
Microsoft flogs AI to the cloud
Azure finally stops underachieving
The cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street gave the software king of the world Microsoft a standing ovation on 1 May after the company finally managed to deliver what it had been teasing for months—decent cloud growth with an AI cherry on top.

Apple admits AI reboot running late
Tim Cook reckons the “personal Siri” only half-baked
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple’s much-hyped “Apple Intelligence” revamp of Siri is struggling to remember its lines, with company boss Tim Cook telling the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street that it is still nowhere near ready for showtime.

Cloud LAN vendors cash in
Dell’Oro pegs $12bn market by 2029
Dell’Oro Group analysts have added up some numbers and divided by their shoe size and come up with a bullish picture for the Public Cloud-Managed LAN and Campus Network-as-a-Service (CNaaS) sectors.

OnePlus snubs US and Europe
OnePlus 13T dream crushed by limited release strategy
The more pocketable OnePlus 13T had Android fans buzzing with its flagship specs and huge battery packed into a 6.32-inch frame—until the company confirmed it's not coming to the US, Canada, or Europe.

EA swings axe on 300 more jobs
Respawn hit again
EA has kicked off another brutal round of job cuts, binning around 300 roles across its organisation, including roughly 100 reported at Respawn Entertainment.

MSI flogs ORv3 servers at OCP EMEA Summit
Wants hyperscale cloud outfits to stuff racks with its kit
MSI is trying to elbow its way deeper into the datacentre game with new ORv3-compliant and multi-node server platforms it dragged along to the 2025 OCP EMEA Summit in Dublin over the last couple of days.

Intel adds AI and mass-market twists to 18A node
Chipzilla’s CEO Lip-Bu Tan leans into realism
Troubled Chipzilla is stretching its long-promised 18A process into two new variants aimed at feeding the AI beast and mainstream punters.

AI chip clampdown throttling Nvidia’s global sales
US diffusion rules target even friendly nations
New US export rules are about to hammer Nvidia’s artificial intelligence chip business far beyond China.

Samsung spooked by US tariff threats
Sales hit in mobiles, AI and memory chips
Samsung Electronics reckons looming US tariffs could sink demand for its smartphones and memory chips, with the South Korean giant sounding the alarm during its latest earnings call.

Fujitsu Lands £125 million Contract
Despite promise to pause government bids
Fujitsu has secured a £125 million contract from the Northern Ireland Department of Finance, despite previously pledging to halt bidding for new UK government work following the Post Office Horizon scandal.