Techmeme: Analysis: Nvidia was the world's biggest chip company by revenue in Q3, with revenue of $18.12B, vs. TSMC's $17.28B, Intel's $14.16B, and Samsung's $12.52B (Mark Tyson/Tom's Hardware)

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Sources: Nvidia told Chinese customers it's delaying the launch of H20, the most powerful of three AI chips it designed to comply with US rules, until Q1 2024 — Nvidia (NVDA.O) has told customers in China it is delaying the launch of a new artificial intelligence chip it designed to comply …

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Aaron Holmes / The Information:

Filing: Nvidia says regulators in the EU and China requested information about its sale of GPUs and how it allocates their supply — Regulators in Europe and China have questioned Nvidia about how it allocates its supply of highly sought-after chips used for running AI software, the company said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday.

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Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware:

China's Sunway unveils new CPUs with a maximum FP64 throughput of 13.8 TFLOPS, which could let China build high-performance supercomputers despite US sanctions — China continues to advance supercomputing technologies despite U.S. sanctions. — Earlier this year, the National Supercomputing Center …

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Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:

Denver-based healthcare software provider Welltok reports a July 2023 data breach exposed ~8.5M US patients' data, making it the second largest MOVEit breach — Healthcare SaaS provider Welltok is warning that a data breach exposed the personal data of nearly 8.5 million patients in the U.S …

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Tom Warren / The Verge:

After users complained about seeing a fullscreen pop-up ad in Assassin's Creed Odyssey on both Xbox and PlayStation, Ubisoft blames a “technical error” — Ubisoft is blaming an unspecified “technical error” for a fullscreen pop-up ad that appeared in Assassin's Creed Odyssey this week.

Mark Tyson / Tom's Hardware:

Analysis: Nvidia was the world's biggest chip company by revenue in Q3, with revenue of $18.12B, vs. TSMC's $17.28B, Intel's $14.16B, and Samsung's $12.52B — The green team has made incredible gains in 2023. — Nvidia has swung from fourth to first place in an assessment of chip industry revenue published today.

X: @dnystedt. Forums: r/nvidia and Slashdot

Michael Roddan / The Information:

FOIA docs: Prashant Bhardwaj, hired in March as the US OCC's first officer to police fintech firms, lied about his work history; OCC quietly replaced Bhardwaj — In March, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency—the powerful federal banking regulator—tapped Prashant Kumar Bhardwaj …

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X: @iankar_, @chloez_chloez, @michaelroddan, and @natebecker

Bloomberg:

Foxconn founder Terry Gou drops out of Taiwan's presidential race, saying “I choose to sacrifice myself for the greater good” — - Tech tycoon had languished in fourth place in opinion polls — Beijing signaled concern Gou would split China-friendly vote

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Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk:

A Montenegro court approves the extradition of Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon; the justice minister will decide if he will go to South Korea or the US — Minister will decide if Kwon will be extradited to the U.S. or South Korea. — Register Now — A court in Podgorica …

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Bluesky: @marypcbuk.bsky.social. Forums: r/ethtrader

Abner Li / 9to5Google:

Some Pixel 8 Pro owners notice circular bumps on the screen; Google says they are “impressions from components” and don't impact durability or performance — Some Pixel 8 Pro owners have noticed circular bumps in several places on the screen that look to be the result …

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X: @abhishekmarkets, @neok182, and @max_born_frs

Forums: r/Android and Slashdot

Bloomberg:

Tech entrepreneur Anthony Levandowski says he's rebooting his AI-focused church, Way of the Future, and that the congregation has “a couple thousand people” — The self-driving car pioneer said there are “a couple thousand people” coming together to build a spiritual connection between humans and AI

More: Gizmodo and The Messenger

Bluesky: @ctrlxcvz.bsky.social. X: @levie and @0xtyr473

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:

Filing: Berkshire Hathaway sold its shares in the Paytm-parent firm One97 Communications, booking a loss of about 40% on its 2018 investment of ~$260M — Berkshire Hathaway sold its shares in the Paytm-parent firm One97 Communications Friday, booking a loss of about 40% on the investment it made more than five years ago.

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