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The AI boom is eating Apple's memory supply and there is no quick fix
Tim Cook's warning that rising chip costs will have an "increasing impact" on Apple's business points to a structural shortage that could take years to resolve
Intel's SambaNova investment clears US antitrust review despite CEO's dual role as startup chairman
The Federal Trade Commission granted early termination without conditions, removing a regulatory hurdle from the AI inference partnership
Musk testifies for seven hours over three days, casting OpenAI lawsuit as defence of charitable giving
The world's richest person told jurors he was "a fool" who gave $38 million in free funding, while OpenAI's lawyer accused him of wanting control, not charity
Nvidia's top AI server hits $1 million in China as US crackdown on chip smuggling doubles prices
The B300 has surged from 4 million yuan to 7 million yuan since late last year, creating a scarcity premium that reflects access risk as much as computing power
OpenAI explains why ChatGPT developed a goblin obsession and why it took six months to fix
A retired "nerdy" personality trained the model to love creature metaphors, which then spread uncontrollably across every version of ChatGPT
Apple's best March quarter on record confirms the iPhone 17 supercycle is real
Two consecutive quarters of 20%-plus iPhone growth, a China rebound that caught even the bulls off guard, and margins that widened when most expected them to compress. Tim Cook is leaving the stage with the company firing on every cylinder
Alphabet's $190bn spending spree is working, and Wall Street finally believes it
Google's parent delivered a 94% earnings beat in Q1 2026. The reward for pouring money into AI infrastructure is arriving faster than most analysts expected
Bitcoin closes April up 13% in strongest monthly performance since last spring
ETF inflows of $2.4 billion, a $5 billion surge in stablecoin supply and the US-Iran ceasefire combined to snap a five-month losing streak.
Apple says iPhone 17 most popular as sales climb
Tech giant reports 17% revenue growth and strong China demand while outlining AI plans and leadership change.
OpenAI's GPT-5.5 judged comparable to Anthropic Mythos
OpenAI's publicly available model is only the second to complete a 32-step corporate network attack simulation, raising questions about Anthropic's decision to withhold Mythos
Qualcomm enters data centre chip race with custom silicon deal for unnamed hyperscaler
Shares surged 13% after the mobile chipmaker confirmed initial shipments in December and announced a $20 billion buyback alongside record automotive revenue
Ransomware group's own coding blunder turns its software into a data destroyer, making recovery impossible even after...
Check Point Research says VECT 2.0 permanently wipes virtually all enterprise-critical files due to a flaw its operators appear unaware of
China freezes all new robotaxi licences nationwide after Baidu fleet meltdown stranded 100 vehicles in Wuhan traffic
Regulators have halted approvals for new fleets, city expansions and test projects across the country, with no timeline for resumption
Google rolls out Gemini personalisation features and chat history import tools in the UK
Users can now transfer memories and conversation histories from rival AI assistants, including ChatGPT and Claude, directly into Gemini
WhatsApp adds prepaid mobile recharges in India as Meta pushes to close gap with PhonePe and Google Pay
The messaging app processes 130 million UPI transactions a month against billions handled by its rivals despite having more than 500 million Indian users.
OpenAI outlines plans for superhuman AI
OpenAI updates its mission to build and widely distribute human-level artificial intelligence and set new operating principles.
Solana's two core development teams independently converge on Falcon as quantum-resistant upgrade
Early implementations are already on GitHub as a Google paper warns quantum computers could crack bitcoin's cryptography within minutes
OpenAI's missed targets expose the tension at the heart of AI's biggest bet
The ChatGPT creator fell short on revenue and user growth, prompting its own CFO to question whether the company can afford its data centre commitments
AlphaGo creator raises record $1.1bn seed round to build AI that learns without human data
David Silver's Ineffable Intelligence emerges from stealth at a $5.1 billion valuation with backing from Sequoia, Nvidia and the UK government
MARA Holdings launches foundation to defend bitcoin against quantum computing and shrinking block rewards
The fourth-largest corporate bitcoin holder warns the network's future "is not guaranteed" as hashrate falls 29% and miners pivot to AI