Author: Zach_Wilson
Apple Pay is down for Chase customers, and perhaps others
It appears that Apple Pay is down, particularly for Chase customers — Verge staffers have had their cards declined while trying to pay with Chase cards using Apple Pay, while using the same physical card works just fine. Several people on Threads confirmed the same issue when I asked — although…
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Nvidia going for rivals’ jugulars as it plans to compete in $30 billion custom chip market — but is it a sign that the AI behemoth has reached its peak?
Nvidia currently controls about 80% of the high-end AI chip market, a position that has boosted its stock market value to $1.82 trillion. Tech giants such as OpenAI, Microsoft, Alphabet and Meta, have been racing to secure its chips to compete in the rapidly emerging generative AI sector. In a…
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Reddit has a new AI training deal to sell user content
Reddit will let “an unnamed large AI company” have access to its user-generated content platform in a new licensing deal, according to Bloomberg yesterday. The deal, “worth about $60 million on an annualized basis,” the outlet writes, could still change as the company’s plans to go public are still in…
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Here are 25 deals from Best Buy’s Presidents Day sale worth knowing about
It’s here. The highly-awaited 2024 Best Buy Presidents Day sale has arrived with impressive deals on OLED TVs, laptops, iPads, headphones and most importantly – major appliances. I’ve gone through today’s Best Buy Presidents’ Day sale to bring you the 25 best deals worth knowing about. • Shop Best Buy’s…
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The DICE Awards show is the celebration developers and fans deserve
The Baldur’s Gate 3 developers won Game of the Year, again, during the 27th annual DICE Awards. But in stark contrast to their 2023 Game Awards win, this time they actually got to speak. “We don’t have shareholders, but we also don’t think about them,” said Larian Studios head of production David Walgrave.…
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‘The most powerful machine yet assembled on Earth’: China quietly launched record-breaking supercomputer — and someone virtually deconstructed its processor
China has quietly launched the Tianhe-3 supercomputer, which is believed to be the most powerful machine currently in existence. The machine, built for the National Supercomputer Center in Guangzhou, has been shrouded in secrecy (as you would expect from a supercomputer developed and built in China), sparking plenty of speculation.…
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