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    Samsung chases Apple, Tesla deals in Texas to dodge Trump's tariffs

    Samsung intends to expand its American investments dramatically after securing partnerships with major technology companies. The South Korean manufacturer plans expenditures reaching fifty billion dollars, representing substantial growth from last year's thirty-seven billion dollar commitment...
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    Ex-BioWare dev Mark Darrah says EA is strangely against free money

    Former BioWare Executive Producer Mark Darrah disclosed that Electronic Arts rejected multiple proposals for Dragon Age remasters during a recent YouTube interview. The gaming veteran suggested creating a Champions trilogy that would bundle the original three titles under a unified brand...
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    After lobbying Trump, China rejects Jensen's NVIDIA H20 spy chips

    Chinese state media opposes NVIDIA's H20 artificial intelligence processors entering domestic markets. CCTV broadcasters claim these semiconductors contain security vulnerabilities that could transmit data to Washington. The television network describes the chips as neither advanced nor...
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    CEO Tan can't fix Intel 18A's pathetic yields, rumor says

    Intel faces delays with its 18A manufacturing process as yield rates remain insufficient for mass production. Hankyung reports that internal company sources indicate high-volume manufacturing may shift to 2026 rather than the current timeline. The semiconductor manufacturer originally planned to...
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    Apple's own engineers don't trust the new Siri with your bank app

    Apple postpones its comprehensive Siri upgrade and App Intents functionality until spring 2025 with iOS 26.4 release. The company originally scheduled these artificial intelligence features for iOS 18.4, but encountered significant engineering obstacles during development. Mark Gurman reports...
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    Hideki Wakabayashi gives Japan's Rapidus two years before it fails

    Rapidus competes against TSMC and Samsung to develop 2nm semiconductor technology first. The Japanese company began trial production last month and aims to establish full manufacturing lines. Researchers warn that Rapidus faces a critical two-year deadline to achieve mass production before...
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    Apple prepares its excuse for the inevitable iPhone 17 price hike

    Apple faces mounting pressure to raise iPhone 17 prices amid challenging global trade conditions. Investment firm GF Securities analyst Jeff Pu predicts the upcoming lineup will cost more than current iPhone 16 models. Trade tensions may force the technology company to implement a potential...
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    Trump pressures Nancy Pelosi to kill her $263 million golden goose

    Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband Paul have generated substantial returns through their stock market investments. Retail traders actively monitor the couple's investment disclosures and attempt to replicate their trading strategies. When Nancy Pelosi purchased shares of Tempus...
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    Leaked Intel Nova Lake HX has 28 cores and a laughable GPU

    Leaked specifications reveal Intel's upcoming Nova Lake processors will deliver substantial core counts for mobile computing. The flagship Nova Lake-HX variant combines 8 performance cores with 16 efficiency cores and 4 low-power efficiency cores, totaling 28 cores across the chip design...
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    Battlefield 6 anticheat drowns under thousands of Steam cheaters

    The open beta for Battlefield 6 welcomes all players this weekend. Steam data shows concurrent user numbers have exceeded 470,000 players. The platform may witness 500,000 simultaneous users before the testing period ends. Players who participate will receive two character skins, weapon...
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    Li Cheng's High-Flyer graft jeopardizes China's DeepSeek AI

    Authorities detained Li Cheng, High-Flyer Quant's marketing chief, in November 2024 on charges related to illegal commission schemes. High-Flyer Quant serves as the parent company for DeepSeek, an artificial intelligence startup that competes directly with OpenAI. The corruption scandal...
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    Ggoobi warns of theft while giving Ugandan officials a massive raise

    Government officials manipulate national budget processes to misappropriate public funds, according to Finance Ministry warnings. Permanent Secretary Ramadhan Ggoobi addressed accounting officers about deliberate inflation of funding requests during budget execution meetings. Officials employ...
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    Zanu PF's Politburo installs controversial tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei

    The ruling party, Zanu-PF, has added five new members to its Central Committee through provincial recommendations. Polite Kambamura received endorsement from Mashonaland West province, while three candidates came from Matabeleland North province. Christine Gwati, Joseph Serima, and Collen...
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    Zuma's MK Party purges Shivambu, replaces him with an insurance exec

    Floyd Shivambu accepts the uMkhonto weSizwe Party's decision to expel him from their organization. The former leader declares he will not challenge the termination through appeals processes. His ten-month tenure as National Organiser and Secretary General ends without protest from the expelled...
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    Redditor's MSI RTX 5090 from Amazon arrived already cannibalized

    A Reddit user discovered significant component fraud after purchasing an MSI RTX 5090 Ventus 3X graphics card from Amazon France. The customer noticed missing tamper seals and confirmed the device remained non-functional during testing. Detailed examination revealed absent memory chips beneath...
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    AMD rebrands the W7400 as a new RX 7400 for OEM suckers

    AMD introduced the Radeon RX 7400 graphics processor as a gaming alternative to the recently released PRO W7400 workstation model. The company designed this RDNA 3-based card for budget-conscious consumers seeking entry-level performance. Both variants share identical hardware specifications...
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    Prosser mocks Apple's lawyers, leaks the iPhone 17 Pro design

    Apple maintains $133 billion in reserves and employs extensive legal teams against individuals who leak product information. Jon Prosser faces ongoing litigation related to iOS 26 disclosures but continues publishing details about upcoming iPhone models. He recently shared specifications for the...
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    NetherRealm guts Sektor and Cyrax in a desperate MK1 hotfix

    NetherRealm Studios reported that Mortal Kombat 1 achieved 6.2 million unit sales since September 2023, representing growth from the 5 million mark reached in January. Game Director Ed Boon announced these figures through social media while pledging continued efforts toward optimal game balance...
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    Tea app's safe space for women collapses into a 4chan spectacle

    A cyberattack against Tea app during July 2025 compromised sensitive user data belonging to women who trusted the platform for safety discussions about dating experiences. Hackers released approximately 72,000 images and 1.1 million private messages onto 4chan, exposing personal photos and...
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    Trump folds, lets NVIDIA's Huang ship H20 AI chips to China

    The United States Commerce Department has begun issuing export licenses for NVIDIA H20 artificial intelligence processors destined for Chinese markets. This development follows a recent meeting between NVIDIA Chief Executive Jensen Huang and President Trump. The semiconductor company can resume...
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