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| Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware: |
Top500: the US' AMD-powered Frontier is now the world's fastest supercomputer, topping 1,102 petaflops/second, overtaking Japan's Fugaku at 442 petaflops/second — AMD-powered systems now comprise five of the top ten fastest supercomputers — The AMD-powered Frontier supercomputer …
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| Vishal Chawla / The Block: |
BlockSec: a buggy smart contract on Mirror Protocol, a Terra DeFi app for betting on stocks using synthetic assets, was exploited for ~$90M over seven months — Quick Take — The exploit was accidentally discovered by a Terra community member last week. — It has been confirmed by security analysts BlockSec.
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| Sujith Somraaj / Decrypt: |
As Terraform Labs rebooted the Terra blockchain, freshly minted LUNA tokens started trading on exchanges and swiftly plummeted about 70% from the opening price — After peaking at $19.54 earlier on Saturday, it's been mostly downhill. — Terraform Labs early Saturday launched a new version … | Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Kuo: TSMC's 2021 public roadmap suggests that 2022's iPhone “A16” chip will continue to use a 5nm process and new Macs later in 2022 will also have a 5nm CPU — Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo pointed out on Twitter today that the public roadmap for TSMC's silicon processes indicates …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans an always-on lock screen for the iPhone 14 Pro, major iPadOS windowing and multitasking changes, and iOS-like System Preferences for macOS — Apple's upcoming iOS 16 is likely to upgrade the lock screen, messaging and health features. Also: Another Apple car manager leaves …
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| Karen Hao / Wall Street Journal: |
Report: Google, Bing, and YouTube regularly return Chinese state media content in the top US results on China's human-rights record and the origins of COVID-19 — On issues important to Beijing, official Chinese sources also enjoy strong placement on YouTube and other widely used U.S. services, a new report finds
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sequoia, YC, Craft Ventures, and other VCs give startups advice on surviving the downturn; Lightspeed: “boom times of the last decade are unambiguously over” — Venture-capital firms tell portfolio companies to buckle down for the long haul; ‘before you thrive, you have to survive’| Zeyi Yang / MIT Technology Review: |
Many developers suspect that China has forced Gitee, the Chinese competitor to GitHub, to censor open-source code, a move that harms trust and code quality — Many suspect the Chinese state has forced Gitee, the Chinese competitor to GitHub, to censor open-source code in a move developers worry could obstruct innovation.
Tweets: @paulmozur, @zeyiyang, @giano, @1br0wn, @charlottejee, and @zeyiyang
| John Herrman / New York Times: |
How Do Your Own Research (DYOR) has spread throughout crypto and online conspiracy communities, signaling a rejection of authority and an appeal to join in — In spheres as disparate as medicine and cryptocurrencies, “do your own research,” or DYOR, can quickly shift from rallying cry to scold.
Tweets: @daviddesteno and @jessefelder
| Mike Scarcella / Reuters: |
A federal judge rules Cydia's antitrust lawsuit against Apple can proceed, rejecting Apple's claim that the allegations fall outside the statute of limitations — (Reuters) - Apple Inc on Thursday lost a bid to dismiss a lawsuit in California federal court from competing app store Cydia …
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Benzinga, iLounge, 9to5Mac, iPhone Hacks, MacRumors, Pocket Gamer.biz, The Economic Times, and The Verge
| Dan Taylor / Tech.eu: |
London-based Florence, a marketplace that connects vacant care home shifts to local nurses and carers looking for extra work in the UK, raises a $35M Series B — Connecting vacant care home shifts to local nurses and carers looking for extra work, Florence has raised $35 million in a Series B round.| Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review: |
Self-driving startups Wayve, Waabi, and Autobrains are using cheaper tech and end-to-end AI learning in a bet to overtake market leaders like Cruise and Waymo — The mainstream approach to driverless cars is slow and difficult. These startups think going all-in on AI will get there faster.
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