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NEW YORK — The PlayStation Network (PSN) experienced widespread outages across the United States on Tuesday, leaving thousands of users unable to log in, access multiplayer features, or launch digital games. According to DownDetector, a website that tracks online service interruptions, the outage reports surged shortly after 6 pm Eastern Time, affecting players coast to … Read more
Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook’s latest trip to China this week became a centerpiece for the company’s regional marketing efforts, aligning with the long awaited debut of the iPhone Air. His visit came just as China’s top three telecommunications providers China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom secured government approval to begin commercial trials for … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO — Oracle Cloud Infrastructure announced Tuesday that it will deploy 50,000 artificial intelligence chips from Advanced Micro Devices beginning in the second half of 2026, marking one of the largest single AI hardware investments outside of Nvidia’s ecosystem. The move highlights a growing willingness among cloud providers to diversify away from Nvidia’s dominant … Read more
Power Integrations, a US based semiconductor manufacturer specializing in power conversion technology, has announced a partnership with Nvidia to help advance the transition of artificial intelligence data centers toward 800 volt direct current power systems. The collaboration is part of Nvidia’s larger initiative to make massive computing facilities more energy efficient and reliable as global … Read more
LONDON — British autonomous driving start up Wayve is reportedly in talks with Microsoft and SoftBank to raise as much as $2 billion in fresh funding, a deal that could value the London based company at about $8 billion, according to a report by the Financial Times on Monday. If confirmed, the investment would mark … Read more
BEIJING — China’s market regulator said Sunday that US semiconductor giant Qualcomm Inc. admitted it had failed to notify authorities before completing its acquisition of Israeli automotive chipmaker Autotalks in June, prompting an antitrust investigation into the company’s conduct. The State Administration for Market Regulation announced that Qualcomm proceeded with the $350 million acquisition despite … Read more
Police departments across the United States and the United Kingdom are warning residents about a dangerous new social media trend involving an “AI homeless man” prank circulating on TikTok. The viral challenge uses generative artificial intelligence to fabricate realistic images of homeless individuals inside people’s homes, prompting alarmed parents to call emergency services often resulting … Read more
BEIJING— China has blacklisted Canadian semiconductor research firm TechInsights, barring the company from working with or obtaining data from Chinese entities in a move that underscores Beijing’s tightening control over information related to its chip industry. The Ministry of Commerce announced Thursday that TechInsights and several of its subsidiaries were added to China’s “unreliable entity … Read more
Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang reacted to the AMD OpenAI deal, calling it “imaginative” but “surprising” after Advanced Micro Devices Inc. offered OpenAI a warrant for up to 160 million AMD shares roughly 10% of the company. Speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box on Wednesday, Huang said he was taken aback by AMD’s move … Read more
A widespread Microsoft outage that disrupted the company’s productivity software suite on Thursday appeared to be easing by late afternoon, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. The issue, which affected tools such as Microsoft Teams and Exchange Online, left tens of thousands of users unable to access essential services for several hours. Downdetector reported that … Read more
