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Nvidia reportedly halts production on its H20 AI chips

Beijing is reportedly urging Chinese companies to turn to domestic chips just weeks after Nvidia got the green light to sell in China again.

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Aspiration co-founder to plead guilty to $248M fraud scheme

Joseph Sanberg is accused of falsely inflating revenue and fabricating a letter from Aspiration’s audit committee to obtain loans, which the startup ultimately defaulted on.

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Astronomer’s New CEO Speaks—Yes, About That

The viral kiss-cam moment could be the best thing that’s ever happened to Astronomer. But its new CEO won’t say that.

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Kimbal Musk on Elon’s Tesla pay package: ‘My brother deserves to be paid’

The electric carmaker has been locked in a legal battle over Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay package from 2018.

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Google makes it easier to edit Drive videos with a new Vids shortcut button

Now, Workspace users can initiate a video edit using the Vids app directly from the Google Drive interface.

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YC-backed Oway raises $4M to build a decentralized ‘Uber for freight’

The thousands of trucks zipping along U.S. highways are often only about half full — something Oway wants to change with its ‘ride-share for freight’ software.

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Developer gets prison time for sabotaging former employer’s network with a ‘kill switch’

The ex-developer was convicted of planting malicious code designed to crash its servers in the event that he was fired.

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X pulls the ability to like and follow from its developer API’s free tier

X is making it harder for spammers with these API changes.

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Waymo granted first permit to begin testing autonomous vehicles in New York City

Waymo is getting one step closer to starting its engine in New York City.

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Inside Texas Instruments’ $60 billion U.S. megaproject, where Apple will make iPhone chips

Apple committed to making iPhone chips at Texas Instruments’ new U.S. factories. CNBC got an exclusive first look inside TI’s $60 billion megaproject.

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