Samsung pledges to make super batteries
Will last 20 years, reached 80 per cent charge in nine minutes
Samsung has pledged to deliver electric vehicle (EV) batteries capable of reaching 80 per cent charge in just nine minutes, with a lifespan of 20 years.
Boffins cross DRAM with NAND
Data survives once the power is switched off
Boffins from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have unveiled a prototype that marries the rapidity of Dynamic Random-Access Memory (DRAM) with the non-volatility of NAND flash memory, potentially heralding a new era in data storage technology.
Meta’s shares plummet after losing billions on Zuck’s dreams
Wall Street is not amused.
Meta’s shares took a 19 per cent dive as CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted the company’s favoured initiatives might lead to tens of billions of euros in losses.
Top vole declares AI “newest wave of creation”
We are now gods
Head of Microsoft AI, Mustafa Suleyman, told the gathered throngs at TED 2024 that artificial intelligence (AI) was "the newest wave of creation since the start of life on Earth.”
AMD’s new chips might have a slower video RAM than Nvidia
But that might not be a bad thing
The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell-on-earth yarn claiming that AMD’s coming chips might ship with a slower video RAM than its Nvidia equivalents.
CP/M’s 50th anniversary
If it had not been for Windows, things would have been so different
This week marks the 50th anniversary of computer visionary Gary Kildall showcasing CP/M, the first personal computer operating system to achieve commercial success.
Engineers fix Voyager One
More than just turning it off and on again
NASA engineers have managed to fix Voyager One using some pretty clever workaround which would cause many helpdesks to hang their heads in shame.
Vision Pro falls off a cliff
You probably were not expecting this
Jobs's Mob's latest gizmo, the Vision Pro, is already hitting the buffers before it's even had a chance to flop internationally.
Apple’s China crisis continues
Meltdown to the centre of the earth
The Fruity cargo-cult Apple’s woes in what used to be a significant market are continuing, according to the latest findings from Counterpoint Research.
Samsung sings of new AI-flavoured NAND
Mass production
Samsung Electronics has announced that it has started mass production for its one-terabit (Tb) triple-level cell (TLC) 9th-generation vertical NAND (V-NAND).