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Huawei claims Ascend chips have overtaken Nvidia in China’s market share
Huawei’s rotating chairman Eric Xu has claimed that the company’s Ascend neural processing units have surpassed Nvidia in market share within China, capitalising on US export controls that have restricted American chip sales to the region. The Trump administration’s initial blockade of Nvidia and AMD accelerators, though later partially relaxed, prompted the Chinese government to…
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Google announces Gemini 4 Argon AI model, but you can’t use it yet
Google has announced Gemini 4 Argon, a new AI model it says leads in coding, knowledge work and cybersecurity, but access is currently limited to selected testers. The phased launch reflects Google’s focus on testing the model’s cyberdefence capabilities and safeguards before wider release. Google says Argon helped save 300 TiB of data-centre memory and…
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Davidson condemns online scrutiny of Ariana Grande’s appearance
Pete Davidson has criticised the online body shaming and speculation about Ariana Grande’s appearance, calling the treatment “not cool” and “f–ked up”. In a Variety interview, he said Grande was strong and believed she would cope with the scrutiny, which intensified after the release of her “Petal” music video; Grande announced in August that she…
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Reddit limits Old Reddit browsing to recently active users
Reddit is tightening access to its Old Reddit interface to limit scraping and automated abuse. In the next few months, users will need to be logged in and to have used Old Reddit within the previous six months to keep browsing with the classic experience; Reddit says the existing login requirement reduced scraping but still…
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Rivals urge Premier League to impose severe sanctions on Manchester City
Manchester City have been found guilty of over 100 financial rule breaches by an independent commission, with rival Premier League clubs now calling for severe punishment beyond a single-season relegation. The breaches involved disguised funding schemes and sham commercial deals that artificially inflated City’s income by £900 million between 2009 and 2018, leading the commission…
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Reddit is putting more limits on Old.Reddit.com
Reddit will soon restrict Old Reddit to logged-in users who have used it within the previous six months, saying the change is intended to curb scraping and other automated abuse. The move matters to longtime users who prefer Old Reddit’s familiar design, and has renewed concerns that the company could eventually close or further limit…
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Pension triple lock axed, billionaires’ wealth soars amid crisis
Burnham has announced significant pension reforms replacing the triple lock with a double lock from 2030. New analysis reveals billionaires’ wealth has soared during the cost of living crisis, whilst young people face reduced employment opportunities.
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RFK Jr. thinks AI will free us from the “tyranny” of medical facts, expertise
US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. argued at a Make America Healthy Again event that AI could help Americans challenge medical advice and free them from what he called the “tyranny” of doctors and health experts. He said AI was better informed than any doctor and suggested it might support his scepticism about masks,…
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Punish Man City this season, say other club chiefs
Senior football figures have told BBC Sport that Manchester City’s punishment for breaching Premier League financial rules should be decided before the end of this season. They say a swift, properly conducted decision would reduce uncertainty, particularly if City were to win the league while the case remained unresolved. The Premier League said an independent…