AMD and Samsung ink memory supply memorandum for EPYC and Instinct products — unprecedented deal also includes scope for foundry partnership

Samsung to remain primary HBM memory supplier for AMD’s AI accelerators as the companies look into possible foundry relationship.
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North Korean fake IT army of 100,000 nets Kim Jong-Un a cool $500 million a year — NK-aligned workers infiltrated in IT companies worldwide, feeding the nation’s revenue generation

North Korean army of IT workers infiltrates western companies to make money for the nation.

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Australian researchers develop quantum battery proof-of-concept which uses lasers to charge near-instantly — breakthrough could pave the way for ultra-fast wireless charging for EVs and drones in the future, say researchers

Australian researchers have reportedly created the world’s first quantum battery prototype.

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Nvidia disputes allegation it is preparing a custom version of Groq inferencing chip for China [Updated]

According to a new report, Nvidia’s Groq inferencing chips are set to head to China for export, following approval of its H200 AI accelerators.
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Microsoft considering suing OpenAI over Altman’s recent deal with Amazon, report claims — exclusivity dispute revolves around Frontier multi-agent service

Microsoft ruminating on suing OpenAI over Altman’s recent deal with Amazon

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Bitcoin is so resilient it could survive as much as 90% of the world’s undersea cables failing simultaneously — study reveals Bitcoin could still be very vulnerable to targeted attacks, however

Cambridge scientists have completed the first longitudinal study of Bitcoin’s resilience to network infrastructure disruption, with a particular eye on submarine data cables.
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Jensen says Nvidia has received orders from Chinese customers for H200 GPUs, licenses from US gov’t — H200 manufacturing restarting

This marks the first time that Nvidia’s China supply chain has been back in motion since export restrictions froze shipments over a year ago.
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Nvidia launches DGX Station with its bleeding-edge GB300 Grace Blackwell Superchip — now available to order and will begin shipping in the coming months

Nvidia officially launches the DGX Station featuring a GB300 Grace Blackwell Ultra Desktop Superchip, 748GB of LPPDDR5X and HBM3e memory, and a 1,600-watt power rating.
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Examining Nvidia’s 60 exaflop Vera Rubin POD — how seven chips underpin company’s 40 rack AI factory supercomputer

Nvidia announced seven chips in full production at GTC 2026 on Monday, composing the Vera Rubin platform that the company intends to ship in the second half of this year.
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Microsoft expects to commercialize MicroLED datacenter cables by late 2027 — expands Hollow Core Fiber deployment, promising 47% faster data transmission and approximately 33% lower latency

The technology, called MOSAIC, replaces lasers with inexpensive MicroLEDs and uses a fundamentally different architecture to transmit data inside datacenters.
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