China’s AI fever sends Moore Threads shares into orbit
Beijing’s chip hopeful rockets on debut
AI mania has China in a proper lather as punters pile into homegrown AI chip designer Moore Threads.
Nvidia’s grip on AI chips starts to loosen
A growing pack of rivals eyes the crown
One company has sat on the AI chip throne for a decade, but the ground beneath Nvidia is starting to shift.
Apple’s iPhone 17e looks like a budget refresh
With a flagship surprise
Apple appears to be gearing up for an early-2026 addition to its iPhone lineup, with a new iPhone 17e quietly taking shape in the supply chain.
ADATA XPG launches new ARMAX DDR5 gaming memory series
Ranging from 6,000 to 6,400MT/s, in 16GB and 32GB kits, and with or without RGB
ADATA's gaming-oriented XPG brand has released its newest ARMAX DDR5 gaming memory series, reaching speeds of up to 6,400MT/s, coming in 16GB and 32GB kits, and with an RGB option as well.
Nvidia slams the door on Maxwell, Pascal and Volta
Game-ready drivers stop at 590
Nvidia has done the deed and cut game-ready driver support for its Maxwell, Pascal and Volta cards, leaving even the once-mighty GTX 1080 Ti staring at a future of security patches and not much else.
MSI parades new Prestige laptops with Intel's Panther Lake
Sleek shells, flashy OLED panels and battery life that sounds like a dare.
MSI has wheeled out its next Prestige lineup and stuffed it with Troubled Chipzilla’s coming Panther Lake Core Ultra Series 3 processors, giving the press in New York a taste of what the firm wants you to ogle in 2026.
Google’s agentic AI torches user’s drive
Oh, you only wanted a cache wipe. Sorry about that
Google’s Antigravity IDE has managed to chalk up a new high score in carnage after a developer found the tool had blitzed their entire D drive without so much as a by-your-leave.
Kohler’s toilet tech fumbles its privacy pitch
Dekota’s “end-to-end encryption” turns out to be flash in the pan
Kohler has built a gadget that stares into your toilet bowl, yet somehow decided the smartest move was to flush the meaning of end-to-end encryption straight down the U-bend.
IBM boss says hyperscalers are dreaming
Arvind Krishna tears into Big Tech’s data centre maths
IBM lead suit Arvind Krishna has warned that hyperscalers like Google and Amazon are shovelling cash into data centres at a rate that will never turn a profit.
Meta hacks away at its Metaverse fantasy
Zuckerberg pivots as investors bored of the pricey dream
Meta is quietly taking a chainsaw to the metaverse, the grand vision that Mark Zuckerberg once claimed would define his company’s future.