The U.S. government has reportedly halted the curbs on technology-based exports to China as part of its ongoing trade negotiations, as reported by the Financial Times . This follows what is described as "months" of encouragement by the administration to the industry and security bureau of the Commerce Department to avoid any tough moves on China. Although the industry has responded swiftly and positively, not all members of the Trump administration are happy with this ongoing stance.
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In an unexpected turn of events, Samsung announced on Monday it had inked a $16.5 billion foundry deal with an unnamed partner, confirmed to be Tesla by Elon Musk, who says the company will produce its next-generation A16 chip. The deal represents a major win for Samsung Foundry, which has been lagging behind TSMC for a while. In addition, the deal is big news for Samsung's fab in Taylor, Texas, where the system-on
If you're in the market for the ultimate back-to-school laptop, then this Amazon MacBook Air deal might just be the best one we've seen yet. Right now, you can score Apple's latest and greatest M4 MacBook Air for just $799 , a full $200 less than its MSRP and the lowest-ever price we've seen on this model.
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Graphics card enthusiast TrashBench has created a video pitching the venerable flagship of the Pascal era against the ‘turnip’ of the Blackwell era, with unexpected results. The ‘Voltage first. Questions later.’ Aussie explains that he set out to “overclock a GTX 1080 Ti hard enough to embarrass Nvidia’s new RTX 5050 .” However, things didn’t turn out as planned, with the 5050 grasping an unexpected triumph both
Sometimes, one of the best ways to get a good deal on computer hardware is to look for promotional bundles of components. This is especially true when building (or rebuilding) a PC from the ground up. There are plenty of reasons to start over with a new motherboard and CPU—one of the biggest right now being the need to upgrade hardware to run Windows 11 as Windows 10 is closing in on the end of its lifecycle. Whatever the case, if
Japanese company Lib Work has outlined its 3D house building technology, which relies on soil as its primary constituent. The company’s Lib Earth House Construction (machine translation) process uses a massive 3D printing assembly, rather like others we have seen used for building coffee shops , bus stops, and so on. However, instead of relying on cement to create concrete, Lib Earth dwelling utilize a patent pending mix of earth, slaked lime, and natural fibers.
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Popular bleach brand Clorox filed a case against Cognizant, its IT provider, after the company discovered that the latter had simply given away access credentials to hackers posing as employees. According to an NBC News Report , this breach allowed Scattered Spider, a hacking group that targets company service desks, to infect Clorox with ransomware in August 2023. This IT support gaffe allegedly resulted in around $380 million worth of damage and disruption for Clorox.
Cognizant manages Clorox's internal