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ChatGPT grows buttons, TSMC and Samsung post AI-fueled records, and Microsoft prices a Surface at $2,599.
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Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra launches October 16 with an Nvidia RTX Spark chip, an 18-core CPU, 24GB of RAM and a starting price of $2,599.
Why it matters Microsoft and Nvidia are putting a premium Windows laptop built around an Nvidia AI chip on the market, testing whether buyers will pay for it.
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Taiwan has indicted 10 company heads over Texas Instruments and Analog Devices chips allegedly resold to China, with some parts routed to missile and radar programs.
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Arturo Béjar left Meta after his daughter told him Instagram was failing to keep her safe, and his whistleblower testimony has since cost the company billions.
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Yandex paused operations at one of its data centers after a drone attack, as Ukraine continues to strike Russian infrastructure.
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