April 22, 2025

Tech & AI

Tech & AI

US Blocks NVIDIA Chip Sales to China – Company Projects $5.5B Hit

NVIDIA says new US restrictions on chip exports to China could cost the company $5.5 billion, as Washington tightens licensing rules for advanced AI hardware sales. The chipmaker said the charge is related to inventory, purchase commitments, and related reserves. “The (US government) indicated that the license requirement addresses the risk that the covered products

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Get AI tools with the 1min.AI Advanced Business Plan for just £61

TL;DR: Get lifetime access to 1min.AI‘s Advanced Business Plan, which offers a collection of almost all the major AI models for only £60.41 (reg. £407.89). There’s been talk about AI taking people’s jobs, and we’re here to say you should let it — at least when it comes to time-consuming or tedious tasks. Rather than use

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Newegg Promo Code: 10% Off – April 2025

Listen up, nerds. Newegg currently has promo codes and deals on gently used, refurbished, new and hard-to-find electronics, gaming products and more. Remaining one of the biggest online-only retailers in the US for the last 20 years, Newegg is a leading global online retailer for PC hardware, home appliances and all things tech, as well

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xAI adds a ‘memory’ feature to Grok

Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, is slowly bringing its Grok chatbot to parity with top rivals like ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini. Wednesday night, xAI announced a “memory” feature for Grok that enables the bot to remember details from past conversations. Now, if you ask Grok for recommendations, it’ll give more personalized responses — assuming you’ve

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Slopsquatting & Vibe Coding Can Increase Risk of AI-Powered Attacks

Security researchers and developers are raising alarms over “slopsquatting,” a new form of supply chain attack that leverages AI-generated misinformation commonly known as hallucinations. As developers increasingly rely on coding tools like GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, and DeepSeek, attackers are exploiting AI’s tendency to invent software packages, tricking users into downloading malicious content. What is slopsquatting?

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Today’s Hurdle hints and answers for April 17, 2025

If you like playing daily word games like Wordle, then Hurdle is a great game to add to your routine. There are five rounds to the game. The first round sees you trying to guess the word, with correct, misplaced, and incorrect letters shown in each guess. If you guess the correct answer, it’ll take

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Marco Rubio Kills State Department Anti-Propaganda Shop, Promises ‘Twitter Files’ Sequel

Rubio, until recently, was hawkish about fighting foreign influence campaigns. In 2023, a second diplomatic source with direct knowledge said, he supported reauthorizing funding the GEC into the 2030s. “It’s not just Russia—Iran, China, North Korea, and even Cuba are pushing disinformation into America,” he posted last September. But after being confirmed as secretary of

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Zoom restores service after an hours-long outage

Zoom says its platform is back online after suffering an outage for much of Wednesday afternoon. “Service has now been restored after the earlier outage, and we sincerely appreciate your patience and understanding,” Zoom said in a post on X at around 2 p.m. Pacific. The trouble began around 11:40 a.m., according to The Verge,

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NVIDIA’s Vision For AI Factories – ‘Major Trend in the Data Center World’

Image: NVIDIA NVIDIA kicked off the Data Center World 2025 event this week in Washington, D.C., with a bold vision for the future of AI infrastructure. In his keynote, Wade Vinson, NVIDIA’s chief data center engineer, introduced the concept of AI-scale data centers; these massive, energy-efficient facilities would meet the soaring demand of accelerated computing.

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How to watch ‘The Brutalist’: the best Max streaming deals

Table of Contents Table of Contents Table of ContentsWhat is The Brutalist about?Is The Brutalist worth watching?How to watch The Brutalist at homeThe best Max streaming dealsFrequently Asked Questions UPDATE: Apr. 16, 2025, 5:35 p.m. EDT This article has been updated to include the official streaming release of “The Brutalist,” as well as the latest

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