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Big Tech companies are stepping up efforts to challenge Nvidia’s dominance in AI chips with Google and Meta backing alternative hardware and OpenAI exploring new funding and chip partnerships. Analysts warn that tightly linked investments across the AI ecosystem could heighten financial risks as competition intensifies.
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A North Korean imposter was uncovered, working as a sysadmin at Amazon U.S., after their keystroke input lag raised suspicions with security specialists at the online retail giant. Read more ›
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As DDR5 memory prices skyrocket, demand for AMD's two-generation-old Ryzen 7 5800X3D has increased, causing second-hand prices to climb as high as $800 on eBay. Read more ›
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In the last year, Ukraine's interceptors have gone from novel technology to being produced in the thousands every month. Read more ›
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The executive order reclassifies marijuana as a Schedule III drug, easing the path for more research. Read more ›
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Anthropic let its Claude AI run a vending machine in the Wall Street Journal newsroom for three weeks as part of an internal stress test called Project Vend, and the experiment ended in financial ruin after journalists systematically manipulated the bot into giving away its entire inventory for free. The AI, nicknamed Claudius, was programmed to order inventory, set prices, and respond to customer requests via Slack. It had a... Read more ›
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These heavy-hauling trucks have earned quiet respect on tough job sites. But their production and history are more complex than you might think. Read more ›
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This is an excerpt of Sources by Alex Heath, a newsletter about AI and the tech industry, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. By all measures, Meta's Threads app had a very good year. The app was Apple's second-most-downloaded iOS app of the year, trailing only ChatGPT. Threads now has 400 million […] Read more ›
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Restricted chipmaking tools are being retrofitted to make advanced AI chips, exposing cracks in US-led export controls Read more ›
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China has reportedly built and begun testing a secret EUV lithography prototype using ASML-style laser-produced plasma technology. Yet, despite generating 13.5-nm light, the system remains unable to make chips and appears to be years away from achieving a complete, production-ready EUV manufacturing capability. Read more ›
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Sometimes people’s greatest weakness can be their biggest strength. And in AI, it is turning out that what we thought was a weakness for Google—the fact that it had both a search portal and an AI chatbot—is actually an advantage. People use search and AI chatbots interchangeably, to be sure, but it’s become clear through the course of this year that an AI chatbot is not a replacement for a... Read more ›
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Creators take center stage as TikTok turns its For You Page into a live awards show — follow along for real-time updates all night. Read more ›
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The T1 smartphone from Trump Mobile remains non-existent vaporware, but the company is still finding new ways to take people's money. Anyone who desperately wants to fund this sham can now buy a refurbished phone from the company. The business's website has listings for "Renewed" models of the Samsung S24 and S23 and the iPhone 15 and 14. Gizmodo noticed that Trump Mobile is selling these other brands' phones for... Read more ›
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The study shows that using swear words improves physical performance by counteracting your social hesitation. Read more ›
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Google has launched Disco, an experimental AI-first browser that turns browsing activity into custom web applications, as it steps up competition with a new wave of AI-powered browsers led by OpenAI’s ChatGPT Atlas. Read more ›
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A landmark California lawsuit has put AI safety under the lens after alleging that ChatGPT deepened the paranoia of a mentally unstable man who killed his mother before dying by suicide. The woman’s estate is now suing OpenAI. The case, centred on months of AI-driven conversations, claims the chatbot reinforced the sons delusional beliefs Read more ›
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While Google can draw on its vast online ad revenue to fund AI development, OpenAI has been pouring tens of billions of dollars into computing infrastructure despite not yet turning a profit Read more ›
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Do Kwon, the South Korean cryptocurrency entrepreneur whose digital tokens collapsed and wiped out an estimated 40 billion dollars in 2022, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison in the United States for what the judge called an “epic fraud”. Read more ›
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Europe is accelerating efforts to reduce dependence on US digital platforms and infrastructure, pursuing digital sovereignty through regulation and homegrown technologies amid geopolitical uncertainty and concerns over American tech dominance. Read more ›
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Meta Platforms appears to be scaling back one of the boldest and costliest ambitions in the tech sector with reports indicating that CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to cut the company’s metaverse spending by roughly 30 per cent in 2026. Read more ›
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Google will construct three subsea cables in Papua New Guinea, with the project funded by Australia under the Pukpuk defence treaty. Read more ›
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Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said India’s linguistic and cultural diversity is a major strength in the age of Artificial Intelligence. Speaking at Google’s Lab to Impact event, he noted that technology can accelerate national growth while reflecting Indian realities. Read more ›
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Space X and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, has now reached a historic milestone by becoming the first individual to have a net worth of $600 billion. According to the Forbes report the increase is driven by the news of SpaceX going public at a valuation of $800 billion. Read more ›
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