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With 2nm yields at 10-20%, Samsung delays production at Texas plant

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Samsung is facing ongoing challenges with 2nm chip yields, prompting the company to withdraw personnel from its $17 billion Taylor, Texas plant, which was designed to be a hub for mass production of advanced processes below 4nm. This decision, first reported by Business Korea, comes amid repeated delays in the.

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Beijing issues first food operating license to AI robot company EncoSmart

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Beijings Haidian District issued the city’s first food operating license for embodied AI robots this week, with state media outlet Peoples Daily saying the license given to EncoSmart signals a major step for advanced AI technology that will soon be applied across the food industry. According to the report, the company plans to pilot such robots with Chinas major restaurant chains by year-end as a part of accumulating application scenario data, though no specific brands were named.

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Study suggests SEC visits may be tipping off insiders, leading to stock sell-offs

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New research around stock behavior led by professors from universities across the Midwest took a novel approach. The academics used commercially available mobile phone location data to track devices spending significant time around SEC offices. They then traced those devices traveling to corporate headquarters in the year before the Covid.

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The U.S. government is encouraging the likes of Nvidia and Apple to tap Intel foundry for AI chip needs

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Ever since Intel announced plans to open up its manufacturing capabilities beyond in-house CPUs, the company has targeted TSMC as its top competitor in the global foundry market. Nonetheless, it's been a source of frustration that fellow U.S. companies rely so heavily on TSMC for most of their semiconductor manufacturing.

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The Everyday Donor: Unlocking Prospecting Segments Through Behavior Analysis

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand

Do you really know your donors? Not just what they give, but who they are? 👥 In this interactive session, we’ll break down how nonprofits can use behavioral indicators (affinity, recency, frequency, and monetary value) to build prospecting segments that go beyond wealth screening and actually align with donor identity. You’ll walk away with practical strategies to move beyond basic demographics and cultivate supporters based on how they already engage with you!

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Microsoft gets smart about HDD recycling with robots that extract valuable metals

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A staggering amount of e-waste is generated by hard drives every year, with up to 70 million of them mindlessly shredded in their entirety. This results in the loss of valuable metals like neodymium, aluminum, and stainless steel. Microsoft aims to change that with this new technique.

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