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December 9, 2024, 9:55 AM

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SemiAnalysis:
A look at Intel's problems, starting with 2016's 10nm node: 7/11 board members have no chip experience, most CEO options are worse than Pat Gelsinger, and more  —  Intel's board is incompetent and its horrible decisions over the decades are going to push it towards death.
Les Pounder / Tom's Hardware:
Raspberry Pi 500 review: the Pi 5's power in a convenient keyboard form factor with awesome thermal performance, but lacks NVMe and no camera or display ports  —  Cramming a Raspberry Pi 5 into a keyboard  —  Tom's Hardware Verdict … When the Raspberry Pi 400 was released …
Amy Thomson / Bloomberg:
Chinese state media: the State Administration for Market Regulation opened an anti-monopoly investigation into Nvidia tied to its Mellanox acquisition in 2020  —  - Probe from the market regulator is looking into Mellanox deal  — Nvidia shares dropped in early trading after the announcement
Daniel Zuidijk / Bloomberg:
Researchers: Meta let 25 Facebook Pages run 4,100+ ads attacking Romania's pro-EU candidate and promoting far-right figures, with 199M+ views since August 2024  —  - Political ads promoted far-right figures including Georgescu  — Network of Facebook pages shared similar, polarizing messaging
New York Times:
Ukrainian officials worry about Telegram, which has soared in popularity during the war with Russia, questioning if its upsides outweigh its security risks  —  Telegram's Air Raids Map channel.  Roughly 70 percent of Ukrainians use Telegram as a main source of news, according to a recent survey.Sasha Maslov for The New York Times
Evgeny Morozov / Boston Review:
Jeanna Smialek / New York Times:
How FRED, a data tool the St. Louis Federal Reserve created in 1991, recently gained a major following, from <400K website users in 2009 to nearly 15M in 2023  —  From Facebook political debates to college classrooms, the St. Louis Fed's data tool has gained a major following.

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