Luke James

The legality of second-hand Microsoft Windows and Office licenses is back under the microscope as the company’s battle with a UK-based reseller returns to court this week.

A few days after signs of cable disruptions surfaced in the Red Sea, experts are pointing to a more prosaic explanation than initial fears of targeted sabotage.

Permanent injunction bans modder Ryan Daly from selling or possessing devices that defeat Switch protection mechanisms.

TSMC has more than doubled its Arizona internship program, pulling in over 200 students from around 60 colleges this summer as it races to staff its advanced-node fabs outside Phoenix.

A new report from VirusTotal shows that more than 44 compromised SVG files went completely undetected by antivirus systems.

Undersea breaks on SEA-ME-WE 4 and IMEWE systems disrupted Microsoft’s Middle East transit over the weekend.

CloudRift and community reports suggest a reset failure on Nvidia’s new Blackwell GPUs that freezes the card until the machine is power-cycled.

At IFA 2025, AMD delivered a less dramatic defense of its long-term strategy and outlined its vision for AI and the future of the PC.

Anthropic has agreed to pay at least $1.5 billion to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by authors over the use of pirated books in training its large language models.

Amon said that Intel “is not an option today,” but left open the possibility for a future partnership, adding “we would like Intel to be an option.”

Anthropic has updated its terms of service to block access to its Claude AI models for any company that’s majority-owned or controlled by Chinese entities.

On September 2, nonprofit hardware collective 256 Foundation tweeted that it had received a delivery of 260,000 Intel BZM2 ASICs Proto.

The president said that his administration will 'very shortly' impose a 'fairly substantial' tariff on imported semiconductors from companies that are not making chips in the United States.

According to Chinese registry filings, the plant's name officially changed to reflect its ownership by SK hynix on September 1.

Researchers from Southampton spinout Lumenisity have built a hollow-core cable with what they claim is the lowest signal loss ever in any optical fiber.

YMTC is reportedly preparing an entry into DRAM fabrication and exploring a partnership with CXMT to target high-bandwidth memory.

Amkor Technology has confirmed it will build a $2 billion advanced packaging and test facility on a 104-acre site in Peoria, Arizona, with construction beginning imminently.

The second quarter of 2025 was a windfall for the world’s chipmakers, with global foundry revenue climbing 14.6% to an unprecedented $41.7 billion.

Plan aims to streamline approval by bringing regulators in at the beginning, potentially shaving years off the lab-to-market timeline.

According to recent findings by Digitimes, DDR4 spot prices have stabilized after a frenzied second quarter, yet contract pricing continues to rise as supply remains tight.

Valve has started enforcing a new UK-only rule on Steam: If you want to browse or buy “mature” games, you’ll need to put a valid credit card on file.

TSMC will no longer use Chinese-made equipment in its 2nm chip production lines, according to reports from both Digitimes and Nikkei Asia.

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has once again kicked the can down the road on reinstating a 25% tariff on graphics cards and related PC hardware imported from China.

Yesterday what appears to be a Nova Lake-S entry tagged as a pre-qualification sample with a surprising 28-core configuration was posted via a shipping manifest

Anthropic has built a reputation as the safety-first AI lab, but its latest move makes clear that it’s just as serious about chips as cloud capacity.