time wetware
An Aussie startup has stuck 800,000 lab-grown human neurons on a chip and called it a computer. Cortical Labs says its CL1 is the world’s first code-deployable biological machine, and it’s up for grabs at $35,000 a pop.