Sat.Sep 14, 2024

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With 2nm yields at 10-20%, Samsung delays production at Texas plant

TechSpot

Samsung is facing ongoing challenges with 2nm chip yields, prompting the company to withdraw personnel from its $17 billion Taylor, Texas plant, which was designed to be a hub for mass production of advanced processes below 4nm. This decision, first reported by Business Korea, comes amid repeated delays in the.

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The new followup to ChatGPT is scarily good at deception

Vox

OpenAI, the company that brought you ChatGPT, is trying something different. Its newly released AI system isn’t just designed to spit out quick answers to your questions, it’s designed to “think” or “reason” before responding. The result is a product — officially called o1 but nicknamed Strawberry — that can solve tricky logic puzzles, ace math tests, and write code for new video games.

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Study suggests SEC visits may be tipping off insiders, leading to stock sell-offs

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New research around stock behavior led by professors from universities across the Midwest took a novel approach. The academics used commercially available mobile phone location data to track devices spending significant time around SEC offices. They then traced those devices traveling to corporate headquarters in the year before the Covid.

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New book examines the story of Bill Gates and the evolution of his public image

GeekWire

The book, “Billionaire, Nerd, Savior, King: Bill Gates and His Quest to Shape Our World,” by Anupreeta Das. [ Editor’s Note: This week’s guest host, Ross Reynolds , is an interviewer and moderator who is well-known in the Seattle region from his 34 years at KUOW, the public radio station from which he retired in 2021. ] Who is the real Bill Gates?

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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The U.S. government is encouraging the likes of Nvidia and Apple to tap Intel foundry for AI chip needs

TechSpot

Ever since Intel announced plans to open up its manufacturing capabilities beyond in-house CPUs, the company has targeted TSMC as its top competitor in the global foundry market. Nonetheless, it's been a source of frustration that fellow U.S. companies rely so heavily on TSMC for most of their semiconductor manufacturing.

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Microsoft gets smart about HDD recycling with robots that extract valuable metals

TechSpot

A staggering amount of e-waste is generated by hard drives every year, with up to 70 million of them mindlessly shredded in their entirety. This results in the loss of valuable metals like neodymium, aluminum, and stainless steel. Microsoft aims to change that with this new technique.

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