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DeepSeek hints latest model will be supported by China’s ‘next generation’ homegrown AI chips

Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek has hinted that China will soon have homegrown "next generation" chips to support its AI models, while announcing an update to one of its large language models. In a comment under a post on its official WeChat account, DeepSeek said the "UE8M0 FP8" precision format of its newly released model V3.1 is tailored for the next-generation domestically built chips that will be launched soon. FP8, or 8-bit floating point, is a data processing format tha

Nvidia in talks with U.S. to sell a more advanced chip to China, Jensen Huang says

Nvidia is in talks with the U.S. government about shipping a new, more advanced chip to China, CEO Jensen Huang said on Friday. Earlier this week, Reuters reported the U.S. tech giant is developing a new artificial intelligence chip for China, dubbed the B30A, that will be more powerful than the H20 — the only semiconductor Nvidia is allowed to sell in the country at present. The U.S. has grown concerned in the past few years that advanced American chips could be used in Chinese military applic

DaVita says ransomware gang stole data of nearly 2.7 million people

Kidney dialysis firm DaVita has confirmed that a ransomware gang that breached its network stole the personal and health information of nearly 2.7 million individuals. DaVita serves over 265,400 patients across 3,113 outpatient dialysis centers, 2,660 in the United States, and 453 centers in 13 other countries worldwide. The company reported revenues of over $12 billion in 2024 and of $3.3 billion for the second quarter of 2025. In April, the healthcare provider revealed in a filing with the U

Nvidia’s Huang says TSMC among all-time greats: Buying its stock is ‘very smart’

Jensen Huang, co-founder and CEO of Nvidia Corp., speaks during a news conference in Taipei on May 21, 2025. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Friday showered praise on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. on a visit to Taiwan, saying that anybody looking to take a stake in the company would be "very smart." This comes at a time when the U.S. administration has signaled interest in acquiring stakes in tech companies, especially those in receipt of funding under the U.S. CHIPS Act. Huang, who said

OpenAI announces New Delhi office as it expands footprint in India

OpenAI has announced plans to open its first office in India, just days after launching a ChatGPT plan tailored for Indian users, as it looks to tap into the country’s rapidly growing AI market. On Friday, the company said it would set up a local team in India and open a corporate office in the capital, New Delhi, in the coming months. The move builds on OpenAI’s recent hiring efforts in the region. In April 2024, the company appointed former Truecaller and Meta executive Pragya Mishra as its p

Nvidia looking to halt H20 chip production after China cracks down on purchases, reports say

An Nvidia chip is seen through a magnifying glass in Beijing, China, on August 1, 2025. Nvidia has asked some of its component suppliers to stop production related to its made-for-China H20 general processing units, as Beijing cracks down on the American chip darling, The Information reported Friday. The directive comes weeks after the Chinese government told local tech companies to stop buying the chips due to alleged security concerns, the report said, citing people with knowledge of the mat

China reportedly discouraged purchase of NVIDIA AI chips due to 'insulting' Lutnick statements

Chinese regulators reportedly dissuaded local companies from purchasing NVIDIA's H20 chips, because they found certain statements by US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick "insulting." According to the Financial Times, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) teamed up to intensify their efforts to push the use of homegrown chips following Lutnick's remarks in an interview with

India bans real-money gaming, threatening a $23 billion industry

India’s lower house of parliament on Wednesday passed a sweeping online gaming bill that, while promoting esports and casual gaming without monetary stakes, imposes a blanket ban on real-money games — threatening to disrupt billions of dollars in investment and significantly impact the real-money gaming industry, which could see widespread shutdowns. Titled the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025, the legislation aims to prohibit real-money games nationwide — whether based on s

Debugging Behind the Iron Curtain (2010)

Sergei is a veteran of the early days of the computing industry as it was developing in the Soviet Union. I had the pleasure of working and learning from him over the past year, and in that time I picked up more important lessons about both life and embedded programming than any amount of school could ever teach. The most striking lesson is the story of how and why, in late summer of 1986, Sergei decided to move his family out of the Soviet Union. In the 1980s, my mentor Sergei was writing soft

AI Industry Trembles as Nvidia's Stock Nosedives

Shares of AI chipmaker Nvidia plunged on Wednesday, dropping by more than three percent in early trading — for a total slide of over five percent in the past week. Other major AI players fell as well, including Google, Meta, and Tesla. AI software company Palantir's stock fell by nearly nine percent this morning. Nvidia is particularly interesting, though, because while those other companies mainly produce software, Nvidia has been making bank by selling the hardware powering the AI industry's

