TSMC to open nine new fabs instead of five this year due to skyrocketing demand for AI chips
Taiwan’s TSMC has announced plans to build nine new advanced fabs this year — eight for chip production and one for packaging — as demand for high-performance computing (HPC) and…
The Precinct: You Have the Right to Remain Silent. Review
Played on Xbox Series S There are very few full-fledged police simulators — we have border guard simulators like Papers, Please and its many imitators, or a couple of games…
Apple May Lose China’s Smartphone Market Entirely — Washington Opposes Alibaba’s AI Work
Apple’s potential partnership with China’s Alibaba to integrate AI features into iPhones has drawn sharp criticism in Washington, with members of Congress and national security experts worried the deal would…
Europe will switch to thorium and spent uranium – in addition to energy, this will save on the disposal of nuclear waste
Thorium as a widely available component of nuclear fuel for advanced reactors has attracted the attention of more than just the Chinese. Europeans are also hoping to take advantage of…
Nvidia to Release New AI Accelerator for China, But It Won’t Be Hopper
Nvidia is currently exploring the possibility of returning to the Chinese market after the US authorities banned it from selling H20 computing accelerators in the country based on the Hopper…
Microsoft Splits Teams From Office in Effort to Dodge EU Fine
Microsoft has announced that it is separating the Teams app from its Office 365 and Microsoft 365 products, a move aimed at addressing concerns from European regulators and avoiding a…
‘We’re doing everything we can’: Stellar Blade creators respond to game’s unavailability in 130 countries, allay fans’ concerns about Denuvo
Developers from the South Korean studio Shift Up have made an official statement regarding regional restrictions on the PC version of their post-apocalyptic action game Stellar Blade, as well as…
If they don’t take a subscription, we’ll turn off the update: Broadcom broke its promise to support VMware with “eternal” licenses
This month, Broadcom notified customers that it would no longer renew support contracts for VMware products purchased on a perpetual license basis, and that support would only continue for those…
XAI Reveals Secret Prompts for AI Bot Grok After Controversial Glitch
Elon Musk’s xAI has released the system prompts for its AI chatbot Grok following the “white supremacy” controversy, when the bot began giving conspiracy-theory-driven answers to questions it wasn’t asked.…
Fortnite has an AI version of Darth Vader with the voice of James Earl Jones — you can talk to the Sith Lord
Epic Games’ free-to-play battle royale Fortnite is ramping up its Star Wars-inspired Galactic Assault season, with a new update adding Darth Vader, but not the usual one. Image source: Epic…