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AI-induced Memory shortage is changing how devices are built, Fairphone says memory now 60% of materials cost
By Kunal Khullar Published
For smaller device manufacturers, rising memory prices are only part of the problem as limited availability forces companies to rethink everything from motherboard designs to procurement strategies.

Chinese state media counters Anthropic's call to put brakes on AI development
By Jowi Morales Published
State media outlet China Daily posits that Anthropic's Dario Amodei made the call to limit frontier AI development because Chinese AI models are catching up with American AI labs.

Jensen Huang thinks China will develop its own advanced lithography chipmaking tools by 2030
By Anton Shilov Published
Nvidia CEO thinks that in light of his view of a three- to four-year timeline for Chinese development of advanced semi tooling, the country is "already there."

SK hynix reportedly discussing US memory chip manufacturing with Intel
By Jowi Morales Published
This could potentially be the first HBM manufacturing plant in the U.S.

'Defeated' GPT-6 Astra model spent several hours just farming potatoes after being blown up by a Creeper in Minecraft
By Stephen Warwick Published
OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra spent hours just farming potatoes after dying and losing all of its gear during a Minecraft test.

AWS tells clients to abandon Middle East data centers six months after Iranian drone strikes
By Oliver Haslam Published
Repairs are underway, but Amazon hasn't said when customers can expect them to be completed.

Nvidia reportedly denies RTX 5090 warranty over faded serial number
By Zhiye Liu Published
Deals Redditor reported that Nvidia allegedly rejected their warranty claims for GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition graphics cards because the serial number on the bracket was unreadable.

Original Sony PlayStation 2 security chip ‘broken wide open’ after 26 years
By Mark Tyson Published
The ‘magic security chip’ inside the original PlayStation 2 has been successfully reverse engineered and dumped after four years of effort.

China's open-weight AI models are now just 4 months behind frontier US offerings, Mozilla report claims
By Shane Downing Published
Mozilla’s State of Open Source AI report puts Kimi K3 about four months behind closed frontier models at 30% of the price.

Devastated father says his 9-year-old son spent $118,000 on YouTube ad campaigns for his Minecraft channel using a company credit card
By Shane Downing Published
A father says his 9-year-old son spent $118,000 of his employer's money on YouTube ads for Minecraft and Roblox videos in three weeks.
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