AMD partners launch Radeon RX 6600 graphics cards

At the end of July we saw AMD launch its Radeon RX 6600 XT graphics card, “designed to deliver the ultimate high-framerate, high-fidelity and highly responsive 1080p gaming experience.” It has now followed up with the widely leaked and predicted Radeon RX 6600 graphics card to “provide visually stunning, high-refresh rate 1080p gaming experiences to … Read more

EU mandates Apple to open up iPhone, iOS to competitors under Digital Markets Act

What just happened? The European Union has outlined steps that Apple must take to open up its iPhone and iPad operating systems to better integrate with competitor’s devices under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Under these new guidelines, Apple must enhance the interoperability of its iOS platform with devices such as smartwatches, headphones, and televisions. … Read more

How AI is booming in China

Laura Bicker China correspondent BBC/ Xiqing Wang China is embracing artificial intelligence, from educational tools to humanoid robots in factories Head in hands, eight-year-old Timmy muttered to himself as he tried to beat a robot powered by artificial intelligence at a game of chess. But this was not an AI showroom or laboratory – this … Read more

What Encrypted Messaging Means for Government Transparency

As a devastating wildfire burned through a Maui town, killing more than 100 people, emergency management employees traded dozens of text messages, creating a record that would later help investigators piece together the government’s response to the 2023 tragedy. One text exchange hinted officials might also be using a second, untraceable messaging service. “That’s what … Read more

Interview: Cynthia Stoddard, CIO, Adobe

Adobe CIO Cynthia Stoddard chats with Computer Weekly at a hotel near Blackfriars Bridge in London and reflects on her time running IT for the technology giant. In 2026, she’ll have been in the role for a decade. Stoddard says there’s still lots to achieve. “I want to change how we work,” she says. … Read more

HP avoids monetary damages over bricked printers in class-action settlement

HP also now provides disclaimers on the product pages for most of the printers that it sells, stating that the device “is intended to work only with cartridges that have a new or reused HP chip” and uses Dynamic Security “to block cartridges using a non-HP chip.” “Periodic firmware updates will maintain the effectiveness of … Read more

Study finds AI-generated meme captions funnier than human ones on average

It’s worth clarifying that AI models did not generate the images used in the study. Instead, researchers used popular, pre-existing meme templates, and GPT-4o or human participants generated captions for them. More memes, not better memes When crowdsourced participants rated the memes, those created entirely by AI models scored higher on average in humor, creativity, … Read more

MSI MPG Velox 100R Chassis Review

Watch Andy go to town on the MSI MPG Velox 100R chassis in the video above. Key time stamps: 00:33 – Specs 02:36 – Benchmarks 08:45 – Features and Build Quality 28:35 – Conclusion MSI has been in the PC component business as long as we can remember, and although it’s been making motherboards since … Read more

Humanoid robots now have a move to celebrate the takeover

The tech wizards at Boston Dynamics have been hard at work, according to an astonishing new video released by the Massachussetts-based company on Wednesday. “In this video, Atlas is demonstrating policies developed using reinforcement learning with references from human motion capture and animation,” reads the somewhat dry description accompanying the footage. Instead of “demonstrating policies,” … Read more