Jon Martindale

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Articles by: Jon Martindale

Nexperia factory in Newport.

China retaliates in response to Dutch seizure of Nexperia, blocking chipmaker's exports following takeover — 861,000 square foot assembly site in Guangdong affected as trade war spirals

By Jon Martindale published

Nexperia is trying to obtain an exemption.

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Windows 10 support ends today — here's who's affected and what you need to do

By Jon Martindale published

Update if you can, upgrade if you can't, or at least get the extended support license.

Nexperia factory in Newport.

Dutch government seizes local chipmaker from its Chinese owner — Nexperia parent company Wingtech preps response to 'exceptional' steps taken to safeguard 'crucial technological knowledge'

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The Chinese chairman was also removed and will be replaced by a non-Chinese person with a "deciding vote" in due time.

Qualcomm logo under a magnifying glass.

China probes Qualcomm with antitrust investigation in the latest asymmetric trade negotiation salvo — Autotalks acquisition risks fouling anti-monopoly laws

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Premium Targeting a months-old deal for a company that was thought likely to expand Qualcomm's business, not reinforce it.

IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva at an IMF meeting.

Bank of England, IMF, warn AI bubble risk has shades of 2000 dotcom crash — Goldman Sachs cautions we're not there 'yet'

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Of the five stages of a bubble, we're already in stage three, according to one investment strategist.

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Discord says only 70,000 government ID photos exposed in third-party service breach, denies 2.1 million figure — says it won't pay $3.5 million ransom and has cut communications with hackers, who are threatening to go public

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Only "70,000" government IDs were exposed, rather than the claimed 2.1 million

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Cyberattacks hit 91% of universities and 43% of businesses in last 12 months in the UK — survey suggests more than 600,000 businesses, 61,000 charities affected

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The ripple effects of taking down larger institutions can be huge and far reaching.

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Chip designer Jim Keller says Intel still has 'a lot of work to do' — would consider it for Tenstorrent AI chip production, already in talks with TSMC, Rapidus, and Samsung for 2nm tech

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Also working with Japanese firm, Rapidus, to get swift access to the smallest process nodes possible.

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OpenAI's Sam Altman had secret TSMC meeting over future chip supply, report claims — AI pioneer in Asia as South Korea confirms 20MW data center deal with ChatGPT maker

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has reportedly held secretive meetings with TSMC and Foxconn in Taiwan as he looks to secure chip production for future facilities and his own internal chip design plans.

Man looking at his bills with concern while using a laptop.

AI data center boom sends some wholesale electricity prices soaring up to 267% in five years, says report — as global rollout of AI factories continues apace

By Jon Martindale published

People living near many of the new data centers being built as part of the AI boom are finding their power costs rising dramatically, in some cases making it hard to afford day-to-day living.

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Data centers to account for 9% of electricity demand in the U.S by 2035 — Nuclear power could help sate AI demand

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Premium Regulatory approval and standardization could take years to get them off the ground, though.

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EU pushes for Chips Act 2.0 investment as it looks set to miss global silicon production targets by a wide margin — seeks quadrupling of semiconductor investment as $50 billion initiative flounders

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A group of countries pressed the EU to quadruple spending on semiconductors.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on a red background.

OpenAI's significant investments raise more questions than answers — CEO Sam Altman remains tight-lipped about how the company will deliver

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Premium Long-term profitability is still a vague idea.

Man with DIY exoskeleton mounted on his forearm playing Aim Trainer.

YouTuber's homebrew aim-assist exoskeleton grabs them second place in global Aimlabs leader board — 63% aim boost from AI-powered project

By Jon Martindale published

A YouTube gamer has constructed a homebrew aim-assist exoskeleton which tracks on-screen movement and adjusts his aim physically, helping to max out his score in Aimlabs' FPS training program.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman sat next to Apple CEO, Tim Cook.

OpenAI makes flurry of deals in drive towards for-profit model — AI giant teams up with Nvidia, Luxshare, Apple, and more

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Premium OpenAI is making major moves to secure future GPUs and accelerate its hardware plans in a flurry of major deals worth billions of dollars, though questions remain about its future funding.

Jensen Huang explaining to the press.

Nvidia promises its $100 billion OpenAI deal won't impact GPU supply — 'we will continue to make every customer a top priority'

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Pinkie promise...

Hooded hacker with bad posture hunches over their Matrix-code workstation.

$115 million ransomware hacker arrested over extortion attacks — Scattered Spider alumnus allegedly involved in over 120 computer network intrusions targeting 47 U.S. entities

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The British national is accused of hacking over 120 computer networks and attacking close to 50 different U.S. entities.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang looking smug during a Thematic Event on Advanced Manufacturing in China.

Nvidia drops a cool $900 million on Enfabrica tech and hiring its CEO, report claims — AI networking chip company boasts capacity to connect 100,000 GPUs together

By Jon Martindale published

Rochan Sankar and other employees will move over to Nvidia, and it gets to license the firm's technology.

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Asus is 'actively investigating' ROG gaming laptop stuttering woes — Models released / sold between 2021 - 2024 affected by 'performance interruptions'

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Seems to affect Asus ROG gaming laptops from between 2021 and 2024.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer in front of the Union Jack.

UK cosies up to big tech with $42 billion data center and AI investment deal

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Premium UK inks deals with OpenAI, Microsoft, Nvidia, Google, Coreweave, ScaleAI, and more.

Jensen Huang looking surprised in a chat with media.

Nvidia's China-exclusive RTX 6000D reportedly gets lukewarm reception in China due to hobbled performance — could leave Nvidia with huge backlog of unwanted GPUs

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Estimates put production at over two million of these GPUs.

Google CEO Sundar Pinchai waving.

Google terminates 200 AI contractors — 'ramp-down' blamed, but workers claim questions over pay and job insecurity are the real reason behind layoffs

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Some believe they were let go because of complaints over working conditions and compensation.

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Hacker ransomware groups announce retirement to enjoy their "golden parachutes" — no further attacks planned, future attributed activities will relate to undisclosed past breaches

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They ride off into the sunset taking their millions with them

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China accuses Nvidia of anti-monopoly law violations, raising prospect of heavy fines — company could be fined 10% of revenue from China

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This may also be another indirect tactic in the ongoing trade negotiations.

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OpenAI and Microsoft reach an understanding over ongoing contract negotiations — but AGI clause remains an uncertainty

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Premium OpenAI and Microsoft has struck a memorandum of understanding on their ongoing contract negotiations, opening the door for OpenAI to begin corporate restructuring.