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How Google, Meta, Microsoft, and others balance developing specialized AI chips with their relationship with Nvidia, which has an estimated 70% of AI chip sales (New York Times)

    New York Times: How Google, Meta, Microsoft, and others balance developing specialized AI chips with their relationship with Nvidia, which has an estimated 70% of AI chip sales  —  In September, Amazon said it would invest up to $4 billion… Read More »How Google, Meta, Microsoft, and others balance developing specialized AI chips with their relationship with Nvidia, which has an estimated 70% of AI chip sales (New York Times)

    AMD Ryzen 7 8700G and Ryzen 5 8600G review: both offer solid levels of gaming performance for $329 and $229, respectively, especially with AMD’s fastest cores (Gavin Bonshor/AnandTech)

      Gavin Bonshor / AnandTech: AMD Ryzen 7 8700G and Ryzen 5 8600G review: both offer solid levels of gaming performance for $329 and $229, respectively, especially with AMD’s fastest cores  —  One of the most desired desktop chips designed for… Read More »AMD Ryzen 7 8700G and Ryzen 5 8600G review: both offer solid levels of gaming performance for $329 and $229, respectively, especially with AMD’s fastest cores (Gavin Bonshor/AnandTech)

      AR glasses maker Xreal raised $60M from an unidentified supply chain partner at a $1B+ valuation, for $300M+ in funding, and expects $100M-$150M in 2024 revenue (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

        Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: AR glasses maker Xreal raised $60M from an unidentified supply chain partner at a $1B+ valuation, for $300M+ in funding, and expects $100M-$150M in 2024 revenue  —  – Xreal CEO says company is aiming to go… Read More »AR glasses maker Xreal raised $60M from an unidentified supply chain partner at a $1B+ valuation, for $300M+ in funding, and expects $100M-$150M in 2024 revenue (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

        After Amazon ended its acquisition, iRobot plans to lay off 31% of its staff, or ~350 people, and says chair and CEO Colin Angle will step down; IRBT drops 15%+ (Rohan Goswami/CNBC)

          Rohan Goswami / CNBC: After Amazon ended its acquisition, iRobot plans to lay off 31% of its staff, or ~350 people, and says chair and CEO Colin Angle will step down; IRBT drops 15%+  —  – Amazon and iRobot mutually… Read More »After Amazon ended its acquisition, iRobot plans to lay off 31% of its staff, or ~350 people, and says chair and CEO Colin Angle will step down; IRBT drops 15%+ (Rohan Goswami/CNBC)

          Amazon ends its $1.4B acquisition of Roomba maker iRobot after clashing with EU regulators and will pay a $94M fee; iRobot has $500M in net losses since 2021 (Bloomberg)

            Bloomberg: Amazon ends its $1.4B acquisition of Roomba maker iRobot after clashing with EU regulators and will pay a $94M fee; iRobot has $500M in net losses since 2021  —  – EU competition watchdog was preparing to block takeover  —… Read More »Amazon ends its $1.4B acquisition of Roomba maker iRobot after clashing with EU regulators and will pay a $94M fee; iRobot has $500M in net losses since 2021 (Bloomberg)

            Presentation: Amazon says Prime Video’s ad load per hour will be two to 3.5 minutes, below traditional TV and most streamers, and expects 195M monthly viewers (Suzanne Vranica/Wall Street Journal)

              Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal: Presentation: Amazon says Prime Video’s ad load per hour will be two to 3.5 minutes, below traditional TV and most streamers, and expects 195M monthly viewers  —  Move prompts longtime subscribers to cancel Prime… Read More »Presentation: Amazon says Prime Video’s ad load per hour will be two to 3.5 minutes, below traditional TV and most streamers, and expects 195M monthly viewers (Suzanne Vranica/Wall Street Journal)

              The New York Times says users played its puzzles and games more than 8B times in 2023, led by Wordle with 4.8B plays, and the NYT Games app had 10M downloads (Alex Fitzpatrick/Axios)

                Alex Fitzpatrick / Axios: The New York Times says users played its puzzles and games more than 8B times in 2023, led by Wordle with 4.8B plays, and the NYT Games app had 10M downloads  —  The New York Times’… Read More »The New York Times says users played its puzzles and games more than 8B times in 2023, led by Wordle with 4.8B plays, and the NYT Games app had 10M downloads (Alex Fitzpatrick/Axios)

                The US ODNI appointed cyber expert Jason Barrett in October 2023 to help the intel community harness open-source intel, an area US agencies have struggled with (Bloomberg)

                  Bloomberg: The US ODNI appointed cyber expert Jason Barrett in October 2023 to help the intel community harness open-source intel, an area US agencies have struggled with  —  Scouring open-source intelligence may not have the same cachet as undercover work,… Read More »The US ODNI appointed cyber expert Jason Barrett in October 2023 to help the intel community harness open-source intel, an area US agencies have struggled with (Bloomberg)

                  How Japan’s $6.4B takeover of key photoresists supplier JSR and ~$4.7B buyout of Fujitsu’s chip-packaging arm Shinko Electric rankled many in the chip industry (Financial Times)

                    Financial Times: How Japan’s $6.4B takeover of key photoresists supplier JSR and ~$4.7B buyout of Fujitsu’s chip-packaging arm Shinko Electric rankled many in the chip industry  —  Tokyo’s $6.4bn swoop for JSR has rekindled memories of heavy state intervention and… Read More »How Japan’s $6.4B takeover of key photoresists supplier JSR and ~$4.7B buyout of Fujitsu’s chip-packaging arm Shinko Electric rankled many in the chip industry (Financial Times)

                    Source: Japanese telecom NTT and Intel plan to build tech to mass-produce next-gen chips using optical tech to reduce power consumption, a possible game changer (Nikkei Asia)

                      Nikkei Asia: Source: Japanese telecom NTT and Intel plan to build tech to mass-produce next-gen chips using optical tech to reduce power consumption, a possible game changer  —  SK Hynix to also join, with Tokyo providing $300m government support  — … Read More »Source: Japanese telecom NTT and Intel plan to build tech to mass-produce next-gen chips using optical tech to reduce power consumption, a possible game changer (Nikkei Asia)

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