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- Reuters
Intel executives say a manufacturing spinoff is possible
(Reuters) -The two executives leading Intel after the ouster of its chief executive conceded on Thursday that the company may be forced to sell its manufacturing operations if a new chipmaking technology slated for next year does not succeed. Intel both designs and manufactures chips, making it unique in the industry. The company has shed more than $100 billion in value as it struggles to regain its lost lead in manufacturing and missed out on the AI boom dominated by Nvidia.
- Futurism
Twitter's Traffic Appears to Be Falling Off a Cliff
Over the last month, traffic to the site formerly known as Twitter has taken an absolute nosedive as Bluesky continues to bring in more and more users. Judging by the traffic-measuring service Similarweb, visits to the Elon Musk-owned social network have plummeted over the past three months. As the charts show, global traffic to the site has fallen from roughly 706 million users in September to 586.6 million by November — a 10.5 percent drop, per SmilarWeb's analysis. Though the numbers don't sp
- Good Housekeeping UK
Shopping for a photographer? Here are our top gift ideas
The GH Tech Team has found the top presents you can buy for photographers right now, including novelty mugs, coffee table books, cameras and more.
- The Independent
Dyson’s vision after vacuum cleaners: the great British strawberry
Dyson is better known for fans and hair styling tools, but its taken tech innovation to the farm - and is just one of a growing number of countries to do so
- Sky video
Relief as first UK patients fitted with app-controlled sleep apnoea microchip
A new electronic chip could bring relief to patients with a serious disorder that stops them breathing in their sleep.
- CNN Business
Sony hasn’t been this hot since it made the Walkman
The last time Sony was worth this much on the stock market, Bill Clinton was president and the PlayStation 2 was about to debut on American store shelves.
- TechCrunch
OpenAI blames its massive ChatGPT outage on a 'new telemetry service'
OpenAI is blaming one of the longest outages in its history on a "new telemetry service" gone awry. On Wednesday, OpenAI's AI-powered chatbot platform, ChatGPT; its video generator, Sora; and its developer-facing API experienced major disruptions starting at around 3 p.m. Pacific. In a postmortem published late Thursday, OpenAI wrote that the outage wasn't caused by a security incident or recent product launch, but by a telemetry service it deployed Wednesday to collect Kubernetes metrics.
- TechCrunch
A Waymo robotaxi got stuck in a roundabout loop
A video is circulating on social media showing a Waymo robotaxi going round and round on a roundabout — as if it is stuck in a loop. A Waymo spokesperson told TechCrunch there were no passengers onboard the vehicle in the video and said the company has already addressed the issue by deploying a software update to its fleet. TechCrunch has asked Waymo for more information regarding the underlying logic that led to this strange behavior and how engineers ended up correcting for such a unique scenario.
- Benzinga
Apple's 2025 Chip Transition Targets New Wireless Edge, Broadcom To Retain Key Role
Apple Inc’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) upcoming switch to in-house chips for Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connections from 2025 will likely impact its partner Broadcom Inc (NASDAQ:AVGO). The Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chips will enable Apple devices to go online via wireless networks, pair with headphones, and more. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (NYSE:TSM) manufactured Proxima, which will power Apple’s first products in 2025, Bloomberg cites familiar sources. Also Read: STMicroelectronics and Qualcomm Launch New IoT
- TechCrunch
Google debuts NotebookLM for enterprises
In October, Google started piloting a version of NotebookLM, its viral AI note-taking and research app, aimed at businesses. NotebookLM for enterprises — which Google's dubbing NotebookLM Plus — delivers the same experience as the consumer version, but with added controls for access and data management. Employees can upload data and files to create notebooks, podcast-like audio summaries (called Audio Overviews), and more, and search across and share these projects with org members.
- Manchester Evening News
'10 minutes in town': Man at heart of city centre crime spree undone by a Snapchat message
He's now behind bars
- PA Media: Money
Google announces Android XR operating system for new headsets and smart glasses
The tech giant has partnered with chip maker Qualcomm and Samsung on the project, and a Samsung-made headset will launch in 2025.
- GuruFocus.com
Mizuho: Modular Data Centers to Power AI Growth, Favoring Dell, Nvidia, and Key IT Players
Mizuho sees modular data centers boosting Dell, Nvidia, and others as AI's power needs drive demand.
- TechCrunch
Anybotics raises $60M to bring more autonomous industrial robots to the US
Swiss robotics company Anybotics has raised an extra $60 million to close its Series B round off at $110 million, some 18 months after first announcing it had raised a $50 million Series B. Spun out from the Eth Zürich research university in 2016, Anybotics has built a quadruped autonomous inspection robot dubbed Anymal, replete with sensors and cameras for monitoring equipment in industrial settings. This could be anything from tracking thermal anomalies as part of a preventative maintenance regimen to detecting the presence of combustible gas.
- Bloomberg
Broadcom Valuation Soars Past $1 Trillion on AI Sales Boom
(Bloomberg) -- Broadcom Inc., a chip supplier for Apple Inc. and other big tech companies, surged to a $1 trillion market valuation for the first time after predicting a boom in demand for its artificial intelligence chips.Most Read from BloombergHong Kong's Expat Party Hub Reshaped by Chinese InfluxHow California Sees the World, and ItselfBrace for a Nationwide Shuffle of Corporate HeadquartersCity Hall Is HiringAmerican Institute of Architects CEO ResignsSales of AI products will gain 65% in t
- Reuters
Crusoe secures $600 million in Series D round led by Founders Fund
Other investors in the round included Fidelity, Long Journey Ventures, the United Arab Emirates sovereign wealth fund Mubadala, Nvidia, Ribbit Capital and Valor Equity Partners, the company said. The latest fundraising will be used to invest in the expansion and growth of data centers and the Crusoe cloud, the startup said.
- Evening Standard
Labour loses by-election to Reform as support for Nigel Farage's party continues to surge
Labour continues to struggle in local by-elections, losing to Reform UK in St Helens, Liverpool
- News and Star
Strictly Come Dancing star to miss final after having surgery just days before
Find out which Strictly Come Dancing star will be missing the live final tonight (December 14) due to having knee surgery just days before.
- The Independent
Voices: A man walked in on me in a changing room – but what happened next was even more shocking
COMMENT: Women are often told to shrug things off but this type of behaviour rarely happens in isolation, writes Olivia Petter. If we don’t take it more seriously, who knows where it may lead?
- The Telegraph
What really happens at 32 Portland Place’s sex parties
There was certainly cause to celebrate at 32 Portland Place last week, the £15 million west London mansion owned by Edward Davenport. The self-described “flamboyant entrepreneur”, also known as “Fast Eddie”, won a court battle to stop police from shutting down parties at his home. “Fighting. Won. Freedom to party,” the 58-year-old wrote on Instagram after the verdict was announced.