Brussels caves to Big Tech pressure and Washington’s tantrums

The European Commission is proposing to water down its much-hyped artificial intelligence legislation after sustained whinging from Big Tech and the looming threat of a Trump-shaped tantrum from across the Atlantic.

Digitain report shows Nordic nations leading

Sweden is Europe’s undisputed leader in artificial intelligence investment, with the tech making up more than 0.6 per cent of the country’s economy by the end of 2025.

Suleyman says it’s time for Redmond to build superintelligence

Software king of the world, Microsoft, has decided it no longer wants to be shackled to OpenAI and is setting off on its own grand plan for superintelligence.

xAI workers roped into building explicit avatars for Musk’s lonely fanboys

If you think your job sucks, imagine working for a supporter of right wing causes that compels you to give up your own biometric data to power his anime sexbot.

Memory doubles 

The price of DRAM has gone full rocket fuel, rising 171.8 per cent year-on-year as AI-fuelled server demand turns the memory market into a warzone.

Meanwhile Nvidia’s H20 is stuck in export limbo

AMD has received export approval for its Instinct MI308 AI chips, a move that gives it a narrow but meaningful advantage over Nvidia in the tightly restricted Chinese AI hardware market.

Rides AI boom to record $9.2 billion quarter

AMD has just posted record-breaking results, with third-quarter revenue hitting $9.2 billion, up 36 per cent from the previous year and 20 per cent higher than last quarter.

Server maker banks on Nvidia’s AI gold rush to lift 2026 sales

Super Micro Computer has decided to crank up its revenue outlook for fiscal 2026, betting that the world’s insatiable demand for Nvidia-powered AI servers will more than make up for a rough patch in earnings.

Munich data centre makeover aims to close Europe’s AI gap

Nvidia and Deutsche Telekom are teaming up to build one of Europe’s biggest artificial intelligence factories, a €1 billion ($1.15 billion) project designed to give the EU’s lagging AI sector a shot in the arm.

Thousands of suits to go before year’s end

Biggish Blue is swinging the axe again, with thousands of staff set to be shown the door before the year ends. The company insists it is part of “repositioning for the AI era.”