The jury unanimously decided whether Qualcomm violated its licensing agreement with Arm by using Nuvia-developed general-purpose cores in its Snapdragon X. According to CRN, Arm can demand a retrial, which is precisely what the company plans to do. “We are disappointed that the jury was unable to reach consensus across the claims,” a statement by… Read more
read more...Arm plans to retrial its litigation with Qualcomm
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AMD B850 motherboard pricing leaks at Amazon’s overseas store — Gigabyte B850 boards listed between $240 and $308
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Hardware leaker momomo_us shared five Gigabyte motherboards designed for the mainstream market on X, three models under the gamer-focused Aorus brand, and two more directly under Gigabyte. As the icing on the cake, the sleuth discovered the pricing for a couple. The models we saw on X include the B850 Aorus Elite WIFI7 (in black… Read more
read more...Here’s the first CoPilot plus mini PC with Intel’s new Core Ultra 9 processors
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Asus has announced the Asus NUC 14 Pro AI, the first Copilot Plus-capable AI mini PC that crams an Intel Core Ultra 9 processor into a form factor resembling a black M4 Mac Mini. First introduced at IFA in September, Asus is providing a little more detail about the mini PC’s specs than it did… Read more
read more...$1,600 aluminum Icebreaker keyboard breaks the bank — sports metal chassis, keycaps with 800 micro-perforations, and VIA support
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Serene Industries has finally pulled the veil off its long-anticipated Icebreaker keyboard, featuring a 65% design with the main chassis and keycaps constructed entirely from Aluminium. The main body is CNC-machined using a solid block of 6061 Aluminium, shaped in a rather unconventional wedge design. Now available at their online store, the Icebreaker will set… Read more
read more...Intel Arc B580 GPU with two M.2 slots smiles for the camera — Maxsun GPU offers storage expansion with two PCIe 4.0 SSDs
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Maxsun teased a special variant of the iCraft Arc B580 12G graphics card with two M.2 slots earlier this month. However, the company didn’t describe the card in detail or show its internals. A member of the Bilibili community filled this gap by posting images of the board without its cooling system. The card has two M.2 slots… Read more
read more...TCL’s new AI short films range from bad comedy to existential horror
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Earlier this year, TCL released a trailer for Next Stop Paris — an AI-animated short film that seems like a Lifetime movie on steroids. The trailer had all the hallmarks of AI: characters that don’t move their mouths when they talk, lifeless expressions, and weird animation that makes it look like scenes are constantly vibrating…. Read more
read more...10 excellent shows and movies from 2024 to stream on Max
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Despite Max’s pivot to purging films and TV shows from its programming library, the platform still has plenty of excellent new releases to check out during this year’s holiday season. Whether you’re into live-action dramas, sci-fi spectacles, or animated epics, the streamer has a little bit of everything to offer. Naturally, we’ve put together a… Read more
read more...Josh King’s viral slide-out MagSafe gamepad found a home at OhSnap and looks amazing
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When 19-year-old Josh King suggested he would single-handedly redefine mobile gaming with his 3D-printed gamepad, drawing a direct line from himself to Steve Jobs, I have to admit I thought it was a bit much! But it’s no longer just a 3D-printed controller. OhSnap, the company behind the excellent magnetic PopSocket alternatives I showed you… Read more
read more...Pegasus spyware maker NSO Group is liable for attacks on 1,400 WhatsApp users
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NSO Group, the organization behind the Pegasus spyware, has been found liable in a lawsuit brought by Meta’s WhatsApp over attacks on about 1,400 devices, as reported by The Record. WhatsApp originally filed the suit in 2019, and investigations have found that Pegasus has been used to hack phones belonging to groups like activists, journalists,… Read more
read more...Qualcomm wins a legal battle over Arm chip licensing
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A federal jury in Delaware determined on Friday that Qualcomm didn’t breach its agreement with Arm through its 2021 acquisition of Nuvia, a startup founded by three former Apple engineers. As reported earlier by Bloomberg and Reuters, the decision stems from a two-year-long legal battle that accused Qualcomm of misusing the chip designs Arm licensed… Read more
read more...US gov’t set to ban Huawei intermediary Sophgo over AI chip supplies — partnership skirted US chip sanctions
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The U.S. government will add Sophgo, a Chinese tech company, to the Department of Commerce’s Entity List for being an intermediary between blacklisted Huawei and TSMC, reports Reuters. For Sophgo, being placed on the Entity List means that it will no longer be able to procure advanced chips, effectively signaling the end of its operations. On the… Read more
read more...US reveals charges against alleged LockBit ransomware developer
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The US government has charged a dual Russian and Israeli national with allegedly building and maintaining LockBit’s malware code, while receiving over $230,000 in cryptocurrency for his work. The 51-year-old Rostislav Panev was arrested in Israel pending extradition to the US, making him the third member of the LockBit ransomware group in custody. Authorities previously… Read more
read more...Micron’s HBM4E heralds a new era of customized memory for AI GPUs and beyond
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This week, Micron provided an update on its HBM4 and HBM4E programs. The next-generation HBM4 memory, with a 2048-bit interface, is on track for mass production in calendar year 2026, with HBM4E to follow in subsequent years. In addition to offering higher data transfer rates than HBM4, HBM4E will also introduce an option to customize its base die,… Read more
read more...YouTube is cracking down on clickbait
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YouTube is taking a tougher stance on clickbait, saying it will remove content with titles or thumbnails that promise viewers “something that the video doesn’t deliver,” as spotted earlier by TechCrunch. This change will “slowly” roll out in India first, according to YouTube’s blog post, but will “expand to more countries” in the “coming months,”… Read more
read more...OpenAI teases new reasoning model—but don’t expect to try it soon
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For the last day of ship-mas, OpenAI previewed a new set of frontier “reasoning” models dubbed o3 and o3-mini. The Verge first reported that a new reasoning model would be coming during this event. The company isn’t releasing these models today (and admits final results may evolve with more post-training). However, OpenAI is accepting applications… Read more
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