Archive for Light
Organic Mirage 4/2009
Breaking Tech News- Block says it has finished the development of its own 3nm bitcoin mining chip and is working through the design with a "leading global semiconductor foundry" (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)
- Letter: the US Department of Commerce is reviewing the national security implications of China's work in open-source RISC-V chip technology (Stephen Nellis/Reuters)
- Tesla teases a ridehailing function in its app and says its robotaxi will be "purpose-built", suggesting it will be built from the ground up to be self-driving (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)
- Larry Ellison says Oracle is moving its world headquarters from Austin to Nashville to be closer to a major healthcare epicenter (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)
- For the third time, Google delays the deprecation of third-party cookies in Chrome, pushing back its plans to early 2025 amid regulatory scrutiny (Seb Joseph/Digiday)
- OpenAI announces new enterprise-grade features for API customers, including enhanced security, administrative controls, and new Assistants API capabilities (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat)
- The European Parliament adopts right-to-repair rules clarifying manufacturer obligations to provide repair services, consumer access to spare parts, and more (Jacob Ridley/PC Gamer)
- Taser company Axon launches an AI tool that turns body cam audio into police reports to save time; critics worry it will introduce errors into crucial evidence (Forbes)
- The FTC bans noncompete clauses that restrict job switching, the first time in 50+ years that the FTC has issued a regulation mandating an economy-wide change (Wall Street Journal)
- The US Senate advances the bill forcing a sale or ban of TikTok, preparing for a final vote on the bill as soon as Tuesday evening (Sara Dorn/Forbes)
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