VR headsets to shift 30 million units a year by 2027, vastly behind wearables
The eyes don’t have it, but you're all ears
Personal Tech23 Sep 2023 |
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Uncle Sam is this keen to keep US CHIPS funds out of China
Meanwhile, GlobalFoundries scores $3B DoD contract to fab chips for military, aerospace
Systems23 Sep 2023 | 2
European Commission hits Intel with new fine over antitrust findings
Updated What a difference a year makes: in June '22 it was asking for half a billion in interest back after a successful appeal
Systems22 Sep 2023 | 1
Airport chaos as eGates down for the count across UK
Updated Travelers told routine work being performed nationwide
On-Prem22 Sep 2023 | 33
How is this problem mine, techie asked, while cleaning underground computer
On Call If you throw enough mud, some of it will stick … and crash a server
Systems22 Sep 2023 | 125
The clock is ticking and Korea wants to know if its chipmakers will get their export license extension
SK hynix and Samsung do so much memory-making in China, ending sanction exemptions would be extraordinary
Systems22 Sep 2023 | 7
The iPhone 15 has a Goldilocks issue: Too big or too small. Maybe a case will make it just right
Quick look Fanboi numbers are well down – but Apple's queueing system, rather than apathy, is likely the cause
Personal Tech22 Sep 2023 | 39
Now IBM sued for age discrim by its own HR veterans
Staff with short 'runways' told to take off amid shift to corporate chatbots, it's claimed
On-Prem21 Sep 2023 | 53
Epic payout: FTC opens Fortnite settlement claim floodgates
Parents and players alike can now apply for a piece of the $245m pie
Personal Tech21 Sep 2023 | 3
US DoD serves up $238M Chips Act funding to 8 regional hubs
Hoping to bridge the dreaded 'lab-to-fab' gap where R&D dreams go to die
Systems21 Sep 2023 |
EU right to repair updates pass latest hurdle
Makers won't be able to pull wool over consumers' eyes, though critics say it hasn't gone far enough
Personal Tech21 Sep 2023 | 16
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Korea's FTC fines Broadcom $14.3M for pushing 'unfair' deal onto Samsung
Updated Watchdog claims it abused market position to leverage 'unfavorable' long-term parts supply contract
Systems21 Sep 2023 |
Vodafone claims first space-based 5G phone call – no modifications needed
The roaming charges must be out of this world
Networks21 Sep 2023 | 12
EE touts next-gen broadband Smart Hub with Wi-Fi 7 for 2024
Sure to lure in a few in the WFH crowd ... but no pricing yet
Networks21 Sep 2023 | 19
Toshiba succeeds at selling itself, delisting set for September 27
Acquiring entity Japan Industrial Partners hasn't said what it plans for the sprawling conglomerate
Systems21 Sep 2023 | 2
Uncle Sam names three Amazon execs as Prime suspects in subscription ripoff case
Dark patterns 'knowingly duped millions of consumers'
Personal Tech21 Sep 2023 | 30
Google on trial: Feds challenge deals that set your web search defaults
Big G wheels out its old argument that its products are better - and look, there they are, pre-installed and in your face
Personal Tech20 Sep 2023 | 27
Core blimey, Intel's answer to AMD and Ampere's cloudy chips has 288 of them
And they're all tailored for efficiency
Systems20 Sep 2023 | 6
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95% of NFTs now totally worthless, say researchers
'Even the most prominent collections are struggling to maintain demand'
Lawsuit claims Google Maps led dad of two over collapsed bridge to his death
Web giant accused of gross negligence by not updating app despite complaints
Mastodon makes a major move amid Musk's multiple messes
Federated social network adds n00b-friendly features to the 'Fediverse'
Now IBM sued for age discrim by its own HR veterans
Staff with short 'runways' told to take off amid shift to corporate chatbots, it's claimed
How is this problem mine, techie asked, while cleaning underground computer
On Call If you throw enough mud, some of it will stick … and crash a server
US govt IT help desk techie 'leaked top secrets' to foreign nation
National defense files can earn you $55K … and espionage charges
Why Chromebooks are the new immortals of tech
Opinion A decade of support is a much better deal than what Microsoft or Apple will give you
Cisco spends $28B on data cruncher Splunk in cybersecurity push
$157/share cash deal is the largest acquisition in networking titan's history
The iPhone 15 has a Goldilocks issue: Too big or too small. Maybe a case will make it just right
Quick look Fanboi numbers are well down – but Apple's queueing system, rather than apathy, is likely the cause
Intel CTO suggests using AI to port CUDA code to – surprise! – Intel chips
This is about ending Nvidia's vendor lock-in, insists Greg Lavender
