Beijing says that the Netherlands is not taking steps to resolve the Nexperia issue, thus extending the chip shortage affecting automotive makers across the globe.
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Asus says that it will increase prices on several product lines starting January 5, as prices for memory and storage components continue to rise. TrendForce estimates that laptop shipments could shrink by as much as 10.1% …
SK hynix is bringing its HBM ambitions to U.S. soil with a $3.9 billion plan to build its first domestic manufacturing facility — a 2.5D advanced packaging plant in West Lafayette, Indiana.
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The Russian government plans to penalize ‘illegal’ mining of cryptocurrency to prison terms of up to five years.
Two former cybersecurity experts pled guilty to conspiracy to obstruct commerce by extortion for deploying ransomware against several victims. The perpetrators are facing 20 years in prison each, with sentencing set in Mar…
SoftBank has agreed to acquire DigitalBridge in a deal valuing the digital infrastructure investor at roughly $4 billion, including debt.
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The U.S. government has approved annual export licenses allowing Samsung Electronics and SK hynix to ship chipmaking equipment to their manufacturing facilities in China throughout 2026.
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Tech companies are spending more on AI-focused employees even as the rest of the industry is laying off hundreds of thousands.
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The first Iron Beam laser defense system was deployed by Israel on Sunday. This 100kW laser weapon thus became the world’s first drone defense zapper to be operationally deployed.
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China has quietly mandated that at least 50% of equipment used for new semiconductor capacity be domestically sourced. However, as China’s industry cannot produce enough lithography tools, authorities tend to get flexible …