Apple releases urgent update for buggy software
Two zero-day holes
The fruity cargo cult, Apple has stunned its user fanbase by admitting that the software it touts as more secure than Microsoft has two zero-day security flaws.
Microsoft's new mini-PC runs Windows from the cloud
Thin clients are back
Software King of the World Microsoft is set to launch a purpose-built miniature PC next year that will act as a thin client for its Windows 365 cloud service.
Microsoft and Atom improve quantum computing
Cool for cats
Boffins working for Microsoft and Atom Computing have emerged from their smoke-filled shared lab claiming a significant breakthrough in their quest to develop fault-tolerant quantum computers that outperform classical systems.
Thomas Eugene Kurtz has logged off
Co-invented BASIC
Thomas Eugene Kurtz, the American mathematician and computer scientist who co-invented the BASIC programming language and the Dartmouth Timesharing System, has died. He was 96.
Nvidia’s Blackwell chips on fire
And not in a good way
Nvidia’s next-generation Blackwell data centre processors have significant overheating problems when installed in high-capacity server racks.
FTC investigates Microsoft's cloudy antics
Anti-trust
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating anti-competitive practices at Vole’s cloud computing business.
Vole eyes further gaming acquisitions
New devices a few years off
Software King of the World Microsoft’s video-gaming Tsar, Phil Spencer, is still exploring acquisitions and strategies to stay competitive in the handheld game devices and mobile stores market despite a challenging year.
Chinese hackers deploy botnet
Target Microsoft Azure accounts
Hackers allegedly working for the Chinese government are using a large botnet, mostly consisting of TP-Link routers, to conduct covert password spray attacks on Microsoft’s Azure cloud service.
OpenAI's Sam Altman declares AGI "achievable" with existing kit
It might cost a bit
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman claims that current hardware can achieve Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). However, this optimistic vision requires $7 trillion price tag and many years to construct 36 semiconductor plants and additional data centres.
Nvidia replaces Chipzilla in Dow Jones Industrial Average
AI Boom kicks off the old dinosaur
In a significant reshuffle of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Nvidia is set to replace Intel, reflecting the boom in artificial intelligence (AI) and a significant shift in the semiconductor industry.