Living neurons integrated into modern AI processing, claims SF startup — biological computing power used to boost computer vision, generative video, and more

Startup raises $25m to boost its biological neuron-driven pathway to replace, or augment, silicon compute in AI.

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Ponzi schemer behind $201 million Bitcoin scam sentenced to 20 years in federal prison — promised 3% daily returns on Bitcoin investments, left investors reeling

BTC Ponzi scheme yields 20 years in prison for mastermind

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iFixIt calls BMW’s new anti-consumer security screws ‘a logo-shaped middle finger to right to repair,’ Adafruit 3D prints a solution — BMW’s connector reverse engineered using patent filing as a design blueprint

Automaker BMW has filed a patent for a new fastener which takes design cues from the its iconic segmented roundel logo. but it has been accused of creating this design for service and repair gatekeeping.
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ENIAC, the world’s first general-purpose digital computer, turns 80 years old today — legendary hulking machine was 1,000x faster than its nearest rival

The Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC) was unveiled to the public today in 1946.

Rapidus targets mass 2nm chip production in 2027, quadruples capacity ramp up — company plans to scale to 25,000 wafer starts per month in just one year

Japan’s state-backed foundry Rapidus plans to begin production of 2nm-class semiconductors in the second half of its fiscal year 2027, with full-scale production expected in 2028.
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U.S., Taiwan ink trade deal after months of talks — agreement cuts tariffs on Taiwanese goods to 15% in exchange for direct investments on U.S. tech sector, semiconductors still excluded

The U.S. and Taiwan finally signed a trade deal that saw the island get a lower 15% tariff on its goods compared to the previous 20%. In exchange for this, Taiwanese companies will invest $250 billion in the American tech …

Google reports that state hackers from China, Russia and Iran are using Gemini in ‘all stages’ of attacks — phishing lures, coding and vulnerability testing get AI underpinnings from hostile actors

Hackers from Russian, China, India, North Korea, and elsewhere are using Google’s Gemini AI to augment their attacks, Google says. From generating phishing lures, to translating text, coding, and vulnerability testing, Gem…

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OpenAI launches GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark on Cerebras chips — marks AI giants first production deployment away from Nvidia

OpenAI on Thursday released GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark, its first AI model served on chips from Cerebras Systems, marking the ChatGPT maker’s first production deployment on non-Nvidia silicon.
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Tachyum forced to shutter R&D office due to unpaid rent, wages, and taxes — firm still claims forthcoming Prodigy chip will have a 21x performance leap on Nvidia Rubin Ultra

Tachyum forced to vacate R&D office due to unpaid rent, wages, and taxes

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Applied Materials to pay $252 million penalty for selling chipmaking tools to banned Chinese firm — settles over alleged 56 tool exports to chipmaker SMIC following Entity List designation

Applied Materials must pay a $252 million civil penalty to settle allegations that it illegally exported semiconductor manufacturing equipment to SMIC subsidiaries.
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