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AI + ML You're not the only one annoyed by the hype Chris Willis, chief design officer and futurist for data platform biz Domo, wonders why people aren't more annoyed with AI companies. Willis said he was in San Francisco a few weeks ago and he couldn&
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Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. The big picture: Researchers at the University of Tokyo have developed a magnetic switching device that can operate at speeds up to 1,000 times faster than the fastest AI accelerators on the market
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TL;DR Samsung faces an 18-day chip strike from May 21. The PM has warned of $668M daily losses and hinted at emergency powers. Samsung Electronics and its largest labour union will resume negotiations on Monday in what South Korean Prime Minister Kim Min-Seok has described as “virtually the last
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TL;DR Cerebras raised $5.55bn at a $95bn debut. SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic, worth $3 trillion combined, could IPO this year. Cerebras Systems closed its first day on the Nasdaq at $311.07, up 68% from its $185 IPO price, giving the wafer-scale chip company a market capitalisation of
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TL;DR Detroit’s Big Three cut 19% of white-collar staff since 2022. GM laid off 500 IT workers this week while hiring for 250 AI roles. General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis have together eliminated more than 20,000 US salaried jobs from their recent employment peaks this decade, a
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TL;DR Trump told Fox News after his three-day Beijing summit that a $14 billion arms package for Taiwan is “a very good negotiating chip,” holding the deal “in abeyance” after discussing it with Xi Jinping “in great detail.” Xi warned that mishandling Taiwan could put the entire US-China relationship
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TL;DR ArXiv will ban researchers for one year if they submit papers with obvious signs of unchecked AI generation, such as hallucinated references or leftover chatbot instructions. The policy, announced by computer science section chair Thomas Dietterich, is the first formal penalty by a major preprint platform for AI-generated
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Whenever I wear a smartwatch, I find that my anxiety increases -- specifically, my health anxiety. Also known as hypochondria or illness anxiety disorder, this type of anxiety makes me worry that I am or may become ill even when I’m healthy. What’s ironic is that part of
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TL;DR The ROG Xreal R1 offers 240Hz micro-OLED gaming on a 171-inch virtual screen for $849. Pre-orders are live, shipping June 1. Asus Republic of Gamers and Xreal have opened pre-orders for the ROG Xreal R1, the world’s first 240Hz micro-OLED gaming AR glasses. The device costs $849
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TL;DR Malta will give every citizen free ChatGPT Plus for a year after they complete a university-designed AI literacy course. OpenAI has signed a deal with the government of Malta to provide all Maltese citizens and residents with free access to ChatGPT Plus for one year. There is one
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TL;DR Canada cut Chinese EV tariffs to 6.1% with a 49,000-unit annual cap. Nearly 400 dealers have applied to sell BYD, Geely, and Chery. Michael MacGillivray, the CEO of Century Auto Group and Sigma Auto Group, oversees 10 dealerships across Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. In April,
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TL;DR Asus launched the ROG NUC 16 in China at $4,400. It packs an RTX 5080 and Core Ultra 9 290HX in a 3-litre chassis. Asus has launched the 2026 ROG NUC 16 in China, pairing Intel’s Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus processor with an Nvidia GeForce
