AMD breaks records, but tariffs and gaming slump spoil the party
Strong CPU and datacentre wins
AMD has just posted the strongest first quarter in its history, pulling in $7.438 billion in revenue for Q1 2025. That’s a 36 per cent surge year-on-year, driven by robust sales of high-margin Ryzen client CPUs, booming datacentre demand for its EPYC server chips, and growing adoption of its Instinct MI300-series AI accelerators.
Razer yanks Blade 16 preorders from US site
Trump’s tariff hammer sends gaming kit into digital limbo
Razer has pulled the plug on US preorders for its upcoming Blade 16 and other laptops, just days after Donald [hamburger-eating surrender monkey] Trump’s latest tariff barrage on Chinese, Taiwanese, and other tech supply sources sent ripples through the hardware industry.
Github unaffected by US export control orders
Code collaboration is safe
Fears that China might lose access to the Git-hub depository are ill-founded.
US dims Chinese lights
Strike a light!
An all out trade war between the USA and China has claimed more victims, with LED lighting being the latest casualty.
Tesla defies Trump's Chinese stance
Cars for everyone
The tariffs imposed on US imports of cars caused prices of Tesla vehicles to rise by 20 percent over the weekend in China.