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AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow
AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its roots I am a science-fiction writer, which means that my job is to make up futuristic parables about our current techno-social arrangements to interrogate not just what a gadget does,…
What’s happening to RAM prices in 2026?
Unless you’ve been out of the loop, you’ll likely have seen that the price of RAM has been dominating the headlines over the past few months. RAM prices have been skyrocketing recently which is having a huge knock-on effect on consumers and manufacturers alike – and putting upcoming launches like the Steam Machine at risk…
The five-star Mac mini drops to $499 in the January sales
The 2024 Apple Mac mini Desktop Computer is now going for a steal, making this the best time to upgrade your rig. Head on over to Amazon right now and you’ll spot that you can buy the Apple 2024 Mac mini Desktop Computer with an M4 chip (with 10‑core CPU and a 10‑core GPU) for…
AI will transform the ‘human job’ and enhance skills, says science minister
Patrick Vallance says robots would take away ‘repetitive’ tasks, but Sadiq Khan warns AI will usher in ‘new era of mass unemployment’ Advances in AI and robotics will transform human jobs, starting with roles in warehouses and factories, the UK science minister has said, as the government announced plans to reduce red tape for robot…
Trump imposes 25% tariff on Nvidia AI chips and others, citing national security
The order follows a nine-month investigation and includes broad exemptions for datacenters and consumers Donald Trump on Wednesday imposed a 25% tariff on certain AI chips, such as the Nvidia H200 AI processor and a similar semiconductor from AMD called the MI325X, under a new national security order released by the White House. The proclamation…
7 Samsung launches we’re excited for this year
Alongside its plethora of CES reveals, and if online rumours are to be believed, 2026 is set to be a huge year for Samsung. Not only can we expect powerful new laptops, a new Galaxy S26 smartphone line-up and even the world’s first 115-inch Micro RGB TV, but Samsung is set to launch a huge…
9 Apple products we’ll likely see this year – from a foldable to a budget MacBook
If you’re an Apple fan, 2026 is shaping up to be the year that the ‘predictable’ release cycle finally breaks. While we’ve grown accustomed to the yearly upgrade cycles across Apple’s various product lines, from iPhones to Macs, the latest leaks suggest Apple is tearing up the rulebook in 2026. From a radical shake-up of…
Google parent Alphabet hits $4tn valuation after AI deal with Apple
After Apple chose Gemini to power Siri, Alphabet surpassed Apple to become second-most valuable company in world Google’s parent company hit a major financial milestone on Monday, reaching a $4tn valuation for the first time and surpassing Apple to become the second-most valuable company in the world. Alphabet is the fourth company to hit the…
How to block Flash in Chrome before Google does it for you
Google has confirmed it’s planning to ditch automatic Chrome support for Adobe’s Flash Player in the near future. Want to get ahead of the game? Here’s how you can make Flash opt-in right now. As part of a drive it dubs ‘HTML5 by Default’, Big G has announced that from Q4 in 2016, Flash will…