Arkansas Hosts the Planet’s Only Public Diamond Mine

In southwest Arkansas, the state government runs what might be the world’s most unusual diamond mine. For the price of a movie ticket, anyone can dig for diamonds at Crater of Diamonds State Park—and keep whatever they find. The 37-acre search field near Murfreesboro sits atop an ancient volcanic pipe that erupted roughly 100 million years ago. That eruption brought diamonds that formed deep within the Earth’s mantle to the surface, where they now wait in the soil for anyone with a garden trowe

Elon Musk Randomly Drops in on Small Town; Reminds Everyone He Is Still Canadian

British Columbia and a tiny fishing village is now atwitter after the world’s wealthiest man made an unannounced appearance over the weekend. Elon Musk, the controversial and now apparently political CEO of Tesla and X, touched down in Bella Bella—an isolated town nestled in the Great Bear Rainforest—before departing again by helicopter. His visit to the town with approximately 1,500 residents was a surprise. Local resident Seán Carter told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation that the area

Apple Is Making All Four iPhone 17 Models in India in a 'Watershed' Pivot From China, Report Says

Apple is manufacturing all four of its iPhone 17 models in India ahead of next month's launch, according to Bloomberg. That marks a first for the company, as it tries to mitigate the effects of President Donald Trump's tariffs on products produced in China. The production is taking place at five Indian factories. Tata Group is managing half of the manufacturing in new plants in the southern state Tamil Nadu and Taiwan's Foxconn will be manufacturing iPhones near the Bangalore airport. Apple di

OpenAI chases growth in India with its cheapest ChatGPT plan, costing $4.6 a month

OpenAI on Tuesday launched a subscription plan in India priced at 399 rupees ($4.57) a month, the ChatGPT maker's most affordable offering yet, as it looks to grow in its second-largest market by user base. The new plan, called ChatGPT Go, provides expanded access to the latest model GPT‑5, and other features at a lower cost, the Microsoft-backed firm said in a statement on its website. Nick Turley, who leads ChatGPT, said in a social media post that the plan provides 10 times more message lim

Scientists Created an Entire Social Network Where Every User Is a Bot, and Something Wild Happened

It's no secret that social media has devolved into a toxic cesspool of disinformation and hate speech. Without any meaningful pressure to come up with effective guardrails and enforceable policies, social media platforms quickly turned into rage-filled and polarizing echo chambers with one purpose: to keep users hooked on outrage and brain rot so they can display more ads. And given the results of a recent experiment by researchers at the University of Amsterdam, they may be doomed to stay tha

Plex urges users to update Media Server after fixing a ‘potential security issue’

Plex, the popular app for organizing and streaming personal media collections, is warning users running certain Plex Media Server versions to update immediately due to a “potential security issue” that was recently patched. Here are the details. Urgent fix, no details As reported by BleepingComputer (via Tecnoblog), Plex is reaching out to users running server versions 1.41.7.x through 1.42.0.x, and urging them to update to Plex Media Server 1.42.1.10060 as soon as possible. The company’s e-m

Apple is reportedly making more of its new iPhones in India instead of China

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Apple is manufacturing more of its iPhone 17 phones for the US in India instead of in China, and for the first time, the full lineup of new models will ship from India at launch, according to Bloomberg. The company is also working on a successor to the iPhone 16E that it plans to make in I

OpenAI releases $4 ChatGPT plan, but it's not available in the US for now

OpenAI has finally announced the GPT Go subscription, which costs just $4 in the US or INR 399 in India. Unfortunately, the cheapest paid version of GPT is limited to India for now. If you live in India or have an account made in India, you'll now begin seeing a nudge to try GPT Go when you're using a free account. Source: BleepingComputer When you select Try Go, you'll be asked to pay at least $4. Right now, it is limited to India, but OpenAI says that it will come to more regions soon. GP

CPG startup Keychain snags $30M to build in India, grow in the US

Keychain, a U.S. startup that helps consumer brands find manufacturing partners, has raised $30 million in fresh funding as it looks to scale its India-based development team to drive growth in North America. While headquartered in New York, Keychain operates as a distributed company with its core engineering and product development centered in India. The startup is doubling down on this model with the new funding, aiming to grow its engineering, product design, and analytics teams in Gurugram

Apple Is Making All Four iPhone 17 Models in India in a Big Pivot From China, Report Says

Apple is manufacturing all four of its iPhone 17 models in India ahead of next month's launch, according to Bloomberg. That marks a first for the company, as it tries to mitigate the effects of President Donald Trump's tariffs on products produced in China. The production is taking place at five Indian factories. Tata Group is managing half of the manufacturing in new plants in the southern state Tamil Nadu and Taiwan's Foxconn will be manufacturing iPhones near the Bangalore airport. India ha

