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    cryptocurrency titan suffers another setback

    Binance, the cryptocurrency giant, is in the crosshairs of US regulators. Accused of violating United States financial regulations, the platform is defending itself tooth and nail. The Commodity Futures and Trading Commission (CFTC), the federal agency responsible for regulating commodities...
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    Gordon Moore Just Died, Will His “Law” Long Outlive Him?

    Co-founder of processor giant Intel, American Gordon Moore, has died at the age of 94. Having long since left the control of the semiconductor giant, he nevertheless left behind a law in history that bears his name. And what remains at the heart of the industry’s concerns: the continued increase...
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    Why ChatGPT angered Elon Musk

    The American billionaire was a major contributor to OpenAI’s initial funding…before leaving the team in 2018 amid tensions surrounding the company’s presidency. The online newspaper Semafor reveals behind the scenes of this departure. Just go to his Twitter profile to realize it: Elon Musk is...
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    Between crypto and AI, Nvidia has made its choice

    Nvidia doesn’t want to hear about cryptocurrency mining anymore. After making a fortune thanks to miners, the company left the industry completely… preferring to turn to AI, a new and very lucrative field. Nvidia sets up a bitter statement of the cryptocurrency industry. In an interview with...
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    Bitcoin is making a comeback surfing the banking crisis

    Bitcoin is making a comeback. After a catastrophic year 2022, the oldest cryptocurrency is gaining momentum again by outperforming all other asset classes. Bitcoin has largely benefited from the earthquake shaking the US banking sector. On the fringe of the bankruptcy of Silvergate Bank...
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    Will the price of our smartphones rise due to a change in ARM’s license?

    British company ARM, whose instruction sets are at the core of almost all smartphones, wants to change its licensing method. A model whereby he would no longer calculate his commissions based on the sales price of the chip, but on that of the terminals. What is driving up the price of...
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    China is about to master chip manufacturing… thanks to Huawei?

    Huawei engineers have reportedly succeeded in developing a range of software tools necessary for chip design and production. Not yet enough to engrave advanced processors, but more than enough to build technological independence up to 14nm. A tour de force: This is what the Chinese technology...
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    Does Asus want to write the future of micro PCs… and launch the successor to the Raspberry Pi?

    With its RISC V core processor, the Asus Tinker V has the potential to be the first micro PC to democratize this type of processor. If Asus manages to make its card available at a reasonable price, the Taiwanese brand could eventually become the reference of this genre. Every revolution has a...
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    Bitcoin price rises amid bank failures

    Bitcoin is on the rise. Taking advantage of the series of bankruptcies of US banks, the oldest cryptocurrency is enjoying a revival. Some observers are already predicting new records… The price of Bitcoin is on the rise again. The queen of cryptocurrencies has crossed over the $28,000...
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    In ten years’ time, the computing power of cars will have increased tenfold!

    For the father of Qualcomm’s automotive division Nakul Duggal, the number of chips in cars and their power will increase tenfold in the next decade. An increase in the power required for the growing complexity of the computational tasks that the vehicles of the future will have to solve. The...
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    the gaming performance of mid-range smartphones will explode

    With its Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2, Qualcomm promises an impressive doubling of the graphics power of its mid-range chip. Progress that benefits all other components of the mobile SoC. This chip should shine an entire generation of terminals. But will it be able to counter the rise of MediaTek...
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    why it will (presumably) be Germany and not France

    Any bureaucratic red tape and labor laws had little influence on Germany’s choice of the location of TSMC’s European factory. Because for semiconductors it’s about the market, the talents and the suppliers. And France only scores one point out of three here… Reuters’ ears seem to confirm the...
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    chip design software

    The US government is drawing a new card from its repressive arsenal against the Chinese technological champions: blocking exports and the use of EDA software. Essential processor design programs that are primarily maintained by U.S. or related companies. In its fight to contain China’s...
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    Amazon promises a better deal than Elon Musk’s

    What will Amazon’s low-orbit satellite networks look like? The company, which presented its range of customer terminals from its Kuiper project, believes it will outperform Starlink’s. ” Smaller, cheaper, more efficient is how Amazon describes its series of customer terminals that will...
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    Starlink will start experimenting with satellite calls later this year

    While Apple and Android – thanks to the latest Qualcomm platform – now have the chips and antennas to communicate with satellites, manufacturers like SpaceX are getting to work. The latter plans to test satellite calls through its Starlink subsidiary later this year. The telecom world has its...
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    Before ChatGPT, Microsoft spent millions of dollars… on Nvidia GPUs

    According to a Microsoft executive, the company spent “several hundred million dollars” to design the supercomputer that powers OpenAI projects like ChatGPT. At the heart of the machine, the most expensive components are Nvidia’s most powerful professional GPUs. Besides being locked in a...
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    The 5th most valued cryptocurrency in the market is causing investors to panic

    USDC, the fifth most valuable cryptocurrency in the market, just survived a hellish weekend. Shocked by the bankruptcy of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), the digital currency has caused panic among investors… A few days ago, USDC, the stablecoin issued by the Circle company with the support of the...
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    Is Meta launching a competitor to Twitter soon?

    Facebook’s parent company is exploring the possibility of creating an autonomous decentralized social network, similar to Twitter, to share text updates. After the Metaverse and Artificial Intelligence, Meta Platforms Inc would seize on the other trend of the moment in Silicon Valley...
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    another bankruptcy shakes up the industry, Bitcoin’s price is unscrewed

    Another bankruptcy is shaking the world of cryptocurrencies. As the industry gradually recovers from the FTX betrayal, a bank close to the industry has just announced its bankruptcy, penalizing the price of Bitcoin… Silvergate capital, the parent company of Silvergate bank, has just announced...
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    How Google plans to integrate generative AI into all of its products

    Code red at Google: A new internal guideline calls for building generative artificial intelligence into the company’s main products. In the race for Artificial Intelligence (AI), Google has been left behind by ChatGPT, despite years of research in this sector. But the one who has been...
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