Tag: geopolitical tensions
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The Register: TSMC halts advanced chip shipments to Chinese AI companies
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/08/tsmc_chinese_ai_shipments/ Source: The Register Title: TSMC halts advanced chip shipments to Chinese AI companies Feedly Summary: Move to suspend 7 nm and smaller processes follows US pressure Semiconductor giant TSMC is expected to stop supplying chips made with 7 nm or smaller processes to customers in China that are developing AI processors or…
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Hacker News: TSMC will stop making 7 nm chips for Chinese customers
Source URL: https://www.ft.com/content/a736beeb-b38a-484e-bbe9-98e92ecb66d9 Source: Hacker News Title: TSMC will stop making 7 nm chips for Chinese customers Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is halting the production of advanced AI chips for Chinese customers, driven by increasing US export controls aimed at restricting China’s AI capabilities. This…
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The Register: UK councils bat away DDoS barrage from pro-Russia keyboard warriors
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/01/uk_councils_russia_ddos/ Source: The Register Title: UK councils bat away DDoS barrage from pro-Russia keyboard warriors Feedly Summary: Local authority websites downed in response to renewed support for Ukraine Multiple UK councils had their websites either knocked offline or were inaccessible to residents this week after pro-Russia cyber nuisances added them to a daily…
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The Cloudflare Blog: 4.2 Tbps of bad packets and a whole lot more: Cloudflare’s Q3 DDoS report
Source URL: https://blog.cloudflare.com/ddos-threat-report-for-2024-q3 Source: The Cloudflare Blog Title: 4.2 Tbps of bad packets and a whole lot more: Cloudflare’s Q3 DDoS report Feedly Summary: The number of DDoS attacks spiked in the third quarter of 2024. Cloudflare mitigated nearly 6 million DDoS attacks, representing a 49% increase QoQ and 55% increase YoY. AI Summary and…
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The Register: TSMC blows whistle on potential sanctions-busting shenanigans from Huawei
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/22/tsmc_huawei_sanctions_report/ Source: The Register Title: TSMC blows whistle on potential sanctions-busting shenanigans from Huawei Feedly Summary: Chip giant tells Uncle Sam someone could be making orders on the sly TSMC has reportedly tipped off US officials to a potential attempt by Huawei to circumvent export controls and obtain AI chips manufactured by the…
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The Register: Tesla, Intel, deny they’re the foreign company China just accused of making maps that threaten national security
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/21/tesla_tsmc_china_legal_worries/ Source: The Register Title: Tesla, Intel, deny they’re the foreign company China just accused of making maps that threaten national security Feedly Summary: As TSMC defends itself against report it may have helped Huawei Tesla has denied it was involved in illegal-map making activities in China after Beijing asserted an unnamed foreign…
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Hacker News: The AI Investment Boom
Source URL: https://www.apricitas.io/p/the-ai-investment-boom Source: Hacker News Title: The AI Investment Boom Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the booming investment in data centers and high-end computing hardware driven by the rapid growth of AI technologies. Major tech companies, including Microsoft and Amazon, are redirecting resources toward energy-intensive infrastructure, including…
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The Register: ESET denies it was compromised as Israeli orgs targeted with ‘ESET-branded’ wipers
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/18/eset_denies_israel_branch_breach/ Source: The Register Title: ESET denies it was compromised as Israeli orgs targeted with ‘ESET-branded’ wipers Feedly Summary: Says ‘limited’ incident isolated to ‘partner company’ ESET denies being compromised after an infosec researcher highlighted a wiper campaign that appeared to victims as if it was launched using the Slovak security shop’s infrastructure.……
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The Register: China’s infosec leads accuse Intel of NSA backdoor, cite chip security flaws
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/16/china_intel_chip_security/ Source: The Register Title: China’s infosec leads accuse Intel of NSA backdoor, cite chip security flaws Feedly Summary: Uncle Sam having a secret way into US tech? Say it ain’t so A Chinese industry group has accused Intel of backdooring its CPUs, in addition to other questionable security practices while calling for…