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Prosecutors in Keelung, Taiwan have indicted nine people, including employees of Nvidia and Super Micro, for allegedly conspiring to illegally export high-end AI servers to China. Officials say the group knowingly circumvented the companies' export compliance procedures for personal profit, raising corporate compliance costs and damaging Taiwan's international standing.
ZDNET compiled a list of over 10 affordable car accessories intended to make everyday driving more convenient, based on its testing and research process. The recommendations span various gadget categories chosen for value and practicality rather than premium pricing.
The second episode of HBO's DC series 'Lanterns,' starring Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre, adds significant new layers to the show's plot and characters. The episode builds on the premiere by deepening the mystery and character relationships central to the series.
Google's new Pixel 11 Pro Fold shaves about 1mm off its overall thickness compared to its predecessor, but the design achieves this by making the two halves of the device asymmetrical rather than uniformly flat when unfolded. The side housing the cover display is noticeably thicker than the other half, a departure from the flat-backed design of every prior Pixel Fold model. The change accompanies other trade-offs, including a smaller battery capacity than the previous generation.
Microsoft is rolling out a new Teams meeting protection policy letting admins automatically block all identified external bots from joining meetings, without requiring organizer approval. This expands on a June update that flagged bots in the lobby but still let organizers admit them manually. The feature is off by default, deploying via targeted release through August with general availability expected by late September.
South Korea's government-backed startup support platform, Modu-ui Changup, suffered a data breach that exposed personal information and startup idea summaries of roughly 5,000 successful applicants. Investigators from the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, National Intelligence Service, Cyber Security Center and National Police Agency traced the root cause to an encryption key that had been embedded in an API response, allowing an outside party to harvest it via web crawling and decrypt supposedly protected data.
Archaeologists exploring a cave in Spain discovered roughly 120 Roman-era inscriptions dedicated to a previously unrecorded deity referred to as 'Domina.' Evidence suggests the cave site may have held ritual or religious importance dating back even further, potentially to the Stone Age.
Nintendo filed seven coordinated DMCA takedown notices against GitHub repositories hosting Switch emulation projects, resulting in 401 repos being pulled from the platform. The bulk came from the Suyu emulator's parent repo, which had over 100 forks, triggering GitHub's policy of removing an entire fork network at once. Other affected projects included the long-dormant Skyline emulator, Yuzu Android forks, and several smaller Yuzu-based projects like MonoNX.
In a Decoder interview, GoFundMe CEO Tim Cadogan discusses how the fundraising platform, which he took over in March 2020, grew into a major cultural fixture during the pandemic and subsequent political unrest. He notes that medical expenses remain the most common fundraising category across every market the company operates in, highlighting gaps in healthcare systems worldwide.
Nvidia is due to report quarterly results that investors and analysts see as a key indicator of whether enthusiasm for artificial intelligence spending can be sustained. The results come amid growing scrutiny of whether massive capital outlays by tech companies on AI infrastructure are translating into durable returns.
A tech writer covering Flock Safety's AI license plate cameras outlines simple visual cues to identify the company's devices amid growing public confusion. The guide highlights Flock's distinctive oval, hooded camera shape with a circular lens as the clearest identifying feature, distinguishing it from competitors like Obvio and other traffic cameras. The piece also criticizes crowdsourced tracking apps like DeFlock for spreading inaccurate information about camera locations.
Three years after its debut, Disney's Lorcana trading card game has grown from a skeptical newcomer into a title with dedicated local players and large convention presence. At this year's D23, Ravensburger's booth expanded significantly, featuring a large play area, retail space, and a card-hunting activity called Collector Quest, plus a 120-plus-person tournament with live commentary.