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The US awards TSMC $6.6B in grants and up to $5B in loans to build a third Arizona fab, slated to make 2nm chips by 2030, alongside TSMC's $65B+ investment — - World's top chipmaker to add capacity with third fab in state — Raimondo says latest US package aimed at AI, national security
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Emails: Xbox President Sarah Bond forms a game preservation team, and reiterates that the next Xbox should be “the biggest technical leap ever in a generation” — The backward compatibility program will continue to future Xbox hardware. — What you need to know
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Spotify debuts AI Playlist in beta for its Premium users in the UK and Australia, letting Android and iOS users generate and revise playlists using text prompts — Spotify already found success with its popular AI DJ feature, and now the streaming music service is bringing AI to playlist creation.
More: Spotify, Android Authority, 9to5Mac, HotHardware, ZDNet, Mashable, Dexerto, Business Standard, PCMag, PhoneArena, BetaNews, BGR, The Verge, Engadget, Financial Express, Tom's Guide, TechRadar, Silicon Canals, Neowin, Silicon Republic, The Decoder, iPhone in Canada Blog, Wccftech, Cybernews.com, Sammy Fans, Sam Lover, Android Headlines, and NewsBytes
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| Orion Donovan Smith / The Spokesman-Review: |
Lawmakers share a draft of the American Privacy Rights Act, which would create a data broker registry, let consumers opt out of some data collection, and more — WASHINGTON - Since the dawn of the internet age, tech companies have developed increasingly sophisticated ways to collect …
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Forums: r/neoliberal and r/law
| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft announces Microsoft AI London, a new hub for its consumer AI division led by former Inflection AI and DeepMind engineer Jordan Hoffmann — Microsoft has announced a new London hub for its recently unveiled consumer AI division. It will be fronted by Jordan Hoffmann … | Vishal Chawla / The Block: |
Solana grapples with congestion issues, leading to delays in transaction processing and transactions being dropped, due to spam transactions and memecoins — - The Solana network is facing congestion, attributed to spam transactions. — Solana developers are working on solutions, including software patches and updates.
More: Finbold, CCN.com, Bitcoin Insider, and Cryptopolitan
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Sources and filings: Sam Altman's net worth reaches $1B, driven by startup investments in Reddit, Stripe, YC companies, and others, despite no equity in OpenAI — CEO Sam Altman famously has no equity in OpenAI, but startup bets like Reddit, Stripe and Helion have made him a billionaire anyway, a Forbes investigation found.
X: @alexrkonrad, @alexrkonrad, @n_sportelli, and @alexrkonrad
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Tesla faces a trial in San Jose this week over Apple engineer Walter Huang's fatal Autopilot crash in 2018; Tesla prevailed in two previous California trials — - Driver's family blames swerve on defect in Tesla technology — Company claims Walter Huang was distracted with video game
More: CCN.com, Business Insider, Benzinga, and Washington Post
| Anthony Boadle / Reuters: |
Elon Musk says X is “lifting all restrictions” imposed in Brazil after a court ruling to block “certain popular accounts”, and X is defying the court's ruling — Elon Musk is challenging a decision by a Supreme Court justice in Brazil who ordered his social media platform X …
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X: @elonmusk, @shellenberger, @globalaffairs, @elonmusk, @austen, @ggreenwald, @esjesjesj, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @lindayax, @arthurvneto, and @shellenberger
Forums: r/law, r/news, r/worldnews, r/EnoughMuskSpam, r/elonmusk, r/worldnews, and Ars OpenForum
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Sources: Pegatron is in advanced talks to hand over its only iPhone plant in India to the Tata Group, which will hold a 65%+ stake; Apple supports the move — Pegatron (4938.TW) is in advanced talks to hand over control of its only iPhone manufacturing facility in India to the Tata Group … | TechCrunch: |
Web Summit co-founder Paddy Cosgrave confirms returning as Web Summit CEO; Cosgrave resigned in October 2023 over controversial comments on the Israel-Hamas war — Paddy Cosgrave, the co-founder of the Web Summit tech conference, is returning to his role as CEO after resigning in October …
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Montenegro's Supreme Court overturns Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon's extradition to South Korea; Kwon's lawyers had pushed for South Korea over the US — Montenegro's Supreme Court overturned earlier decisions to extradite Terraform Labs Pte. co-founder Do Kwon to South Korea … | Bloomberg: |
Avraham Eisenberg, a crypto trader the US says stole $110M on the Mango Markets exchange in 2022, begins his trial this week, testing “code is law” claims — - US says game theorist stole $110 million from Mango depositors — Trader says transaction was legal under rules of exchangeSponsor Posts
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