Local authorities in China’s Henan province are urging retired soldiers and government workers to take on stints at Foxconn’s iPhone factory in Zhengzhou, the official Shanghai Securities News reported on Tuesday. The plant, the world’s largest iPhone manufacturing facility, has been hit by discontent over government-mandated measures to curb the spread of COVID-19, which required
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The US chip designer and computing firm Nvidia on Wednesday said it is teaming up with Microsoft to build a “massive” computer to handle intense artificial intelligence computing work in the cloud. The AI computer will operate on Microsoft‘s Azure cloud, using tens of thousands of graphics processing units (GPUs), Nvidia‘s most powerful H100 and its
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Australia’s corporate watchdog, the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC), has suspended the financial services licence of the local arm of collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX. FTX Australia can continue to offer “limited financial services that relate to the termination of existing derivatives with clients” until December 19, as per a statement issued by ASIC. The
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Spotify today is expanding its video podcasting capabilities to creators in more than 180 markets worldwide, which means the functionality is now available in nearly all the markets where Spotify’s podcast creation software, Anchor, is currently available. The feature first entered wider testing last year, then officially launched in April to a handful of key markets,
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Apple and the company behind the popular video game Fortnite squared off Monday before three federal appellate judges who will render the next decision in a high-stakes battle over whether Apple created an illegal monopoly via its exclusive control of its iPhone app store. Such monopolies typically stifle competition and drive up consumer prices. The
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Berkshire Hathaway said it bought more than $4.1 billion (roughly Rs. 33,212 crore) of stock in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, a rare significant foray into the technology sector by billionaire Warren Buffett’s conglomerate. The news sent shares in TSMC soaring, closing up 7.9 percent in Taiwan on Tuesday, as it boosted investor sentiment for the world’s
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The Game Awards 2022 nominations are out now. God of War Ragnarök leads the pack with a whopping 10 nominations, including the prestigious Game of the Year trophy. Following in close second is FromSoftware’s souls-like magnum opus, Elden Ring, which is tied with PlayStation’s homegrown RPG Horizon Forbidden West, for seven nods — sharing space
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A new startup from the founders of Acast today announced a $3.4 million seed round of funding to “de-wall” digital content including ebooks, audiobooks, and news articles. After recently severing ties with Acast, a popular podcasting platform they founded some eight years ago, Karl Rosander, Måns Ulvestam, and Markus Ahlstrand have turned their attentions to Sesamy,
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