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December 2, 2024, 9:35 AM

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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
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.
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
More: CRN and SiliconANGLE
Wall Street Journal:
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
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 …
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
More: Tech in Asia
Cristina Criddle / Financial Times:
Social media videos showing layoffs are now commonplace, especially by younger workers, forcing companies to face the spotlight; TikTok's #layoff has 32K+ posts  —  Gen Z workers posting redundancy videos are trending — but can harm their future prospects  —  An unexpected online meeting appeared …
More: Dexerto

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