CMA slaps special status on Google
New UK digital rules bite as regulator eyes AI search and publishers’ control
The UK competition regulator has decided Google needs a tighter leash.
Intel questions open source generosity
Exec says Intel shouldn’t be carrying freeloading rivals
Troubled Chipzilla’s long-standing love affair with open sauce might be heading for rocky times after one of its top brass suggested it’s time to stop being everyone’s free R&D department.
Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka lands
Wayland-only desktop and a Rusty twist
Canonical has unleashed Ubuntu 25.10, cheerily codenamed Questing Quokka, with a fresh Linux 6.17 kernel, a shiny GNOME 49 desktop, and a bag full of tinkering changes sure to delight or infuriate long-time users.
China tightens the screws on chip imports
Beijing serious about cutting Nvidia out of its tech diet
China has gone full throttle in enforcing tighter controls on semiconductor imports, as the Middle Kingdom pushes to purge its tech sector of American hardware, particularly from Nvidia.
OpenAI cheers for TSMC
OpenAI boss warns
OpenAI, CEO, Sam Altman, has poured cold water on swapping to Intel’s foundry, saying he’d rather the Taiwan giant simply built more.