Best Buy Geek Squad agents raise specter of mass layoffs in unofficial community forums — some may have been displaced by AI
Best Buy has laid off a large number of its Geek Squad employees this week, according to a report published by 404 […]
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NASA is confident it can recover the Voyager 1 but it’ll require some time
The historic NASA Voyager 1 probe, the farthest man-made object from Earth, has been malfunctioning in deep space due to a critical […]
Intel confirms new round of layoffs in its Sales and Marketing Group
Intel laid off an unspecified number of employees in its Sales and Marketing division and confirmed these findings with CRN. Intel didn’t […]
Taiwan hit with 7.4 earthquake, endangering tech supply chain
On Wednesday at around 7:58 local time, a 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck off of Taiwan’s east coast, with the epicenter 18km from […]
Make AI servers in Mexico, US tech firms tell Taiwanese manufacturers
U.S. tech giants are keen for their Taiwanese AI server manufacturing partners to set up in Mexico, according to a new report […]
US govt wants to talk to tech companies about AI electricity demands — eyes nuclear fusion and fission
U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration is looking to fast-track talks with tech companies as their demands for electricity to power artificial intelligence […]
HP ends ties with Russia, shutting down its Russian website — website redirects to Kazakhstan with no support
HP (via CNews) seems to have completed its exit from Russia, as required by the sanctions imposed by the United States in […]
Chinese chipmaker launches 14nm AI processor that’s 90% cheaper than GPUs — $140 chip’s older node sidesteps US sanctions
Aiming at the high-end hardware that dominates the AI market and has caused China-specific GPU bans by the US, Chinese manufacturer Intellifusion […]
OpenAI and Microsoft reportedly planning $100 billion datacenter project for an AI supercomputer
Microsoft and OpenAI are reportedly working on a massive datacenter to house an AI-focused supercomputer featuring millions of GPUs. The Information reports […]
Arm China bolsters its AI accelerator with open source driver to compete against AMD, Intel, and Apple
Originally a part of Arm Holdings that licensed its IP in China, Arm China began to develop its own IP specifically for […]