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The U.S. patent for MP3 audio was granted on this day in 1996 — laid the foundations for peer-to-peer music sharing, iTunes, and today's streaming services

On this day in 1996, a freshly inked U.S. patent quietly laid the cornerstone of the digital music revolution.

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China's banned memory-maker CXMT unveils surprising new chipmaking capabilities despite crushing US export restrictions — DDR5-8000 and LPDDR5X-10667 displayed

Despite sanctions and a lack of leading-edge fab tools, CXMT keeps developing new DDR5 and LPDDR5X memory chips that offer higher capacity and performance than their predecessors. However, the big question is whether it can produce DDR5-8000 and LPDDR5X-10667 in high volumes.

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EUV laser-maker Trumpf explores quantum computing to improve laser tech

Can quantum computing help with simulating quantum mechanics?

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Nvidia RTX Pro 6000D squeaks ahead of RTX 5090D in Geekbench OpenCL—China-tailored AI card still performs well despite regulatory woes

Nvidia's harried China-specific RTX Pro 6000D graphics card has been tested in Geekbench's OpenCL benchmark, delivering performance similar to the server edition of the RTX Pro 6000.

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TSMC confirms September power outage at Fab 21 in Arizona — loss of wafers and financial impact unclear

A supplier power fault briefly stopped TSMC’s Fab 21 in Arizona and led to some wafer losses. But TSMC has learnt from the occurrence, says the company.

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Trump administration touts Genesis Mission to try and win the AI race—White House compares scope of its initiative to the Manhattan Project

On the heels of its AI Action Plan announced earlier this year, the US government is now

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TSMC sues former executive over defection to Intel, says it's highly likely he stole trade secrets — chipmaker claims Wei-Jen Lo broke non-disclosure and non-compete agreements

TSMC initiates legal action against Wei-Jen Lo, who retired from TSMC this summer, signed a non-compete agreement, but subsequently joined Intel as Executive Vice President.

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Framework stops selling standalone RAM to ward off scalpers — warns it will have to increase memory pricing soon as AI crunch bites

The memory crisis has hit Framework, the company behind highly customizable laptops that users can upgrade on their own. Framework sells SO-DIMM modules on its website that are now all out of stock, with only two DDR4 models still remaining. These can be purchased separately, while the company still has…

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Amazon unveils Starlink rival capable of up to 1 Gbps satellite internet — Leo Ultra is an enterprise-grade terminal with 400 Mbps upload speeds

Amazon has unveiled Leo Ultra, a high-throughput phased-array terminal for its upcoming satellite internet service, now rebranded from Project Kuiper to Amazon Leo.

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Billion-dollar AI chip deal between Google and Meta could be on the cards — would involve renting Google Cloud TPUs next year, outright purchases in 2027

Rumors of a deal brewing between Google and Meta could be worth billions. The social-media giant is said to be keen to rent and buy Google's AI chips starting as soon as 2026, and could help Google expand its share of the AI chip business considerably.

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Rapidus to start construction on 1.4nm fab in 2027 — research and development on node to begin next year

Japanese startup Rapidus announced plans to build a 1.4-nm fab in Hokkaido, with construction expected to start in 2027.

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Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney says RAM pricing crisis isn't going away anytime soon — Fortnite boss says crunch 'will be a real problem for high-end gaming for several years'

Epic Games boss Tim Sweeney’s long-term RAM pricing prediction might make you wince.

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Huawei claims new software can 'create an analogue AI chip 1000 times faster than Nvidia’s chips' — open source Flex:ai software designed to boost AI-chip utilization

Huawei has introduced Flex:ai, an open-source orchestration tool designed to raise the utilization rate of AI chips in large-scale compute clusters.

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TSMC says advanced‑node capacity falls ‘about three times short’ of AI demand — company's wafer capacity is 'still not enough' as demand continues to rise

TSMC Chairman-CEO C. C. Wei says capacity is roughly three times short of what its major customers plan to consume.

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Elon Musk claims he will 'build chips at higher volumes ultimately than all other AI chips combined' — Tesla AI engineering team has AI5 chip ready to go and is setting its sights on AI6

Hopefully the goal isn't as far away as Tesla's Full Self Driving.

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Major insurers move to avoid liability for AI lawsuits as multi-billion dollar risks emerge — Recent public incidents have lead to costly repercussions

Major insurers are moving to ring-fence their exposure to artificial intelligence failures, after a run of costly and highly public incidents pushed concerns about systemic, correlated losses.

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Asus' new $4,000 RTX 5090 is already sold out — ROG Matrix Platinum's exorbitant price tag is no deterrent for well-heeled enthusiasts

$4,000 Asus ROG Matrix Platinum 5090 already sold out

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Memory MSRPs and fixed price tags disappear at Micro Center as some stores shift to spot pricing — Shopping for RAM just got a whole lot harder in 2025

Micro Center reportedly stops publishing pricing for memory kits at some of its brick and mortar stores.

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AOC's 15-inch 1080p portable monitor dips below $50 — budget offering includes speakers, HDMI connectivity, and a smart cover

It's hard to beat the AOC 16T20's bargain-basement price of $49.99 during the lead-up to Black Friday

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AMD to allegedly raise graphics card prices by at least 10% in 2026 — price surge attributed to ongoing AI-related DRAM supply crisis

AMD has informed its board partners that it will have to raise prices on its graphics cards for 2026 following the recent sky-rocketing memory prices put a supply squeeze on a range of electronics industries.

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Lenovo stockpiles RAM as prices skyrocket, reportedly has enough inventory to last through 2026 — memory stock claimed to be 50% higher than usual to fight pricing shock

Lenovo is preparing for the RAM pricing apocalypse and has already stockpiled loads of DRAM memory for its products. The company has so much inventory, in fact, that it has enough memory to last all through 2026.

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In wake of Windows 10 retirement, over 780,000 Windows users skip Win 11 for Linux, says Zorin OS developers — distro hits unprecedented 1 million downloads in five weeks

The Windows-like Linux distribution claims over a million downloads in the past month for its latest build, most of which came from Windows users.

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Congressional report details China's new deep-sea cable cutter that can sever armored cables in 13,000 feet of water — report warns of rising Chinese undersea cable cutting capabilities

A new annual report from the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission delivered to Congress states that China is actively developing technologies to sever undersea cables.

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Hobbyist solo miner scores a full Bitcoin block worth $270,000 despite 1 in 180 million odds — 3.146 Bitcoins mined by a single low-powered 6 TH/s ASIC with about 0.0000007% of the network’s hashrate

A solo miner running just 6 terahashes per second of computing power has overcome odds of about one‑in‑180 million to mine a full Bitcoin block via the CKpool pool.

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The upcoming Steam Machine won't be 'subsidized' like consoles to hit a more attractive price target, suggesting high relative pricing — Valve engineer confirms the device competes with only the PC market

Leaving out the price for the Steam Machine at Valve's 2026 hardware lineup reveal has turned the internet into rumor mill vultures, but now Valve itself has given us a big hint at what the device would cost. The company has confirmed the Steam Machine won't be subsidized like consoles,…

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