Google research suggests encryption technique used by Bitcoin will be cracked by quantum computers around 2029 — search giant says quantum attacks need to be prepared for now

New research from Google suggests that future quantum computers will develop quickly enough to pose a risk to elliptic-curve cryptography, used in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, as soon as 2029, and its researchers say act…

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Nvidia invests $2 billion in Marvell to deepen NVLink Fusion partnership — signs deal with one of its biggest competitors

Nvidia announced today that it has invested $2 billion in Marvell Technology and entered a partnership connecting Marvell to Nvidia’s AI factory and AI-RAN ecosystem through NVLink Fusion.
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Iran issues direct strike threat to Nvidia, Microsoft, Apple, Google, 14 other US tech companies — ‘These companies should expect destruction of their facilities in response to each act of terror in Iran’

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has issued a direct strike threat to a slew of U.S. tech companies including GPU giant Nvidia, Microsoft, Apple, Google, Meta, IBM, Cisco, and Tesla.
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Fujitsu plans dedicated 1.4nm AI chip manufactured entirely in Japan by Rapidus — AI chip to be designed and manufactured domestically

Fujitsu plans to develop an NPU fabricated on an advanced 1.4nm process by Rapidus, designed for AI inference in servers and related systems.
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The global helium shortage is a direct threat to the chipmaking supply chain — disruption impacts critical processes, high-capacity HDDs, and alternative supplies are plagued by delays

Some industry analysts expect it will take Qatar around five years to regain lost capacity.

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One of JavaScript’s most popular libraries compromised by hackers — Axios npm package hit in supply chain attack that deployed a cross-platform RAT

An attacker compromised the npm account of a lead Axios maintainer on March 30, and used it to publish two malicious versions of the widely used JavaScript HTTP client library.
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US PC sales grow by 3% in late 2025 as companies and consumers scrambled to replace Windows 10 — 2026 forecast sees 13% drop as storage and memory prices expected to climb another 60%

Research firm Omdia says that the PC market grew by 3% in in the last quarter of 2025 due to holiday sales and the Windows 10 EOL. Unfortunately, 2026 is expected to be a rough year with an expected 13% contraction in sale…

Bitcoin network has its first quarterly hashrate drop since 2020 — Iran conflict spurs Bitcoin mining operators to accelerate pivot to AI infrastructure

Bitcoin miners are pivoting to AI infrastructure amidst the conflict in Iran. The BTC network has seen its first quarterly hashrate drop in nearly six years.
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TSMC industrial espionage saga heading to verdict next month in unprecedented Taiwan National Security Act case — former engineer accused of stealing 2nm technical info, faces a total of up to 20 years in prison if found guilty

One of the three landmark cases involving the theft of trade secrets from TSMC has run through investigative and court proceedings, and a verdict is scheduled for April 27.
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Analyzing Elon Musk’s TeraFab — A step towards Tesla and SpaceX’s partial vertical integration, or an unattainable dream?

Elon Musk’s TeraFab has been announced, and the first employees are now being hired. But can this venture scale to all of its terawatt glory? Or will it just help Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI land additional chips they cannot ge…

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