India’s government to propose blanket ban on real-money gaming

Real-money gaming companies are reeling as India moves to propose a blanket ban on their operations under a new legislation. The Indian government plans to prohibit real-money games — whether based on skill or chance — under its proposed online gaming regulation, per a draft seen by TechCrunch, which was also verified by three sources, including one consultant with the Indian IT ministry and two people working closely with the Indian government and real-money gaming companies. Proposed to be c

Nvidia says it's evaluating a 'variety of products' after report of new AI chip for China

Nvidia said Tuesday that it is evaluating several products following a report that the company is working on a new artificial intelligence chip for China that is more powerful than the currently available H20. The new product, tentatively called the B30A, is expected to be based on Nvidia's Blackwell chip architecture, Reuters reported, citing people familiar with the company's plans. Nvidia hopes to deliver sample units to Chinese clients for testing as soon as next month, according to Reuters

Apple reportedly ups iPhone production in India as country's Russia ties roil White House

Apple has reportedly boosted iPhone production in India as the country faces pressure from the White House over its Russian oil purchases. "We have planned to up the tariffs on India," Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC's "Squawk Box" on Tuesday. "These are secondary tariffs for buying the sanctioned Russian oil." Bessent accused India of "profiteering" by purchasing cheap Russian oil and reselling it during the Ukraine war, "which is unacceptable." Earlier this month, President Donal

ChatGPT now has a subscription plan that costs less than $5/month

OpenAI has launched the cheapest ChatGPT subscription plan ever. The new plan, called ChatGPT Go , costs less than $5 per month, but the catch is that it’s not available everywhere and has only just launched in India. ChatGPT Go aims to expand the chatbot’s most popular features and make them available at more affordable prices. Not only does the subscription include everything you get with the free version of ChatGPT, it also brings the following additions: Extended access to GPT-5 Extended

Apple is reportedly manufacturing all four iPhone 17 models in India

Apple is shifting more iPhone production to India ahead of next month’s iPhone 17 launch, Bloomberg reports. The company will build all four iPhone 17 models there, and for the first time US-bound shipments for the entire lineup will come from India at launch. The shift comes amid production expansion across five factories in India, including two plants that recently opened. Apple has been working to decrease its reliance on China for the manufacturing of US-bound iPhones. According to Bloombe

CPG startup Keychain snags $30M to build in India, grow in the U.S.

Keychain, a U.S. startup that helps consumer brands find manufacturing partners, has raised $30 million in fresh funding as it looks to scale its India-based development team to drive growth in North America. While headquartered in New York, Keychain operates as a distributed company with its core engineering and product development centered in India. The startup is doubling down on this model with the new funding, aiming to grow its engineering, product design, and analytics teams in Gurugram

NVIDIA is reportedly developing an AI chip for China more powerful than the H20

NVIDIA is working on a new AI chip meant for the Chinese market that's more powerful than the H20, according to Reuters. It will reportedly be based on the company's latest Blackwell architecture, which can produce chips between seven and 30 times faster than its previous AI platform. Reuters says the product is tentatively named B30A and will have a single-die design, putting all its main components on a single piece of silicon. It will apparently be capable of half the computing power of NVIDI

OpenAI's ChatGPT Go plan arrives in India only for under $5 per month

OpenAI has debuted its cheapest subscription yet for India only, product head Nick Turley announced on X. Called ChatGPT Go, the 390 rupee ($4.60) GPT-5 plan will offers users 10 times more message limits, image generation and file uploads than the free offering. "Making ChatGPT more affordable has been a key ask from users," Turley wrote. "We're rolling out Go in India first and will learn from feedback before expanding to other countries." The new plan was leaked earlier and OpenAI recently i

Apple is finally hitting a long-held goal to reduce its dependence on China

A new report says that Apple will finally hit a long-held goal to reduce its dependence on China with the launch of the iPhone 17. Indian iPhone production has always lagged behind that of China, but all this is now changing – with import tariffs acting as an additional incentive … Apple’s long-term goal The vast majority of iPhones are still assembled in China, but Apple has for many years been working on boosting the number of phones made in other countries. India is the company’s secondary

An extinct volcano in Arkansas hosts the only public diamond mine on Earth

In southwest Arkansas, the state government runs what might be the world's most unusual diamond mine. For the price of a movie ticket, anyone can dig for diamonds at Crater of Diamonds State Park—and keep whatever they find. The 37-acre search field near Murfreesboro sits atop an ancient volcanic pipe that erupted roughly 100 million years ago. That eruption brought diamonds that formed deep within the Earth's mantle to the surface, where they now wait in the soil for anyone with a garden trowe