Google claims verifiable quantum advantage
‘Quantum Echoes’ algorithm
Search engine outfit Google says its quantum computer has achieved the first verifiable quantum advantage, running a new algorithm 13,000 times faster than one of the world’s top supercomputers.
Micron pushes 192GB low-power DRAM
SOCAMM2 modules promise massive capacity, tiny footprint, and less power
Micron has rolled out what it claims is the industry’s beefiest low-power DRAM module, a 192GB SOCAMM2 designed for the power-hungry AI data centre crowd.
Swedish boffins craft world’s tiniest pixels with human-eye resolution
Researchers say retina e-paper could make virtual worlds look real
Scientists in Sweden have emerged from their smoke filled labs claiming to have created the smallest pixels that anyone has every made which can form a screen so sharp that it matches the maximum resolution the human eye can see.
PC market claws back thanks to Windows 10’s demise
Os deadline and tariff tinkering push PC shipments up 8.1 per cent
Global PC shipments are finally showing signs of life, rising 8.1 per cent year on year in the third quarter of 2025, according to Counterpoint Research.
Xbox queen says next console will be ‘very premium’ and ‘very high-end’
Bond confirms model will be shaken not stirred
Software King of the World Microsoft's Xbox president and chief executive Sarah Bond has confirmed Vole is working on its next-generation console and wants everyone to know it will not be cheap and cheerful.
Intel jacks up the price of Raptor Lake
Lunar Lake fails to take off
Troubled Chipzilla's next-generation Lunar Lake processors are sitting unloved on shelves while everyone scrambles to buy the older, cheaper Raptor Lake chips.
SanDisk memory card survived wreck of the Titan
Investigators uncover a working memory card two years after doomed dive
Recovery teams sifting through the wreckage of the OceanGate Titan submersible have made an extraordinary discovery.
Alibaba cloud says its Aegaeon GPU system cuts Nvidia use by 82 per cent
Scheduler squeezes more work from fewer H20 accelerators
Alibaba Cloud boffins have emerged from their smoke filled labs having found a way to make Nvidia’s costly GPUs actually earn their keep.
Apple throws tantrum over EU big tech rules
Laws for everyone else shouldn’t apply to its sacred walled garden
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has stomped into a Luxembourg courtroom, throwing its toys out of the pram claiming that Europe’s Digital Markets Act is too mean for a company of its delicate constitution.
Nexperia’s China arm tells staff to ignore Dutch bosses
Beijing’s patience snaps
Nexperia’s Chinese operation has effectively gone rogue, telling its workers they can bin any orders from its Dutch headquarters as the row between Beijing and The Hague blows up into open defiance.