Intel and TSMC agree to form chipmaking joint venture: Report
Did the semiconductor manufacturing world just shrink a nanometer or two? Intel and TSMC have reportedly reached a preliminary agreement to create a joint venture to operate Intel’s fabs in the U.S. The news comes from Reuters, which cites a report from The Information based on two sources familiar with
Canal Plus 2024 Earnings Report: Subscribers, M&A Strategy Updates
Canal+ Group, which also houses film production and distribution arm StudioCanal and was recently spun off by Vivendi, reported its full-year 2024 results on Tuesday, ending the year with 26.9 million subscribers in 52 countries across three continents, up slightly from 26.8 million as of the end of 2023, as revenue and
Trump purge hits Chips Act office, two-fifths of staff to be terminated: Report
Two-fifths of the staff of the U.S. Chips Program Office, responsible for managing the Chips and Science Act, have been laid off by the Trump administration. 60 total employees will be cut by the end of today. According to Bloomberg, 20 employees previously accepted resignations last week, with the other
Next-gen Snapdragon X2 chips for PCs to boost core count from 12 to 18, says report
Significant new details of a next-generation Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 processor for Windows PCs have been shared Germany’s WinFuture (machine translation). The big news is that the new X2 chips may come to the PC market with up to 18 Oryon V3 cores, that’s 50% more than the current generation Qualcomm
REPORT: COVID-19 Hotel Forecast – Phuket
The kudos for Thailand’s response to the global coronavirus pandemic is well deserved. As a country with a population of 70 million, having reported only 3,376 cases and 58 deaths as of mid-August is remarkable. Most critically, Thailand has not had a single COVID-19-related death in over two months. Community
Report: Match Group dating apps conceal assault cases
A damning investigation from nonprofit news organization The Markup and Pulitzer Center’s AI Accountability Network reports that Match Group (which owns major dating apps like Tinder, Hinge, and OkCupid) keeps records of users who are reported for sexual assault but doesn’t take measures to properly ban them from the app
First credible report of RTX 5090 FE with melted connector appears — third-party cable likely cause
One of the first credible reports of a melted power cable on the RTX 5090 has been posted on Reddit (h/t VideoCardz). According to u/ivan6953, they were playing Battlefield 5 on their gaming PC, with a power draw of 500 to 520 watts during that time, when they suddenly smelled
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