Trump scraps Biden’s AI chip export rule
Nvidia happy for now
The Trump administration has torched the Biden-era “AI Diffusion Rule” just days before it was set to take effect on 15 May. The rule, described by a Commerce Department official as “overly complex, bureaucratic, and would stymie American innovation,” carved up the globe into chip access tiers.
Broadcom strong-arms VMware users
Licence holders told to uninstall updates or face audits, lawsuits
The ever-so-popular Broadcom has attempted to make itself even more popular with its VMWare perpetual license holders by firing off cease-and-desist letters demanding they yank any updates installed after their support contracts expired even if they paid for the software in full.
Apple gives iPhone ten years to live
Will be replaced by tech that Apple can’t do
Fruity Cargo Cult Apple's senior vice president of services, Eddy Cue, warned that the iPhone could be obsolete in a decade and will be replaced by something that Jobs’ Mob is light years behind its competition.
Sound United gets snapped up by Samsung’s HARMAN
Sound United gets snapped up by Samsung’s HARMAN
Masimo, better known for sticking sensors on sick people than flogging headphones, has finally offloaded its Sound United consumer audio unit to HARMAN International for $350 million in cash.
US tariffs come with a side of Starlink
Musk’s satellite biz rides shotgun on trade strong-arm tactics
The White House seems to be nudging nations toward handing Elon Musk’s Starlink the keys to their internet backdoors, all while waving the threat of 50 per cent tariffs in their faces.
Tariff tantrums rattle Arm
SoftBank’s silicon darling stumbles as Washington jitters mount
British chip designer Arm took a knock on 8 May, warning that trade uncertainty has fogged up its revenue crystal ball..
Job’s Mob pokes Google's cash cow
Cue hints at AI alternatives
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple rattled the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street after its services boss Eddy Cue told a US court the company might kick Google out of Safari's search box.
Quantum filo pastry gets magnetic twist
Boffins eye quantum computer boost from chromium sandwich
Boffins have emerged from their smoke filled labs having come up with a more viable way to do quantum computing and sensing, by creating much longer-lasting quantum states.
Xbox buttoned up in black
Two versions, one secret handshake with Vole
Images from certification agencies have prematurely unboxed the Asus ROG Ally 2. The surprise is that one of them appears to be Vole's long-rumoured Xbox handheld.
Cisco creates entanglement chip
Powered by potentially dead or alive cats
Cisco boffins have emerged from their smoke filled labs with a prototype quantum entanglement chip.