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Intel says CEO Pat Gelsinger retired and left its board on December 1, and names CFO David Zinsner and Client Computing Group GM Michelle Holthaus as co-CEOs — Intel has announced that CEO Pat Gelsinger has retired, effective December 1, and stepped down from the company's board of directors.
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AWS launches Data Transfer Terminal to let customers upload their data to AWS Cloud by plugging in their storage devices at a set of physical locations — At its re:Invent 2024 conference in Las Vegas, Amazon on Sunday announced a somewhat unusual new service for Amazon Web Services (AWS) … | Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal: |
AWS CEO Matt Garman kicks off his first re:Invent event by discussing upcoming “real, needle-moving” announcements, no end for the AI race, Anthropic, and more — As the cloud-computing leader kicks off its re:Invent conference, Chief Executive Matt Garman says there is no end in sight to the artificial intelligence race
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The US adds new HBM chip transfer restrictions for China, the fourth attempt in three years to curb China, and adds 140 Chinese companies to its trade blacklist — Export of memory chips used in AI applications is restricted, but delayed announcement gives Chinese companies chance to stock up
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OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar says OpenAI is weighing an ads model, but plans to be “thoughtful”; sources and LinkedIn analysis: OpenAI hired Meta and Google ad talent — ChatGPT maker hires advertising talent from big tech rivals — OpenAI is discussing plans to introduce advertising …
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| Jowi Morales / Tom's Hardware: |
OpenWrt releases the $89+ OpenWrt One router, a “hacker-friendly device” with open-source firmware, two Ethernet ports, three USB ports, and dual-band Wi-Fi 6 — This ‘Unbrickable’ router should never fail you. … The group worked together to draft the specifications for this router …
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| Laura Dobberstein / The Register: |
The UN's ITU and the International Cable Protection Committee announce a 40-member global advisory body to support the resilience of submarine telecom cables — On the same day that a submarine cable suspected of having been cut by a Chinese ship was repaired, two major telco bodies convened …
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| Sidhartha Shukla / Bloomberg: |
CoinGecko: Ripple-linked XRP's market cap passes $137B to become the third-largest cryptocurrency, up from less than $30B on November 5 when Donald Trump won — - The cryptocurrency gained as much as 15% Monday to hit $2.50 — Since the US election it has added over $100 billion in value
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Toronto-based AI chip designer Tenstorrent raised a $700M Series D from Jeff Bezos, Samsung, and more at a ~$2.6B valuation and claims nearly $150M in contracts — - Jim Keller's Tenstorrent designs chips and systems for AI jobs — Samsung and LG also among investors in Series D round
More: PYMNTS.com, Tom's Hardware, Tenstorrent, Proactive, Quartz, and Wall Street Pit
| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
Amsterdam-based Nebius, which rebranded itself from Russian internet giant Yandex and offers cloud services for AI, raised $700M from Nvidia, Accel, and others — Nebius Group NV, the technology company rebranded from Russian internet giant Yandex, has raised $700 million from a slate … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
New York-based Upwind, which sells tools to secure cloud infrastructure, raised a $100M Series A led by Craft Ventures at a $900M post-money valuation — In November, TechCrunch broke the news on how cybersecurity startup Upwind was getting a lot of inbound interest to raise money on a big valuation.
More: Globes Online, CTech, Reuters, and ACCESSWIRE
| Bloomberg: |
Super Micro says an external review by a special committee of its board and external counsel found no evidence of wrongdoing, and plans to appoint a new CFO — The company is looking for a new chief financial officer, chief compliance officer, and general counsel, it said in a statement Monday.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: some tech executives, including Sam Altman, worry that Elon Musk's new proximity to Donald Trump could supersize rivalries in ways that favor Musk — OpenAI's Sam Altman ranks high on the billionaire's list of enemies; car companies and tech giants scramble for allies in the incoming Trump administration
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X: @wsjbusiness and @brij
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