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Super Micro co-founder charged in AI chip smuggling plot
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (20+ words) Super Micro co-founder Yih-Shyan Liaw arrested for smuggling $2. 5 B in Nvidia AI chips to China. Stock dropped 25%....
China outlaws drones within Beijing city limits
2+ hour, 32+ min ago (426+ words) DJI drones have been banned in the United States for a while now. The company's hardware, along with other foreign-made drones, was declared verboten by the FCC in the name of national security" and MAYBE to ensure that American drone…...
Legendary hacker brings e GPU compatibility to M-Series Macs
2+ hour, 36+ min ago (232+ words) I'm just gonna put it out there that Apple might not be thrilled about the new capabilities that Hotz has given to users of its hardware: Signal's disappearing messages weren't fully disappearing. When a message arrived on your i Phone,…...
Lego stuffed an entire computer into a standard brick
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (21+ words) Lego's Smart Brick hides a custom 4. 1mm chip, sensors, a speaker, and wireless charging inside a standard 2-by-4 brick....
Why is a $200 Lego set harder to buy than a $400 M machine?
1+ week, 2+ day ago (20+ words) ASML's $400 M chip machines are the most critical in the world. The $200 Lego version is somehow harder to get....
Bill to ban AI chatbots in children's toys introduced
1+ week, 21+ hour ago (22+ words) PIRG tested AI toys and found vulgar language and adult themes. A new bill would ban AI chatbots from all children's toys....
A computer scientist beat textbook binary search by more than 2x
22+ hour, 15+ min ago (263+ words) Lemire's algorithm, which he calls SIMD Quad, splits the array into 16-element blocks, then narrows down to the correct block by jumping through quarters rather than halves. Once it lands on a block, SIMD checks all 16 entries at once. More…...
RAM shortage who? These Lenovo Think Pads are only $300
3+ week, 6+ hour ago (327+ words) TL; DR: Get a near-mint condition refurbished Lenovo Think Pad for only $300. Rising RAM prices are making it harder and harder to find a good computer, but it's not impossible. Refurbished machines are still a solid option, and you might…...
Motorola Moto Pad: 11-inch Android tablet for $250
3+ week, 2+ day ago (206+ words) Remember that LG phone boasting an expandable, rollable display? No? Don't feel bad: it was supposed to be released back in 2021, but it never saw the light of day." READ THE REST AMD's Ryzen 9 9950 X3 D2 "Dual Edition" is coming soon, pitched…...