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Taiwan won't chip in to US effort to make half its own processors
Taiwan has rejected US demands to shift semiconductor manufacturing so that half of America's chip needs are produced domestically, as tariff negotiations with the Trump administration intensify.…
Export controls now a key factor in AI chip development – adding risk for the whole industry
Analysis Few of us would have imagined that national security would play such a key role in AI hardware, even dictating its development, but here we are – in a new era of export controls.…
Raspberry Pi prices hiked as AI gobbles all the memory
Raspberry Pi is upping the cost of some devices by double-digit percentages from today driven by what CEO Eben Upton calls "insatiable demand for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) for AI applications."…
3.7M breach notification letters set to flood North America's mailboxes
A trio of companies disclosed data breaches this week affecting approximately 3.7 million customers and employees across North America.…
JetBrains wants to train AI models on your code snippets
IDE and developer tools biz JetBrains believes training AI models on public datasets is insufficient, and is offering free product licenses to organizations that are willing to share detailed code-related data.…
Autonomous AI adoption stalls amid trust and governance crisis
Enterprises aren't keen on letting autonomous agents take the wheel amid fears over trust and security as research once again shows that AI hype is crashing against the rocks of reality.…
Judge dismisses Arm's last legal claim against Qualcomm in licensing spat
Qualcomm is claiming complete victory over Arm in their licensing spat, after a court in Delaware ruled it has not breached the terms of any architecture license agreement (ALA) with the chip designer.…
Imgur yanks Brit access to memes as parent company faces fine
The UK's data watchdog has described Imgur's move to block UK users as "a commercial decision" after signaling plans to fine parent company MediaLab.…
Explain digital ID or watch it fizzle out, UK PM Starmer told
UK prime minister Keir Starmer avoided mentioning the mandatory digital ID scheme in his keynote speech to the Labour Party conference amid calls for him to put meat on the bones of the plans or risk it failing fast.…
Schools are swotting up on security yet still flunk recovery when cyberattacks strike
Schools and colleges hit by cyberattacks are taking longer to restore their networks — and the consequences are severe, with students' coursework being permanently lost in some cases.…
UK's digital hospital plan meets analog reality check
The government has announced a new "digital hospital" service in England that will provide online appointments with consultants as an alternative to visiting a National Health Service (NHS) hospital.…
Away from Oktoberfest, Munich's museums also serve science on tap
Geek's Guide It's September and the German city of Munich is celebrating Oktoberfest. But away from the beer tents, schnitzel, and lederhosen lies a set of museums worth visiting for the price of a few beers.…