Daily Tech News 8 May 2025

• Apple vice president Eddy Cue says you may not need an iPhone ten years from now. (The Verge)
  
  Not a huge stretch of the imagination, since I don't need an iPhone now and didn't need an iPhone ten years ago.
  
  On the other hand, possibly not the best message to send about a product that represents half your company's revenue.
  
  I did buy an iMac ten years ago. Great hardware. Solid operating system. UI sucked.

• Europe has announced plans to spend $500 million over three years to make the continent a "magnet for scientists". (The Register)
  
  Scientists are not ferromagnetic.
  
  
  
• The Beeling GTR9 Pro is another AMD Strix Halo mini-PC designed like a Mac Studio. (Liliputing)
  
  16 CPU cores, 40 GPU cores, and up to 128GB of RAM on a 256-bit bus. Mostly designed for running AI tasks locally because it can dedicate up to 96GB of RAM to the GPU, but makes a very nice computer for anything that needs a fast processor and solid graphics.
  
  
  
• Meanwhile if you need a 192-core Arm CPU with 12-channel memory you can now get one. (Serve the Home)
  
  You probably don't need one, but it's nice that it exists.
  
  
  
• Stripe has unveiled an "AI foundation model" for payments. (Tech Crunch)
  
  Not a model for payments for AI services, but a model for payments using AI services.
  
  Cash or gold only. No cards. No cheques. No credit.
  
  
  
• AI chatbots are juicing engagement instead of being useful, warns... Instagram? (Tech Crunch)
  
  Isn't that the entire point of Instagram?
  
  
  
• JetBrains CLion is now free for non-commercial use. (JetBrains)
  
  CLion supports C and C++ (and also Python), and joins WebStorm (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript) and RustRover (Rust) in its lineup of free IDEs for hobbyists.

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