Nexperia mess fuelled by $200 million CEO heist
Dutch chipmaker seized after boss allegedly funnelled cash to failing side hustle
The Dutch government’s dramatic seizure of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia wasn’t just about keeping technology out of Beijing’s paws. It turns out the whole fiasco was sparked by the company’s own CEO funnelling more than $200 million into a failing pet project in Shanghai.
Rainbow laser chip could help stop AI from eating power
Photonics breakthrough came from a lucky lab mistake
A lab mishap has accidentally given birth to a laser-spewing chip that could rein in the power-hungry chaos of AI and its insatiable data cravings.
Samsung talks up HBM4E
Look at my huge bandwidth and sharp pricing
Samsung is waving fresh HBM4 and HBM4E roadmaps and inking chunky memory deals with Nvidia and AMD.
UK’s £45bn AI savings claim torn to shreds in parliament
MPs hear the maths relies on automation fairy dust
The British government’s £45 billion (€52.7 billion) AI “savings” pitch ran into a buzzsaw on 15 October 2025 as witnesses told MPs the numbers look fanciful without real cuts.
Windows 11 update breaks localhost for developers
Kernel web stack faceplants, registry hacks and rollbacks ensue
Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 patch tripped over its own shoelaces and knocked out localhost, leaving devs unable to reach web apps running on their own machines.
Meta straps a smart TV to your face
Zuck’s Horizon TV chases couch potatoes in VR
Meta has built the telly Mark Zuckerberg once teased, only this one lives inside a headset and is dubbed Horizon TV.
Apple’s M5 pitch leans hard on its AI
Job’s Mob hypes specs
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has rolled out new MacBook Pro, iPad Pro and Apple Vision Pro models and stuffed them with a shiny M5, which it claims is finally ready for the AI era.
TSMC buys more land in Arizona
Second site on the cards, faster 2nm ramp, and a giga fab cluster plan
TSMC, chairman, Wei Zhejia said that strong AI demand means the outfit will need to buy a second plot near its new Arizona, US factory to back an expansion push and calm any supply chain jitters.
Google’s pricey Indian AI play
A big data centre lands in Andhra, water worries tag along
Alphabet AI is opening its wallet in India and will pour $15bn into a 1GW AI data centre in Visakhapatnam over five years, teaming with Adani Group and Airtel.
TSMC smashes profit record again on AI chip frenzy
Monster demand for GPUs and HPC silicon
Taiwan’s semiconductor darling TSMC has once again bathed in the glow of the AI gold rush, reporting a massive 39.1 per cent jump in third-quarter profit and setting a fresh all-time record.