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Two US lawmakers push tighter curbs on chipmakers from the Middle Kingdom

Jamie Mckenzie was 11 when she was raped by serial child sex offender Daniel Bottger after he plied her with booze and took her to her parents' outhouse.

Two parents and their child were found dead at the bottom of the 213ft Harz Tower in Altenau on Thursday, according to local reports.

Can Andy Burnham unite the country when he becomes Prime Minister on Monday?

The photos captured Hamilton hanging at the lake with Kardashian and spending quality time with loved ones.

India's Competition Commission has fined HP India and its partners about 1.4 billion rupees ($14.4 million), alleging the company colluded with resellers to rig government PC bids and fix prices for ink cartridges, toner, and other printing supplies. "It said that HP was aiming to outcompete other OEMs and discourage resellers from selling 'counterfeit' ink and toner," adds Ars Technica. From the report: In an order, the CCI said that HP India worked with five resellers to coordinate their bid prices for government contracts to increase the chances of an HP partner winning the contracts. The company was fined 1.3 billion rupees (about $13.1 million). [...] HP was also fined 119.8 million rupees (about $1.2 million) for "indulging in cartelization in sale and supply of supplies products comprising of toner, cartridges, and other consumable used with print hardware products," CCI said in its announcement. The agency also fined 21 HP resellers 35.2 million rupees (about $365,335). In a separate order, the CCI said that WhatsApp records showed that HP and 16 of its Tier-2 reseller partners operated "in a collusive arrangement" and that the messages show the companies engaging in "bid rigging, including cover bidding, price fixation, and customer allocation during 2017-2020." HP India played a central role, the regulator said. Per the order, HP India said that high printing supply prices led some resellers to threaten to "shift to low-cost counterfeit products to compete on price." "HP India was commercially forced into a position where it had to support the collusive arrangement adopted by the Tier-2 resellers," the order reads. For its part, the order said that HP India "humbly objects to HP India's role being characterized as a 'kingpin' of the entire collusive arrangement." [...] The CCI also ordered HP India and its channel partners to "cease and desist from anti-competitive conduct" and to hold competition compliance training programs within 60 days.

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Love Island's Ellie Chadwick has quit the villa after her fellow islanders chose to dump Finley Maddock.

Data purges deemed an example of 'misaligned behavior' that upstart is working to avoid

Writing in the prestigious medical journal The Lancet, the researchers - from Canada and the UK - say the findings suggest medics may fail to recognise eating disorders other than anorexia.

Beverley Callard has shared the incredible news that she has finished her radiotherapy treatment amid her breast cancer diagnosis. 

A lively Transport Secretary would be teasing the Europeans for technical incompetence and political disunity. But Heidi Alexander is not high-energy.

TSMC said it will invest another $100 billion in Arizona after reporting a record 77.4% year-over-year jump in second-quarter profit. The expansion would bring its total U.S. investment to $265 billion and include new fabs for 2-nanometer production and advanced packaging to serve major U.S. customers. The Associated Press reports: As AI-related demand continues to jump and needs for computing power from data centers surge, TSMC has been expanding chip fabrication plants in the U.S., Japan and Taiwan. It said it is increasing its annual capital expenditure budget for this year to $60 billion-$64 billion, up from an earlier estimate of $52 billion-$56 billion. TSMC, or Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., is a key supplier to Nvidia and Apple. It had previously already committed $165 billion in the U.S. for building plants in Arizona, with six fabrication facilities planned. The extra $100 billion in investments are to "support the strong multiyear demand from our leading U.S. customers," C.C. Wei, chairman and CEO of TSMC, said during the company's quarterly earnings conference Thursday. An additional four fabrication plants in Arizona will likely be built with the new investments, TSMC said. They will focus on making some of the most advanced chips that are 2-nanometer and below.

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Days before Mr Burnham enters Downing Street, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said gross domestic product (GDP) grew by just 0.1 per cent in May, after shrinking by 0.1 per cent in April.

In a rare interview with the Daily Mail, Donald Segretti describes how he was 'thrown to the wolves' amid the drama that engulfed the Nixon administration.

Vacant shops could be transformed into neighbourhood health hubs or diagnostic centres, with existing pharmacies and opticians empowered to provide more services.

Rebecca Adlington has revealed she has been overcome with emotion as her eldest daughter Summer leaves primary school.

A sanitary worker was in for a bleak surprise after arriving to pick up a set of outdoor toilets in Kansas City.

Extinction Rebellion claims responsibility for chemical-filled balloon attack targeting concrete and steel

Dr Amir Khan was left mortified after he revealed he made a girl scream after mistakenly climbing into the front seat of her car, assuming it was his own.