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Trump surprises with TSMC $300B investment claim

3 months ago
Chip contract manufacturer declines to comment

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is "coming over and spending $300 billion in Arizona, building the biggest plant in the world for chips and semiconductors," US President Donald Trump said Tuesday.…

David Meyer

Tornado Cash Co-Founder Storm Guilty in Crypto Mixing Case

3 months ago
A Manhattan jury convicted Tornado Cash co-founder Roman Storm on Wednesday of conspiring to operate an unlicensed money-transfer business, though jurors deadlocked on charges of money laundering conspiracy and sanctions violations after three days of deliberation. Federal prosecutors alleged Storm helped cybercriminals launder more than $1 billion through the cryptocurrency mixing platform, which launched in 2019 as a decentralized protocol designed to obscure transaction origins by pooling and redistributing funds through smart contracts.

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Arista pushes Ethernet for AI, downplays effect of tariffs

3 months ago
Thanks to LLMs, CEO expects to see networks 'back-end and front-end converge'

Arista Networks is expecting the AI datacenter industry to be dominated by open standards such as Ethernet or UALink in the near future, and has upped financial forecasts on the back of those hopes.…

Dan Robinson

Universal Pictures To Big Tech: We'll Sue If You Steal Our Movies For AI

3 months ago
Universal Pictures is taking a new approach to combat mass theft of its movies to teach AI systems. From a report: Starting in June with How to Train Your Dragon, the studio has attached a legal warning at the end credits of its films stating that their titles "may not be used to train AI." It's also appeared on Jurassic World Rebirth and Bad Guys 2. "This motion picture is protected under the laws of the United States and other countries," the warning reads. "Unauthorized duplication, distribution or exhibition may result in civil liability and criminal prosecution."

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