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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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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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OpenAI announces New Delhi office as it expands footprint in India

OpenAI has started hiring in India as it looks to expand its presence in the fast-growing South Asian tech market.

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OpenAI lawyers question Meta’s role in Elon Musk’s $97B takeover bid 

OpenAI says that Elon Musk met with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to discuss a $97 billion takeover bid of the ChatGPT-maker.

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Anduril, Blue Origin to study how to transport cargo from orbit to Earth for the Pentagon

Blue Origin and Anduril notched small contracts that could revolutionize how the Pentagon transports cargo.

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Ecosia has offered to take ‘stewardship’ of Chrome. And it’s not a bad idea.

Berlin-based non-profit search engine Ecosia has asked a U.S. judge to turn Chrome into a foundation it controls, funding billions in climate projects.

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