China hits Japan with anti-dumping measures on chip chemical
Companies importing Japanese dichlorosilane are required to provide cash deposits of up to 99.2% from Tuesday, Beijing's Commerce Ministry said.
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iPhone 18 launch event on September 9: How, when and where to watch
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When You Don't Need MCP
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How Grotesqqque Turns One Creator's Unfiltered Imagination Into an Anime Anthology
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9to5Mac Overtime 080: Six new Apple products
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Does Brave Browser Load Faster Than Chrome, Firefox, and Microsoft Edge?
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- It consumes 28% less memory and 10% less energy
- Page loads are 20% faster than Chrome, Edge, and Firefox
Saudi Arabia bans 30 food items from school canteens, including chips and cold tea
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vivo X500 Now Listed On SIRIM; Possibly Launching With 7,500mAh Battery
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PoisonedRefresh embeds memory-only shells in F5 BIG-IP
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How TOR Hides You - Onion Routing, Circuits and Hidden Services : Down The Rabbit Hole Part 3
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Data Centers Can Learn from New Jersey’s Marshes and Warehouses
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HKC, KOORUI and ANTGAMER Earn Five Honors for Display Innovation at IFA 2026
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Arm debuts next-gen semi-custom Neoverse CSS N4 ‘Ranger’ platform — compute subsystem packs up to 128 cores per die on TSMC N3P
Arm’s new Neoverse CSS N4 platform can pack up to 128 cores per die and 256 MB of L3 cache, representing a large increase in support over the previous Neoverse CSS N2 platform.
First Xiaomi, then the world: why Arm might give phone gaming a huge graphics boost
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Arm explains its mobile-first AI-reconstruction technology, which takes a different tack from the "black box" approach of DLSS 5
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There's a new "Google Jail" for independent wikis
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BASF subsidiary sues Apple over alleged Face ID patent infringement
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I've factored the RSA keys of a Certificate Authority from the 90s
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GMKtec is offering a surprisingly affordable mini PC that won't break the bank
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Persona 1 and 2 remakes are something Atlus will 'probably eventually do', which is great, but the PS2-era Shin Megami Tensei games are sitting right there
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What is the release date for Stuart Fails to Save the Universe episode 8 on HBO Max?
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India takes a seat at the global 6G table
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- Agreement aims to support security, competitiveness, innovation
- Meeting held at G20 Innovation Ministerial in Chapel Hill
American data centers in just seven states are reportedly using more water than all the cities in California
Data centers in seven states are being linked to the consumption of 10.4 million acre-feet of water annually.
Switzerland's Federal Government Tests Open-Source Alternatives to Microsoft on 3,000 Computers
Switzerland has a population of 9,154,242. And its federal government just launched a pilot program to test open source alternatives to Microsoft 365 on 3,000 workstations, reports the blog It's FOSS.
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Hackers steal $320M in bitcoin from Liquid Network, return most of it after patch
Hackers stole about $320 million worth of bitcoin over the weekend from a blockchain platform called the Liquid Network. In a somewhat unusual development, the attackers returned most of the haul…
This is what Id put in my smart home of the future
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Malaysia eyes Huawei chips despite US warnings
Washington has warned that using Chinese chips could violate export restrictions.
Worlds largest gun for shooting satellites into space
Longshot Space is developing a massive gun designed to launch satellites into space without using traditional rockets.
[Sponsor] Glyphs 4
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- Glyphs 4 software creates living shapes from paths
- Improved kerning with drag-and-drop glyph groups
- Master selector groups, filters, and browses font families
Social Insurance launches 'Life After Retirement' innovation hackathon
The General Organization for Social Insurance has launched the 'Life After Retirement' innovation hackathon, running in Riyadh from September 7 to 9.
Trackables 1.5
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- Trackables is a free, privacy-focused health tracking app
- Developed by former Apple employees, it uses Apple Watch data
- Offers sleep score calculation different from Apple Health
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I've tried several Jellyfin apps but this one hits all the marks.
Japan turns utility pole inspections into smartphone game, pays players for photos
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Best Lead Scoring Software for Sales and Marketing Teams in 2026
I compared six leading lead scoring platforms for 2026 based on scoring flexibility, predictive capabilities, data quality, automation, CRM fit, and overall value for sales and marketing teams.
Apple Reportedly Plans Major Hardware Push Under John Ternus
Apple reportedly plans a two-year hardware push under CEO John Ternus, including a foldable iPhone, AI wearables, new Macs, iPads, and home devices.
Sam George opens Girls-In-ICT Open Day, urges girls to lead Ghana’s digital future
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Europe wants to win global robot race
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- Consortium must have majority European ownership to comply with EU proposal.
McKinley 1.0
Crackerjack new Mac app for creating and editing custom SF Symbols , from developer Amy Worrall: McKinley is an all-in-one studio for drawing and annotating SF Symbols.
Apple invites developers to submit browser interoperability ideas for Interop 2027
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Hyperspectral satellite startup Pixxel nabs $100M investment
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Is AT&T Down? Thousands of Users Report Problems with Service
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