Biden Administration Upholds Trump-Era Bans on 59 Chinese Tech Companies By Nathaniel Mott published 4 June 21 The U.S. has upheld existing bans on specific Chinese tech companies introduced during the Trump administration.
China Says WuDao 2.0 AI Is an Even Better Conversationalist than OpenAI, Google By Nathaniel Mott published 3 June 21 Researchers at the AI institute in Beijing said their WuDao 2.0 natural language processing model bests OpenAI and Google's.
AMD Passes 30% CPU Market Share in Steam Hardware Survey, Loses in GPUs By Nathaniel Mott published 3 June 21 The latest Steam Hardware Survey revealed that more than 30% of systems using the platform rely on AMD processors.
Norton Added Ethereum Mining Capabilities to Its Antivirus Software By Nathaniel Mott published 3 June 21 Norton has invited members of its early adopter program to mine Ethereum with its upcoming Norton Crypto feature.
Nvidia and Valve Bringing DLSS to Linux via Steam Proton By Nathaniel Mott published 1 June 21 Nvidia announced that it's partnered with Valve to bring its DLSS graphics technology to Linux via Steam Proton.
Google Reveals 'Half-Double' Technique for Exploiting Rowhammer in DDR4 By Nathaniel Mott published 28 May 21 Google revealed a new hammering technique, Half-Double, that can exploit the Rowhammer bug in DRAM memory.
UK Police Surprised Electricity Thieves Were Mining Crypto, not Growing Weed By Nathaniel Mott published 28 May 21 British police reportedly found a cryptocurrency mining operation when they investigated suspected cannabis farmers.
Asahi Linux Dev Reveals ‘M1RACLES’ Flaw in Apple M1, Pokes Fun at Similar Flaws By Nathaniel Mott published 26 May 21 Asahi Linux developer Hector Martin revealed a covert channel vulnerability in the Apple M1 chip he dubbed M1RACLES.
Chia: Stop Farming with Consumer SSDs or Stop Complaining About Endurance By Nathaniel Mott published 25 May 21 Chia released a statement in response to complaints that farming its cryptocurrency might wreck some SSDs.
Arm Reportedly Freezes Hiring, Cancels Some Benefits Until Nvidia Takeover By Nathaniel Mott published 25 May 21 Arm has reportedly instituted a hiring freeze and canceled some employee benefits until the Nvidia deal is closed.
Chipmakers Are Finally Raising Prices Amid the Global Chip Shortage By Nathaniel Mott published 24 May 21 Chipmakers have reportedly started to raise their prices as much as 30% amid the global chip shortage.
Radxa Announces Updated Rock Pi 4 Plus Models By Nathaniel Mott published 24 May 21 Radxa announced the updated Rock Pi 4 Plus single-board computer with a new OP1 processor and Twister OS.
Linux 5.13 Release Candidate 3 Fixes 37 Patches From Banned University By Nathaniel Mott published 21 May 21 Linux 5.13 Release Candidate 3 is set to revert and fix 37 patches contributed to the kernel by the banned University of Minnesota.
China’s Setting up a Hotline for Snitching on Cryptocurrency Miners By Nathaniel Mott published 21 May 21 A province in China has set up a hotline its citizens can use to report suspected cryptocurrency miners.
Iran Reveals Simorgh Supercomputer, Says Another Is Imminent By Nathaniel Mott published 20 May 21 Iran announced that it's developed its first new supercomputer, Simorgh, and that work has already begun on its second.
AMD CEO Lisa Su Doesn’t Seem All That Worried About the Chip Shortage By Nathaniel Mott published 20 May 21 AMD CEO Lisa Su made it clear in an interview that the company isn’t particularly concerned about the chip shortage.
Nvidia Is Halving the Ethereum Hash Rate of New RTX 3080, 3070, and 3060 Ti Cards By Nathaniel Mott published 18 May 21 Nvidia announced that it’s halving the Ethereum hash rate of new RTX 3080, 3070, and 3060 Ti graphics cards.
Nvidia's DLSS Reaches VR With "No Man's Sky" and Two Other Titles By Nathaniel Mott published 18 May 21 Nvidia announced that DLSS has expanded to VR with new support from "No Man's Sky," "Wrench," and "Into The Radius."
COVID Resurgence in Taiwan Raises Concerns Over TSMC's Production By Nathaniel Mott published 17 May 21 A coronavirus outbreak in Taiwan has reportedly led to some concern over TSMC's ability to keep its production steady.
AMD Discloses Vulnerabilities in EPYC Processors’ Secure Encrypted Virtualization By Nathaniel Mott published 17 May 21 AMD disclosed security vulnerabilities affecting the Secure Encrypted Virtualization feature used by its EPYC processors.
Google and Seagate Are Using AI to Predict Hard Drive Failures By Nathaniel Mott published 14 May 21 Google and Seagate revealed their efforts to use machine learning to predict HDD failures in data centers.
Adata Tries to Ride the Chia Wave While It Can By Nathaniel Mott published 14 May 21 Adata made a public appeal to Chia miners with a press release touting the performance of its latest high-capacity SSDs and memory products.
Intel Uses AI to Make ‘GTA V’ More Lifelike Than Ever By Nathaniel Mott published 14 May 21 Intel’s Intelligent Systems Lab used “Grand Theft Auto V” to demonstrate a new technique meant to make graphics more lifelike than ever.
Gigabyte Apologizes for 'Made in China' Comment After Losing $550 Million By Nathaniel Mott published 12 May 21 Gigabyte apologized for a comment about Chinese manufacturing after it lost $550 million in market value.
Nearly Every Big Tech Company Joined the New Semiconductors in America Coalition By Nathaniel Mott published 11 May 21 Apple, Microsoft, and other big tech companies formed the Semiconductors in America Coalition to lobby for U.S. chips.
