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    Intel to fire thousands, close plants in Germany to please BofA

    Bank of America analysts believe Intel's revised business approach will generate positive financial outcomes. The semiconductor company demands customer commitments before investing heavily in advanced manufacturing processes. Chief Executive Lip-Bu Tan leads this strategic shift while pursuing...
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    Nvidia's RTX 5090 D V2 is a crippled workstation card for China

    Chinese retailers began selling the GeForce RTX 5090 D V2 graphics card with mixed performance results. Expreview benchmarks reveal gaming performance matches the original RTX 5090 D variant within one to two percent margins. The reduced memory configuration from 32GB to 24GB creates minimal...
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    Musk questions his own site's metrics after losing fight to Altman

    Elon Musk and Sam Altman engaged in another public dispute on social media platforms. Musk accused Apple of providing unfair advantages to OpenAI within the App Store rankings. The Tesla executive claimed this favoritism violated antitrust regulations and threatened legal action against the...
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    Apple puts a reject A19 Pro chip in an iPhone 17 Air oven

    Apple plans to equip the iPhone 17 Air with a modified version of the A19 Pro processor. The chipset will feature five graphics cores rather than the six cores found in Pro models. This binned configuration maintains strong computational performance while reducing graphics capabilities slightly...
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    MediaTek to announce its Dimensity 9500 a day before it's obsolete

    MediaTek plans to reveal its Dimensity 9500 processor on September 22, one day before Qualcomm begins its Snapdragon Summit. This timing grants MediaTek a significant advantage through early industry attention and coverage. Digital Chat Station shared this information via Weibo, confirming the...
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    Trump's backdoor plan for H20 gets Nvidia banned by China's giants

    Chinese authorities have directed major technology corporations to halt purchases of NVIDIA's H20 artificial intelligence processors. ByteDance, Alibaba, and Tencent received orders to suspend their chip acquisitions amid growing security concerns. Beijing fears these semiconductors contain...
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    HWiNFO supports Nvidia's nerfed GPU and Intel's vaporware Nova Lake

    HWiNFO version 8.30 brings compatibility for the GeForce RTX 5090 D V2 graphics card. Chinese retailers began selling this new variant today after authorities banned the original RTX 5090 D model. The updated card maintains identical shader counts while reducing video memory capacity and...
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    Samsung's new Micro RGB TV is a complex, expensive way to copy OLED

    Samsung revealed its 115-inch television featuring Micro RGB display technology at a recent demonstration. The device employs light-emitting diodes smaller than 100 micrometers to enhance visual performance. These microscopic components deliver superior contrast ratios and more accurate color...
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    After failing on quality, Samsung tempts Nvidia with cheap HBM3E

    Korean technology company Samsung has gained access to NVIDIA's memory supply chain after months of speculation. Reports from Korean media outlets confirm that Samsung will deliver between 30,000 and 50,000 units of 12-layer HBM3E memory modules to the graphics chip manufacturer. These...
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    Shift Up's Stellar Blade humiliates Sony's God of War on Steam

    Shift Up achieved unprecedented financial success during the second quarter, reporting operating revenue of 112 billion Korean won and operating profit of 68 billion won. The company attributed 58 percent of quarterly earnings to Stellar Blade sales performance. Steam users purchased one million...
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    Nvidia driver pushes GTA V to a pointless 485 fps on RTX 5090

    NVIDIA distributed its latest GeForce Game Ready driver update today. Version 580.97 enhances performance for two major gaming titles. Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced receives comprehensive optimization alongside Senua's Saga: Hellblade II Enhanced. The enhanced Hellblade II edition launches across...
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    China fears Trump's spies in Nvidia's H20, pushes Huawei instead

    Chinese authorities express mounting concerns about American artificial intelligence processors amid new trade restrictions. The Trump administration implemented a 15 percent tariff on semiconductor exports from NVIDIA and AMD to China. Bloomberg sources report that Beijing worries about...
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    Remedy's CEO deflects FBC Firebreak failure with Control sales

    Remedy Games disclosed disappointing commercial results for FBC: Firebreak in their latest financial statement. The Finnish studio acknowledged that subscription platforms generated most player engagement rather than direct purchases. Steam sales failed to meet company expectations despite...
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    Musk to sue Apple because his Grok AI can't beat ChatGPT

    Elon Musk has launched accusations against Apple regarding the company's treatment of OpenAI's ChatGPT application within App Store rankings. The Tesla executive claims Apple provides unfair advantages to ChatGPT through preferential placement and editorial features. Musk threatens to pursue...
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    Samsung cripples Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 8 Elite on S26 Edge

    Qualcomm prepares for its Snapdragon Summit on September 23 as benchmark databases reveal the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 processor. The new chipset achieved a remarkable 3.8 million AnTuTu score, surpassing the fastest Snapdragon 8 Elite device by 40.7 percent. Samsung's Galaxy S26 Edge smartphone...
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    Technosaurus tests an AMD RX 9060 that you can't have

    Technosaurus conducted testing on AMD's Radeon RX 9060 graphics card, which features 8 gigabytes of memory. The component outperformed NVIDIA's RTX 5050 model while maintaining identical pricing at 250 dollars. Performance metrics showed the AMD card delivering approximately 20 percent superior...
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    Intel's LLM Scaler for Arc Pro ships with experimental code

    Intel launched LLM Scaler version 1.0 software for Arc Pro graphics processing units as part of Project Battlematrix infrastructure. The company announced this inference workstation platform during Computex 2025 events. Project Battlematrix serves as comprehensive solution for running multiple...
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    Android iPhone 17 Pro clone beats Apple to its own launch

    Photographer Sonny Dickson shared images on X of a counterfeit iPhone 17 Pro that runs Android software disguised as Apple's interface. The fake device copies leaked design specifications and mimics iOS 18's appearance despite the actual iPhone 17 Pro launching with iOS 26 and Liquid Glass...
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    CBS warns about fake Wozniaks using a Disney animatronic

    Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak appeared on CBS News to discuss cryptocurrency fraud schemes that exploit his reputation. Criminals create fake videos using his likeness to promote Bitcoin scams, where victims send money with promises of doubled returns. Wozniak previously sued YouTube over...
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    Trump summons Intel's Tan to the White House to demand loyalty

    Intel Chief Executive Lip-Bu Tan met with President Trump at the White House following recent political tensions over the leader's former Chinese business connections. Lawmakers had questioned these ties, prompting Trump to label Tan as highly conflicted and demand his resignation. The scheduled...
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