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EU Legislation Targets Battery Replacement By Users
European Union reaches provisional agreement that will require that portable devices to have user-replaceable batteries
US Scientists Claim Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough
Clean energy milestone as US scientists at Lawrence Livermore claim to have made a breakthrough in nuclear fusion experiment
ARM Refuses To Sell Advanced Chip Designs To Alibaba – Report
British chip designer ARM reportedly refuses to sell advanced chip designs to a Chinese company, citing US/UK export restrictions
Pentagon To Split $9bn Cloud Contract With Microsoft, Amazon, Google,...
You can all share the spoils. DoD's JWCC project (formerly JEDI) is to be split between four cloud service providers
TSMC Arizona Fabs To Generate $10 Billion Yearly, Create 10,000 Jobs
Taiwanese chip giant's new fabs in Arizona are to generate plenty of revenue and jobs, as President Biden visits construction site
TSMC Triples Arizona Factory Investment To $40 Billion
President Joe Biden is to visit TSMC chip plant in Arizona after Taiwanese firm prepares to more than triple its investment to $40 billion
Thousands Of Intel Staff In Ireland Offered Unpaid Leave –...
'Voluntary time off program' reportedly underway in Ireland, where 2,000 out of 5,000 Irish staff offered unpaid leave
AWS Runs Analytics Software On Satellite In Orbit
First of its kind for space industry sees Amazon Web Services successfully run software on a satellite in orbit
EU Countries Agree 45bn Euro Chip Production Plan
European chip production subsidies. Agreement from EU countries to a 45-billion-euro ($46.6 billion) fund to encourage local chip production
European Parliament Website Downed After Russia Declared Terrorism...
Pro-Kremlin hackers Killnet takes credit for downing European Parliament website, after Russia declared state sponsor of terrorism
Intel Unveils ‘Pay-to-Play’ Feature For Upcoming Xeon...
Fancy paying twice for data centre server chips? 'Intel On Demand' webpage signals major change to the way users pay for CPUs
New York Governor Signs Bill To Limit Crypto Mining
Green move. Clampdown on crypto mining that runs on carbon-based power sources signed into law by New York Governor
HP To Layoff 4,000 To 6,000 Staff Over Next Three Years
Smaller still. Thousands of job cuts are coming to HP's global workforce, in addition to the 9,000 jobs it axed three years ago
Data Centre In Space Feasibility Study To Be Led By Thales
Talk about cloud computing! European Commission chooses Thales Alenia Space to lead feasibility study for data centres in orbit
UK Government Blocks Newport Wafer Fab Acquisition, Citing National...
Dutch chipmaker Nexperia (owned by a Chinese firm) is ordered to sell majority stake in Newport Wafer Fab on national security grounds
Intel Stung By $948m Verdict In VLSI Patent Trial
Federal jury orders Intel to pay VLSI Technology $948.8 million for infringing a VLSI patent, but Intel “strongly disagrees” and will appeal
IBM Breakthrough With 433 Qubit Quantum Processor
Breakthrough development in quantum-centric supercomputing, after IBM unveils its most powerful quantum chip capable of 433-qubit
Nvidia Offers Slower Chip For China That Meets US Export Controls
New 'advanced' chip is being offered to China by US firm Nvidia, which it says meets America's strict export control rules
UK Defending Ukraine From Russian Cyberattacks
The United Kingdom is using its cyber expertise to protect Ukraine’s critical national infrastructure from Russian cyberattacks
Instagram Blames ‘Bug’ After Global Outage
Monday's Instagram outage comes less than a week after another Meta platform (WhatsApp) suffered major outage
US Expects Deal With Allies To Implement China Chip Restrictions
Biden administration indicates a deal is near with key allies to also apply export restrictions on chip-making tools to China
Single Chip Transmits All Internet Traffic In A Second
More speed vicar? New chip design sees ultra-fast data transmission at a rate of 1.84 petabits per second...and more speed is possible
IT Spending To Grow 5.1 Percent In 2023, Says Gartner
Enterprise IT spending is forecast to shake off worries about a global economic recession, with growth predicted by Gartner
Tensions With China Pose ‘Serious’ Challenges For Chip...
TSMC chairman admits tensions between Taiwan and the US with China has posed “serious challenges” for chip industry
Microsoft Confirms Second Round Of Job Cuts
Confirmation of second tranche of job losses at Microsoft, as less than 1,000 staff are let go, amid worsening economic outlook
Intel, Google Co-Designed Data Centre E2000 Chip
Google Cloud deploys its new C3 machine series, featuring the Intel infrastructure processing unit E2000, co-designed by Google and Intel
PC Shipments Declined 15 Percent In Q3, Warns IDC
Worrying decline in PC shipments continues, as IDC reports 15 percent year on year decline, with Apple only manufacturer to see increase
ARM Cuts 40 Percent Of UK Staff Recruited Under Softbank –...
Global reorganisation at ARM Holdings sees job cuts hit United Kingdom harder than other locations around the world
Data Sharing ‘Cloud Act’ Starts Between US, UK
Data sharing agreement will allow both UK, US law enforcement to request data from each other's Internet Service Providers