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Portable Large Language Models – Not The IPhone 15 – Are The Future Of The Smartphone

Personal AI can redefine the handheld experience and perhaps preserve privacy too Column  Smartphone innovation has pl... Read more

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 TSMC is on a spending spree. T... Read more

Lightning Struck: Apple Switches To USB-C For IPhone 15 Lineup

Thanks, Europe. Couldn't have done it without EU Video  Apple surprised almost no one on Thursday with the announcemen... Read more

Washington Left With Chip On Shoulder After Huawei Exposes Export Loophole Lapses

Back to the drawing board with those China sanctions then, eh? The US looks to be tightening up its technology export r... Read more

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 Apple looks to have further delayed the introdu... Read more

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 Microsoft has drawn a discreet veil over... Read more

When Does Tackling Pandemic Misinfo Become Censorship? US Courts Argue It Out

On one hand, it's private-public cooperation. On the other, it's heavy-handed state intervention. We take a look at thi... Read more

Microsofts 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 Microsoft's water... Read more

Square Blames Last Week's Outage On DNS Screw-up

It's not hip to be this Square Square says the widespread outage that hit its payment terminals last week was caused by... Read more

Watt's The Worst Thing You Can Do To A Datacenter? Failing To RTFM, Electrically

A subtle change to a vital piece of equipment almost derailed a major project Who, me?  Welcome once again gentle read... Read more

BMW Deems Drivers Worthy Of Warmth, Ends Heated Car Seat Subscription

Any other monthly plans want to cancel themselves? BMW has decided to stop charging car owners a subscription fee to us... Read more

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? Heads up: ransomware slingers are exploiting... Read more

Power Grids Tremble As Electric Vehicle Growth Set To Accelerate 19% Next Year

Gas-guzzling US favors hybrids while Europe prefers battery power Shipments of electric cars – both battery and plug-... Read more

Kyndryl Bags Short-lived HMRC Mainframe Contract

Tax collector's DALAS waits in wings to tackle humongous legacy estate IBM spin-off Kyndryl has won a 15-month contract... Read more

22 Million Brits Suffer Broadband Outage Blues And Are Paying A Premium For It

Southampton top for connectivity flops, says Uswitch research Suffered from broadband blackouts over the past 12 months... Read more