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Apple pairs well with profits, not repair shops
iFixit demotes iPhone 14 from 7/10 to 4 after reality of software locks hit home
Personal Tech20 Sep 2023 | 21
UK Online Safety Bill to become law – and encryption busting clause is still there
Admits it's 'not technically feasible' ... but with no promise not to invoke it
Networks20 Sep 2023 | 90
As TikTok surveils staff's office hours, research indicates WFH is good for planet
Not leaving home for work cuts an individual's carbon footprint by 54%, says research
On-Prem20 Sep 2023 | 58
Hong Kong authorities cuff six in connection with floundering crypto platform JPEX
Special Adminstrative Region aspires to be a crypto hub, is making an example of allegedly unlicensed operator
Personal Tech20 Sep 2023 | 3
A chip off the old block: The 200mm fab supply chain breaker
Southeast Asia, China spearheading factory capacity growth for foreseeable future
On-Prem20 Sep 2023 |
So what if China has 7nm chips now, there's no Huawei it can make them 'at scale'
Updated Or so says US Commerce Secretary
Personal Tech19 Sep 2023 | 73
Judge sides with Meta and Google, puts California child privacy law on hold
NetChoice 'likely to prevail' in First Amendment argument, court rules
Personal Tech19 Sep 2023 | 24
Starlink speeds ahead in the satellite race but rivals aren't starstruck just yet
Download rates stabilize after influx of users dragged on service
Networks19 Sep 2023 | 12
SCREAM resonates in the race for the Gordon Bell Climate Prize
A look at America's next top model ... in fine resolution
HPC19 Sep 2023 | 8
'Small monthly payment' only thing that stands between X and bot chaos, says Musk
Comment Yes, because automated accounts are really the problem here
Personal Tech19 Sep 2023 | 115
Nvidia's 900 tons of GPU muscle bulks up server market, slims down wallets
Fewer boxes shipped, but with 8 H100s apiece, revenue is up amid AI frenzy
Systems19 Sep 2023 | 4
Schneider Electric warns that existing datacenters aren't buff enough for AI
You're going to need liquid-cooled servers, 415V PDUs, two-ton racks, and plenty of software management
On-Prem19 Sep 2023 | 9
BT confirms it's switching off 3G in UK from Jan next year
Time to retire that Nokia N97 at last?
Networks19 Sep 2023 | 119
Desktop AI isn’t happening, says AMD, and might not for quite a while
Chip designer has extended support for modest desktop CPUs, citing Intel setting expectations for cheap and not-so-speedy silicon
Personal Tech19 Sep 2023 | 9
Intel thinks glass substrates are a clear winner in multi-die packaging
Don't get too excited, tech won't be ready until the end of the decade
Systems18 Sep 2023 | 9
Microsoft Surface chief Panos Panay abruptly announces departure
Rumors point to Panay headed to Amazon to take over for outgoing Alexa and Echo chief David Limp
Personal Tech18 Sep 2023 | 2
AMD's latest Epyc is slimmer, cooler, and ready to party at the edge
Little chip promises big power savings
Systems18 Sep 2023 |
Getting to the bottom of BMW's pay-as-you-toast subscription failure
Opinion Fuming customers steamed as they'd already paid luxury prices
Personal Tech18 Sep 2023 | 202
Chap blew up critical equipment on his first day – but it wasn't his volt
Who, Me? Where there’s smoke, there’s ire
On-Prem18 Sep 2023 | 119
37 Signals says cloud repatriation plan has already saved it $1 million
CTO David Heinemeier Hansson reckons he’s on track to hit $10 million over five years
On-Prem18 Sep 2023 | 52
SK hynix vice-chair denies selling to Huawei, calls for memory probe
Asia In Brief PLUS: Hong Kong’s CoinEx crypto exchange frozen; Uber eyes off India; and more!
Personal Tech18 Sep 2023 | 2
TSMC's outlook is so fuzzy it's reportedly stalling fab machine deliveries
SEMI predicts factory equipment spending will slide another 15% before rebounding in 2024
On-Prem15 Sep 2023 | 7
Irish watchdog fines TikTok €345M for mishandling kids' data
Tok is Tiking for app to bring processing into compliance within 3 months
Networks15 Sep 2023 | 6
Intel spices up its FPGA game with open source and RISC-V freebies
Tech buffet of updates dished out ahead of IFTD event
Systems15 Sep 2023 | 5
BT dips toe into liquid cooling in quest for a chill network
40-50% reduction in power needs isn't an efficiency to be sniffed at
On-Prem15 Sep 2023 | 9
HP reveals bonkers $5k foldable tablet/laptop/desktop
There’s a weird one-and-a-half screen laptop mode, too
Personal Tech15 Sep 2023 | 27
Post-IPO, Arm to push purpose-built almost-processors
Comment British chip design biz plans to satisfy investors by seeking new customers, while RISC-V and China are already challenges
Systems15 Sep 2023 | 18
Google promises eternity of updates for Chromebooks – that's a decade for everyone else
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe, laptops on fire off the shoulder of Orion...
