HP customers face 15-minute call wait
Tech giant pushes online support
The maker of printer ink, which is about as expensive as racehorse sperm, has quietly introduced a 15-minute minimum wait time for consumer PC and print customers who attempt to phone its call centre for support.
China's tech giants shrug off US restrictions
Dependence on US chips and operating systems rapidly decreasing
It would appear that US sanctions have done the opposite of what they were supposed to -- the have sped up China's chip and operating system development leading it to be less dependant on the US tech oligarchs.
US defence secretary wants to blow up TSMC plant
Will discourage the invading Chinese
The newly appointed nominee for US Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, Elbridge Colby (pictured), has called for the destruction of TSMC’s Taiwan plant if the Chinese invade.
US and UK refuse to sign AI declaration at Paris Summit
AI should not be “inclusive and sustainable”
At the landmark AI Summit in Paris, the United States and the United Kingdom diverged from the majority stance by refusing to sign a declaration on “inclusive and sustainable” artificial intelligence, which was endorsed by 60 nations, including France, China, India, Japan, Australia, and Canada.
Qwertykeys pauses US shipments
Trump’s tariff chaos
Popular keyboard company Qwertykeys has temporarily suspended all shipments to the United States in a dramatic response to President Donald [eating the cats] Trump’s new tariffs on Chinese goods.
DeepSeek sends code to banned Chinese telco
You probably were not expecting this
Security researchers have discovered that the Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek's website contains computer code that transmits user login information to a banned Chinese state-owned telecommunications company.
Downloading DeepSeek should be a crime
Senator introduces a new bill
Republican Senator Josh Hawley [pictured] has introduced a bill that would criminalise the import, export, and collaboration on AI technology with China.
DeepSeek data wide open
Apparently, security was something it overlooked
Security outfit Wiz says it has found shedloads of sensitive data from the Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek inadvertently exposed to the open internet.
Musk’s minions seize control of US Treasury payment system
No one can explain why
Swasticar maker Elon [Roman salute] Musk and his minions have been granted access to a sensitive US Treasury Department payment system that contains the personal information of every American who receives tax refunds, Medicare, Social Security, and other government payments. It also contains information about Musk's business rivals.
TSMC allowed to build 2nm Chips outside Taiwan
Silicon Shield dropping
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has received government approval to manufacture chips using its upcoming 2nm-class process technologies at facilities outside of Taiwan, including in the United States.