Trump says Apple has agreed to ‘build’ chips with Intel — neither company confirms deal as Intel share price rockets

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Apple has agreed to work with Intel to “design and build” chips in the United States.
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Digital entrepreneur creates humorous ‘physical NFT minting device’ using a Raspberry Pi in quest for ‘infinite money machine’ — contraption trained on M3 MacBook can generate an NFT in 3 seconds, has so far sold one for $9.92

An enterprising young man aims to catch up with the collective wealth of Elon Musk, and his first money spinner is a portable NFT minting gadget.
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Kaspersky finds malware hidden in Steam Wallpaper Engine that hijacks accounts to spread itself — dozens of malicious packages downloaded tens of thousands of times

Attackers have spent the past several months smuggling malware into Steam through animated desktop wallpapers.

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Frontier Airlines site leaks all personal info with just a glance at a boarding pass, researcher claims — booking number and last name nets you every passenger’s personal info, including address, passport, TSA PreCheck, and most credit card info [Updated]

Frontier Airlines site leaks all personal info with just a glance at a boarding pass — just a booking number and last name nets you all passengers’ personal info including address, passport, TSA PreCheck, and most credit c…

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Intel’s fab roadmap examined — Arizona, Ohio, Ireland, and the two deadlines deciding 14A process node

This roadmap provides an in-depth analysis of Intel’s current plans for its chip production capacity.

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US pulls the ‘kill-switch’ on Anthropic’s Fable 5 AI models, sending global allies scrambling — European and Canadian leaders alarm allies over sudden export bans

Following the Trump administration’s block on Anthropic’s Mythos 5 and Fable 5 models, world leaders have raised concerns that without direct access to frontier models, they may need to develop their own national alternati…

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DeepSeek was set to be added to US Entity List for supporting China’s military and intelligence operations, report claims — White House holds off to avoid escalating tensions with China

DeepSeek and CXMT, which have both been tagged as supporting Chinese military and intelligence operations, are set to be added to the U.S.’s Entity List. However, the White House hasn’t included them yet in order to avoid …

Researchers build brain-like memory device for AI sensors that may improve energy efficiency — phototransistor device combines light sensing, memory, and processing to cut data movement

Oregon State University researchers have developed a brain-inspired phototransistor that combines light sensing, memory, and signal processing in one device. The hardware can electronically control how long optical memorie…

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Nvidia reveals AI robots that taught themselves to install GPUs into motherboards — video shows robot ‘solve high-precision tasks like… installing GPUs all by itself’

Nvidia showcases agentic robots that can teach themselves high-precision and dexterous tasks – like PC building – in the real world.
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U.S. gov’t asks court to dismiss NAACP lawsuit against Elon Musk’s xAI over use of unpermitted gas turbines — DOJ says Grok model running at Colossus 2 ‘supports mission-critical operations’

The US government is seeking dismissal of a lawsuit from the NAACP, arguing that the Colossus 2 data center is crucial for national security. The data center runs the Grok Gov AI model, and the government claims a shutdown…

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