Personal Tech14 Sep 2023 | 50
Arm IPO kicks off today with CPU slinger valued at $54.5B
British chip designer to trade on Nasdaq only
Systems14 Sep 2023 | 17
Apple's iPhone 12 woes spread as Belgium, Germany, Netherlands weigh in
Updated Euro land stunned by French safety findings
Personal Tech14 Sep 2023 | 76
Google outlines Outline SDK: Censorship, geo-block-beating tool to drop into apps
Well, when it's finished, anyway
Networks14 Sep 2023 | 3
These days you can teach old tech a bunch of new tricks
Build a new XT with HDMI graphics or run Windows ME at 4K – because why not?
Personal Tech14 Sep 2023 | 63
Beijing freezes social media service for a month for letting kids see smut
TikTok-esque Mini Worlds, part of the Tencent empire, shamed, fined, warned to do better
Personal Tech14 Sep 2023 | 6
China kind-of-mostly denies it’s banned iPhones from use in government
Security is important, so is fair trade, says Foreign Ministry
Personal Tech14 Sep 2023 | 5
Cisco dumps its Hyperflex hyperconverged infrastructure
To Nutanix go the spoils, to VMware users comes a compatibility nightmare
Systems14 Sep 2023 | 6
Apple-backed California right-to-repair bill just a bite away from governor's signature
This would make the Golden State the third to enact a similar law
Personal Tech13 Sep 2023 | 17
iPhone 12 deemed too hot to handle for France's radiation standards
Watchdog worries over electromagnetic waves, Apple disagrees
Personal Tech13 Sep 2023 | 37
The infinite power of a good connection
How upscaling HPC fabric interconnect can deliver for AI and simulation workloads
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How's this for X-ray specs? Wi-Fi can read through walls... if the letters are solid objects
No, miscreants won't be able to use it to read secret printed docs
Networks13 Sep 2023 | 12
UK government hurt by delays in legacy tech upgrades, skills shortages
Plus: Spending watchdog slams 'counter-productive staffing cuts' in technology
On-Prem13 Sep 2023 | 19
Dutch consumer groups sue Google over its entire business model
If the Chocolate Factory can't track you to sell ads, what does it have left?
Personal Tech13 Sep 2023 | 40
Portable Large Language Models – not the iPhone 15 – are the future of the smartphone
Column Personal AI can redefine the handheld experience and perhaps preserve privacy too
Personal Tech13 Sep 2023 | 65
TSMC gobbles up $430M slice of Intel's IMS Nanofab unit
Taiwanese also plot $100M investment in Arm IPO, x86 giant gets real about Thunderbolt 5
Systems12 Sep 2023 |
Lightning struck: Apple switches to USB-C for iPhone 15 lineup
Video Thanks, Europe. Couldn't have done it without EU
Personal Tech12 Sep 2023 | 103
Washington left with chip on shoulder after Huawei exposes export loophole lapses
Back to the drawing board with those China sanctions then, eh?
Systems12 Sep 2023 | 34
Apple extends Qualcomm contract to 2026 as homebrew 5G chip dream still on snooze
Chipmaker reigns supreme, at least until iGiant gets its house in order
Systems12 Sep 2023 | 10
Microsoft's Surface Duo phone hangs up, drops out of support
Remember Microsoft's first attempt at an Android foldable? Of course you don't
Personal Tech12 Sep 2023 | 8
When does tackling pandemic misinfo become censorship? US courts argue it out
Analysis On one hand, it's private-public cooperation. On the other, it's heavy-handed state intervention. We take a look at this important unfolding case
Personal Tech12 Sep 2023 | 123
Microsoft’s AI investments skyrocketed in 2022 – and so did its water consumption
In its rush to lead the generative ML world, Redmond may have developed a datacenter drinking problem
Systems11 Sep 2023 | 5
Square blames last week's outage on DNS screw-up
It's not hip to be this Square
Personal Tech11 Sep 2023 | 8
Watt's the worst thing you can do to a datacenter? Failing to RTFM, electrically
Who, me? A subtle change to a vital piece of equipment almost derailed a major project
Systems11 Sep 2023 | 165
BMW deems drivers worthy of warmth, ends heated car seat subscription
Any other monthly plans want to cancel themselves?
Personal Tech09 Sep 2023 | 213
Ransomware fiends pounce on Cisco VPN brute-force zero-day flaw
No patch yet – but you've got strong creds and MFA enabled anyway, yeah?
