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China Imposes New Export Restrictions on Gallium and Germanium

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China this week formally imposed new export regulations on gallium and germanium, as well as materials incorporating them. This move is broadly seen as a retaliatory act for the limitations recently placed on the Chinese semiconductor industry by the U.S., Japan, and the Netherlands. These new export regulations risk eventually significantly impacting the semiconductor sector,…

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Pig butchers caught using ChatGPT to con victims

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Romance scammers looking to con people out of their savings appear to be turning to generative AI services such as ChatGPT to save time as they woo their victims, according to information obtained by Sophos researchers, who were alerted to the ruse when one scammer appeared to forget to check the messages they were sending…

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The Nvidia RTX 4090 Ti isn’t happening, but I hope we see its awesome cooler in the future

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Most believe the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Ti graphics card has been scrapped, but if it survives, we can look forward to at least one especially cool feature.The long-rumored and recently rumored to be canned Nvidia RTX 4090 Ti might have had an interesting cooler design, according to Goofish user ‘Hayaka,’ who became infamous for…

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Risks of opening up AI

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Earlier in July, Meta, the parent company of Facebook, announced the availability of Llama 2, which will be made available in the Microsoft Azure AI model catalogue, as well as AWS. Meta describes Llama 2 as “the next generation” of its open source large language model. But while it is free for research and commercial…

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Sonic Superstars Cover, Remnant II, Twisted Metal Show Review

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Sonic Superstars is speeding onto the cover of our latest issue of Game Informer, and we’re talking all about the Blue Blur’s retro-modern throwback. Join Marcus Stewart, Kyle Hilliard, and Brian Shea as we break down our exclusive cover story. We’ll also unpack Kyle’s review of Remnant II while Marcus gives updated thoughts on his ongoing…

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Meta results show impact of data fines and datacentre upgrade strategy

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Meta, the owner of Facebook, has posted earnings of $32bn for the second quarter of 2023, an 11% increase compared with the same quarter in 2022. The company’s chief financial officer, Susan Li, said she anticipated that Meta’s full-year 2023 expenses would be in the range of $88-91bn, an increase of between $1bn and $2bn…

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Rapidus Wants to Supply 2nm Chips to Tech Giants, Challenge TSMC

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It has been a couple of decades since a Japanese fab has offered a leading-edge chip manufacturing process. Even to this day, none of the Japanese chipmakers have made it as far as adopting FinFETs, something that U.S. and Taiwanese companies adopted in early-to-mid-2010s. But Rapidus, a semiconductor consortium backed by the Japanese government and…

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A Twisted Reinvention – How Peacock’s Twisted Metal Renewed My Love Of The Franchise

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“This is gonna be fun!” exclaims Sweet Tooth as he lobs his machete towards Anthony Mackie’s John Doe, who narrowly dodges the weapon as it careens into a casino slot machine. I’m not sure I agree with the iconic murder clown. I’m watching the first teaser for Peacock’s Twisted Metal, and while I wasn’t sure…

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Twisted Metal: An Interview With Stephanie Beatriz, Thomas Haden Church, And Samoa Joe

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Twisted Metal premieres on Peacock this week, and if you’ve read my review of the first season, I think it’s actually pretty entertaining. Prior to watching the show, I had an opportunity to chat with three of the primary stars about how they got swept up in this post-apocalyptic world of deranged car combat.  Stephanie…

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The problem with ‘secure’ messaging

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From the shocking scoop of Matt Hancock’s Whatsapp messages to Boris’ reticence to share his messages, the use of secure messaging has become a hot topic. Although it may seem like a new trend, the recent stream of government-centred controversies are far from the first we’ve seen, nor are they the most costly. Last year…

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