TSMC is reportedly hiking prices for ‘all advanced nodes,’ accounting for 74% of the company’s wafer business — Nvidia, AMD, Apple, Qualcomm, and others will face higher wafer costs

TSMC has reportedly told customers to prepare for 5% to 10% price hikes across advanced chip nodes, extending beyond 3nm to include 7nm and some legacy processes.

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SK hynix files to raise up to $29 billion in historic Nasdaq listing — all proceeds going to advanced AI memory fabs and EUV tool orders

SK hynix filed a securities registration statement on Wednesday to raise up to 45.45 trillion won through an American depositary receipt listing on Nasdaq.

AI data center boom hits a human bottleneck — critical skilled labor shortages could slow deployment despite billions in funding
 AI data center boom hits a human bottleneck — critical skilled labor shortages could slow deployment despite billions in funding

Data center construction is facing many challenges, and among them is a shortage of skilled hands to assemble the things.

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Meta pauses mandatory AI training program that tracked employee keystrokes after internal data leak exposed sensitive staff information company-wide — employees express frustration over poor handling of data

Meta has paused an internal AI training program after employee conversations, keystrokes, transcripts, and performance-related data were reportedly exposed across the company.

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Nvidia announces liquid cooling system that runs ‘hotter than a hot tub’ — promises to reduce electricity consumption and cut water use by up to 100%, but sustainability challenges remain

This system raises the base coolant temperature to 113 degrees F (45 degrees C) to save on electricity costs and reduce water consumption to basically zero.

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China’s LineShine supercomputer dethrones US’ El Capitan, secures first place in Top 500 list — first machine in the rankings to sustain more than 2 ExaFLOPS of double-precision performance using only CPUs

China’s LineShine supercomputer is now officially the world’s fastest FP64 machine, but its mixed-precision results are behind those of El Capitan, Frontier, and Aurora.

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California drivers accuse gas station operators of using AI to boost pump prices — lawsuit seeks damages for antitrust violations

Californians pay the highest gas prices in the U.S. and a proposed class action says that the issue has been exacerbated by an AI-tool that smartly squeezes customers for the best profits.

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Oracle lays off 21,000 employees in just 12 months due to AI adoption and costly AI infrastructure ambitions — says layoffs will continue as internal AI deployment grows

Oracle cut 21,000 jobs in fiscal year 2026 as AI automation and AI cloud expansions reshape its workforce and spending strategy.

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SK hynix passes Samsung as South Korea’s most valuable company — memory company surpasses valuation milestone on the back of HBM
 SK hynix passes Samsung as South Korea’s most valuable company — memory company surpasses valuation milestone on the back of HBM

SK hynix overtook Samsung Electronics on Monday to become South Korea’s most valuable listed company.

Anthropic’s powerful Mythos AI reportedly breached ‘almost all’ NSA classified systems within a few hours during red-team test — report sheds more light on the U.S. government’s sudden ban on the flagship models

Anthropic’s Mythos AI reportedly breached nearly all NSA classified systems during a controlled red-team test, according to a quote cited by The Economist. The report adds context to the U.S. government’s sudden restriction on Anthropic’s latest models.

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