Chinese mineral restrictions spur Australia to scavenge waste for new sources of chipmaking materials — country turns to mining waste for rare earths

Australian scientists are developing techniques to extract rare earth metals crucial to semiconductor manufacturing more efficiently from mining waste. Source

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Microsoft says Russian hackers have launched major spear phishing attacks against US government officials

Infamous Russian-linked threat actor Midnight Blizzard has been targeting US officials with spear phishing attacks across a range of government and non-government sectors, new research has claimed..Findings released by Microsoft…

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NVIDIA’s Major Customer – Super Micro Computer (SMCI) – Plunges As Its Accounting Firm Resigns After Citing Concerns Around A “Commitment To Integrity And Ethical Values”

Super Micro Computer (SMCI), a retailer of high-performance servers and liquid-cooled AI racks, has remained in the spotlight ever since Hindenburg Research published its damning report against the company back…

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MIT Schwarzman College of Computing launches postdoctoral program to advance AI across disciplines

The MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing has announced the launch of a new program to support postdocs conducting research at the intersection of artificial intelligence and particular disciplines. The…

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AMD research suggests plans to catch up to Nvidia using neural supersampling and denoising for real-time path tracing

AMD appears to have plans to use a neural network to perform denoising and reconstruct scene details. It's not yet available, but it sounds a lot like Nvidia’s Ray Reconstruction…

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