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The Register (U.K.) A group of European semiconductor businesses held a roundtable event in the European Parliament this week, along with industry bodies SEMI Europe and the European Semiconductor Industry Association (ESIA), to discuss the need for a sequel to the €43-billion ($47-billion) European Chips Act finalized in 2023. Following the roundtable, the participants sent […]

The Register A new paper by Rutgers University undergraduate student Andrew Krapivin, now a graduate student at the U.K.’s University of Cambridge, and two co-authors overturned an assumption related to hash tables set forth in the 1980s. Computer scientist Andrew Yao previously said uniform probing was the best way to find an individual element or […]

The Register (U.K.) The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) found that most manufactures of software-enabled products do not disclose how long their products will receive software updates despite being requiring to provide such information under the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act. The FTC analyzed the manufacturers of 184 smart products, such as hearing aids, security cameras, and […]

The Register The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) rejected a deal to allow Amazon to obtain additional power from the Susquehanna nuclear plant in Pennsylvania for new datacenters at its Cumulus datacenter complex located next to the plant. FERC officials expressed concern that approval would set a precedent that could drive up energy costs […]

A Russian court has ruled that Google owes Russian media stations around $20 decillion in fines for blocking their content, and the fines could get bigger.