Networks08 Sep 2023 | 6
Power grids tremble as electric vehicle growth set to accelerate 19% next year
Gas-guzzling US favors hybrids while Europe prefers battery power
Personal Tech08 Sep 2023 | 337
Kyndryl bags short-lived HMRC mainframe contract
Tax collector's DALAS waits in wings to tackle humongous legacy estate
On-Prem08 Sep 2023 | 12
22 million Brits suffer broadband outage blues and are paying a premium for it
Southampton top for connectivity flops, says Uswitch research
Networks08 Sep 2023 | 70
Linux on the Arm-based Thinkpad X13S: It's getting there
Review Armbian 23.08 is out, and adds preliminary support for this ultralight Snapdragon laptop
Personal Tech08 Sep 2023 | 40
Bombshell biography: Fearing nuclear war, Musk blocked Starlink to stymie Ukraine attack on Russia
Updated Exploding drone subs 'lost connectivity, washed ashore harmlessly'
Networks07 Sep 2023 | 332
Google Chrome Privacy Sandbox open to all: Now websites can tap into your habits directly for ads
In the march to rid world of third-party cookie tracking, we've picked up targeting APIs
Personal Tech07 Sep 2023 | 71
Texas cryptomining outfit earns more from idling rigs than digging Bitcoin
It's not a broken business model if the subsidies make up for cratering market and flagging demand
Systems07 Sep 2023 | 27
Norway court upholds miniscule fine against Meta for flouting privacy rules
Targeted ads require data usage consent under EU regulations
Personal Tech07 Sep 2023 | 33
Toyota servers ran out of storage, crashed production at 14 plants in Japan
Oh, what a foul-up as database maintenance created a mess
On-Prem07 Sep 2023 | 58
Bane of Big Tech, EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager, steps away for a bit
Is that a relieved sob from Google lawyers we hear?
Personal Tech06 Sep 2023 | 1
Chinese meme-makers crown US Commerce Secretary as Huawei brand ambassador
Well, well, well, if it isn't the consequences of Uncle Sam's actions
Personal Tech06 Sep 2023 | 10
Newport Wafer Fab blames UK government over 100 redundancies plan
Forced sale of Britian's biggest semiconductor component maker creating uncertainty over its future
Systems06 Sep 2023 | 15
Intel NUCs find fresh life in Asus, but rights are 'non-exclusive'
As Asrock adds an AMD-powered 4"x4" not-NUC to its industrial lineup
Personal Tech06 Sep 2023 | 14
Mozilla calls cars from 25 automakers 'data privacy nightmares on wheels'
Updated Does your vehicle really need to know about your bedroom antics?
Personal Tech06 Sep 2023 | 182
The Anti Defamation League is Musk's latest excuse for Twitter's tanking ad revenue
There's something very familiar about all this
Personal Tech05 Sep 2023 | 116
After failed takeover, Intel and Tower Semi aren't giving up on the relationship
Meanwhile, Arm suffers IPO financial muscle loss with low valuation
On-Prem05 Sep 2023 | 1
Vodafone and Amazon shoot for the stars while Kuiper satellites remain grounded
Bezo birds to provide a mobile backhaul. When they finally launch
Networks05 Sep 2023 | 4
CrowView: A clamp-on, portable second laptop display
Elecrow's dual-screen peripheral is more versatile and cheaper than the old Lenovo version
Personal Tech05 Sep 2023 | 17
Snowflake's Instacart protestations hint at challenges for poster child of the data cloud
Opinion If customers can slash bills by 'optimizing,' what does that mean for revenue?
Storage05 Sep 2023 | 8
Want tunes with that? India-made POS terminal includes a speaker
You read that right: a speaker. Because merchants like music, electronic payments, and $8.50 hardware
On-Prem05 Sep 2023 | 19
The only thing launched for Amazon's Project Kuiper is a lawsuit
Updated Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk... not the bestest of buddies?
Networks04 Sep 2023 | 15
IT needs more brains, so why is it being such a zombie about getting them?
Opinion Open-book exams aren’t nearly open enough
Networks04 Sep 2023 | 116
Sure, give the new kid and his MCSE power over the AS/400. What could possibly go wrong?
Who, Me? All he did was follow the example of the boss. And fail to foresee obvious consequences
On-Prem04 Sep 2023 | 76
Samsung teases 1TB DDR5 modules with launch of 32Gb die
Asia in Brief PLUS: China allows first wave of chatbots, India’s sun-spotter soars; ASUS smacks down speculation it will quit smartphones
On-Prem04 Sep 2023 | 3
Los Alamos finishes installing Crossroads super to test nukes without a big bang
Memory-optimized beast prioritizes weapon-sim perf over flashy FLOPS figs
HPC02 Sep 2023 | 19
Rapidus ramps as construction begins on 2nm wafer fab
Japanese foundry startup also shipping engineers off to US to study IBM chip tech
Systems01 Sep 2023 | 3
Right to repair advocates have a new opponent: Scientologists
Can't have you finding the ghosts in those E-meter machines, now can we?
Personal Tech01 Sep 2023 | 127
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