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China Not A Focus For Microsoft, Says Satya Nadella – Report

Microsoft boss confirms Microsoft is fine avoiding China, amid the ongoing national security concerns with Beijing

5 months ago

Microsoft Unveils Two Customised Chips For AI

Two custom-designed chips will deliver AI services and will be used internally in Microsoft data centres and Azure cloud

5 months ago

AI Safety Summit 2023: UK To Invest £225m For AI Supercomputer

UK government says it will invest £225m ($273m) for AI supercomputer as it seeks to bolster its AI credentials with…

6 months ago

Nvidia Shares Sink On Report Of $5bn China AI Chip Cancellations

Nvidia's shares tumble on report that it may be forced to cancel $5bn worth of AI chips destined for China…

6 months ago

Nonprofit Plans To Lease 24,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs For AI

Nonprofit Voltage Park, backed by crypto billionaire Jed McCaleb, plans to lease Nvidia GPUs to ease shortage of AI training…

6 months ago

Meta Profit Soars From Ongoing Strong Ad Spending

Meta Platforms beats expectations in its Q3 financials, helped by an ongoing uptick in digital ad spend and cost cutting…

6 months ago

Microsoft Q1 Benefits From Cloud Strength

Microsoft beats Wall Street expectations in all categories for its first quarter financial results, helped by strong cloud performance

6 months ago

Nvidia, Foxconn Partner Up To Build AI Data Centres

New class of data centres are to be constructed by iPhone maker Foxconn and Nvidia to “accelerate the AI industrial…

6 months ago

US Cuts China Off From AI Chips, As Export Controls Tightened

Beijing reacts with anger, as United States and President Biden tighten export controls to China for advanced computer chips

6 months ago

Tech Giants Warn Of Largest-Ever DDoS Attack

Google, Amazon, Cloudflare all issue warnings after dealing with the largest-ever DDoS attack they have ever seen

6 months ago

AMD To Buy AI Startup As Nvidia Battle Heats Up

US chipmaker AMD is to acquire startup Nod.ai for undisclosed amount, as AI competition against rival Nvidia ramps up

6 months ago

China Plans Aggressive Expansion Of Computing Power

Chinese ministries say they want 50 percent expansion of national computing power by 2025 amidst trade war with US

6 months ago

OpenAI Mulls Development Of Own AI Chip – Report

Developer of ChatGPT, OpenAI is said to be exploring making its own AI chips and is eyeing a potential acquisition…

7 months ago

EU Urges Risk Assessments On Critical Technology

Amid rising tensions with certain nations, EU officials urge member states to immediately conduct risk assessments of most sensitive tech

7 months ago

EU Says No Formal Investigation Into AI Chips After Nvidia Raid

European Commission says no formal probe as yet into AI chip sector, following raid of Nvidia's offices by French competition…

7 months ago

TikTok Opens First European Data Centre Amid China Fears

Project Clover effort to alleviate Chinese state surveillance fears, sees TikTol open first European data centre, with more to follow

8 months ago

China To Launch $40 Billion State Chip Fund – Report

Sanctions response. New state-backed investment fund is to be launched that seeks to raise $40 billion for China's semiconductor sector

8 months ago

Engineers Create Greener Alternative To Lithium-ion Battery

Australian boffins develop 'proton battery' that allegedly removes the environmental challenges posed by toxic lithium-ion batteries

8 months ago

US Denies Restricting AI Chip Sales To Middle East

US government official denies AMD and Nvidia claims they are being denied permission to sell AI chips to Middle East

8 months ago

Intel Says Upcoming Data Centre Chip More Than Doubles Efficiency

Intel says upcoming Sierra Forest data centre chip offers 240 percent efficiency gains over current-generation Xeon, as it looks for…

8 months ago

Nvidia Reaps AI Chip Demand As Profit Surges

Quarterly profits at Nvidia rocket up 843 percent, as GPU powerhouse benefits massively from demand for AI chips

8 months ago

China Looks To Expand Computing Power Amidst US Sanctions

China prioritising expansion of core computing capacity as basis for digital economy, say top officials, as US cracks down

8 months ago

Amazon To Penalise Staff Excessively Working From Home

Staff at Amazon who work from home too often are being tracked and will be penalised, e-commerce giant warns

8 months ago

Germany To Subsidise TSMC Factory In Dresden

TSMC's first European factory will see the German government cough up 5bn euros (£4.3bn) in subsidies for the 10bn euros…

9 months ago