Intel Foundry chief Kevin O'Buckley has left for Qualcomm after less than two years, with Naga Chandrasekaran now holding full command of the unit. Markets and Australian chip consumers are watching.
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US chipmakers are running low on scandium critical to 5G production, as China's export licensing regime defies a trade truce struck with Washington in October 2025.
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Anthropic has been designated a US national security 'supply chain risk' after refusing Pentagon demands to remove guardrails preventing Claude's use in mass surveillance and autonomous weapons.
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Newegg is offering AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D, 32GB of Corsair DDR5 RAM, and a Gigabyte X870E motherboard together for US$1,000.77, saving buyers US$177.
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Sony is reportedly abandoning its strategy of releasing PS5 single-player exclusives on PC, a move that could reshape the global gaming market and how Australians access PlayStation titles.
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A consumer who returned defective DDR4 RAM received a refund too small to buy a single replacement stick, reigniting debate over warranty fairness in a historic memory price surge.
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UK firm Blaze Entertainment is betting gamers will pay US$69.99 for a pocket-sized device loaded with 14 Rare classics, including Banjo-Kazooie, due in June 2026.
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The Stargear 3-in-1 cable offers Starlink Mini users USB-C, DC, and vehicle power in a single cord, addressing persistent off-grid power challenges.
Mitchell Tan Samsung has unveiled the Galaxy S26 Ultra, packing a new privacy display, a faster Snapdragon chip, and camera upgrades. But for S24 Ultra owners in Australia, the calculus is complicated.
Mitchell Tan Samsung's Galaxy S26 series lands in Australia on 11 March with price rises of up to 10%, a world-first built-in Privacy Display, and a renewed AI push.
Mitchell Tan Samsung's Galaxy S26 Ultra hits Australian shelves on March 11 at $2,199, but Google's Pixel 10 Pro XL is putting up a serious fight on nearly every front.
Mitchell Tan Debian's GNOME team is pushing to remove the GTK2 toolkit from the forthcoming Debian 14 release, threatening scores of apps. An Ardour audio workstation fork may offer a lifeline.
Mitchell Tan The world's eight biggest cloud operators will collectively outspend Ireland's entire GDP on AI infrastructure in 2026, signalling both opportunity and risk for Australian businesses.
Mitchell Tan Anthropic has been designated a national security supply chain risk after refusing to lift AI guardrails on autonomous weapons and mass surveillance, raising urgent questions for Australian firms.
Mitchell Tan Cisco Talos has uncovered a never-before-seen backdoor, Dohdoor, targeting US hospitals and universities since December 2025, with suspected links to North Korea's Lazarus Group.
Mitchell Tan Nearly half of German-speaking SAP users plan to miss the 2027 ECC support deadline, opting instead for costly extended maintenance, according to the DSAG Investment Report 2026.
Mitchell Tan Open source repositories handling 10 trillion annual downloads are preparing to charge corporate heavyweights, as a small number of large users consume the lion's share of bandwidth on donated infrastructure.
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Asia's electric scooter market is accelerating fast. Australian regulators and commuters are now caught between opportunity and a patchwork of state rules.
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Water filter makers promise PFAS removal, but verifying those claims is harder than it should be. Here's what consumers need to know.
Mitchell Tan Perplexity has launched a new product called Computer, pitching it as a unified AI system. The move has implications for Asian tech markets and Australian enterprise software buyers.
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