Month: September 2024
Whodunnit: SK Hynix rejected $374 million advanced payment from Nvidia rival to ringfence HBM stock — and instead, Samsung competitor signed $749 billion dollar deal with Nvidia
SK Hynix, the world’s second-largest memory maker (behind fellow South Korean chip giant Samsung), recently turned down a 500 billion won ($374 million) advance payment from an unnamed AI accelerator company to secure a dedicated high-bandwidth memory (HBM) production line. Instead, according to The Korea Economic Daily, SK Hynix has…
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27 Gifts Teens May Actually Like (2024)
Teenagers can be scary and impossible to shop for. These adolescent-approved gifts can help. Source
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OpenAI releases o1, its first model with ‘reasoning’ abilities
OpenAI is releasing a new model called o1, the first in a planned series of “reasoning” models that have been trained to answer more complex questions, faster than a human can. It’s being released alongside o1-mini, a smaller, cheaper version. And yes, if you’re steeped in AI rumors: this is,…
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‘I’ve not shared this before’: The Rings of Power star’s deeply personal story will make you see King Durin and Prince Durin’s season 2 scenes in a different light
Full spoilers follow for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power‘s first two seasons, up to – and including – season 2 episode 5. The Rings of Power actor Owain Arthur has opened up on the incredibly personal memory he used to inform season 2’s gut-wrenching scenes between…
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More than half of VMware customers are reportedly looking to move following recent unrest
More research has come to light confirming that VMware customers, unhappy with the Broadcom takeover, are looking to move elsewhere. Analysis by cloud computing company Civo revealed that more than half (51.9%) of VMware customers are considering leaving the platform. The news comes around 10 months after Broadcom acquired VMware…
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Live from Apple Park – An iPhone 16 edition of the TechRadar Podcast just dropped featuring two special guests
It’s been a big week for Apple. The technology giant unveiled the iPhone 16 family – 16, 16 Plus, 16 Pro, and 16 Pro Max – two pairs of AirPods, a brand new Apple Watch, and a fresh paint job for the Ultra 2. We’ve been unpacking, analyzing, and even…
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