
Arizona governor says state in talks with TSMC on advanced packaging
By Sarah Wu TAIPEI (Reuters) -The U.S. state of Arizona is in talks with Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC on advanced packaging,
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Germany’s Saxony to Send Interns to TSMC to Foster Chip Talent
The German state of Saxony and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. are working together on an exchange program that
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Hong Kong’s Crypto Push Gets Blunt Warning as Probe Erupts
A crypto controversy has erupted in Hong Kong amid a probe of a trading platform that has ensnared
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Cryptoverse: Stablecoins sag in the dog days of summer
By Hannah Lang Bitcoin isn't the only asset experiencing a late summer slump. Stablecoins, cryptocurrencies typically pegged to
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Vietnam PM courts U.S. companies, seeks investment in chip sector
HANOI Vietnam's Prime Pham Minh Chinh has visited the headquarters of Nvidia and Synopsys, encouraging them and other
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Elon Musk says Twitter to move behind paywall as all users forced to pay ‘small’ monthly fee
Elon Musk said X is looking to charge users a “small monthly payment” to tackle bots on the social network. X, previously known as Twitter, underwent a number of changes soon after Mr Musk, the multibillionaire owner of X Corp, bought it. The platform is now “moving to having a small, monthly payment for use of the X system” to combat “vast armies of bots”, Mr Musk said during a livestreamed conversation with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday. However, the Tesla and SpaceX boss did not reveal how much the new plan would cost X users or what additional features subscribers would get. During the interaction with Mr Netanyahu, the Tesla titan said X currently has 550 million “monthly users” who generate 100-200 million posts per day, adding that the new change to include a “small amount of money” would be necessary to deal with the problem posed by bots. It is unclear whether the multibillionaire’s figure of 550 million monthly users includes bots and also doesn’t allow comparison with the metric the company has used to estimate its user base, called the “average monetizable daily active users” or mDAUs. But the Tesla chief said a subscription fee would make it more difficult for bots to create accounts as each bot would need a new credit card to register on the platform. “It’s the only way I can think of to combat vast armies of bots,” Mr Musk said. “Because a bot costs a fraction of a penny – call it a tenth of a penny – but even if it has to pay a few dollars or something, the effective cost of bots is very high,” he explained. The platform has historically struggled to curb the activity of bots, with the company’s former security chief Peiter Zatko telling the US Congress last year that Twitter does not even know how many automated accounts are on the site. Mr Musk even cited bots as a reason to back out of buying the social platform before he went on to complete the deal. He has also previously discussed putting all of Twitter behind a paywall. Now the Tesla boss says the rebranded X plans to introduce a new “lower tier pricing” than the $8 monthly fee it currently charges subscribers of its premium Blue service. The conversation between Mr Musk and the Israeli prime minister also touched on topics like AI regulation as well as hate speech and antisemitism on X. Mr Musk claimed during the discussion that he’s “against antisemitism” and “anything that promotes hate and conflict”. “I’m sort of against attacking any group, you know. Doesn’t matter who it is,” the Tesla chief said. Online safety experts have warned about the social media platform under “free speech absolutist” Mr Musk offering “amnesty” to accounts previously suspended for hate speech and instigating violence. Under the Tesla titan, the platform restored the account of former US president Donald Trump who was banned following the 2021 Capitol riots, as well as the profiles of Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene and neo-Nazi website founder Andrew Anglin. Read More The ex factor: the very complex love life of Elon Musk Netanyahu visits Elon Musk in California with plans to talk about artificial intelligence Turkey's President Erdogan and Elon Musk discuss establishing a Tesla car factory in Turkey Elon Musk’s X finally agrees to try and settle Twitter’s mass layoffs lawsuit Musk the messiah (or a very naughty boy?) Elon Musk warns of ‘civilisational risk’ posed by AI at historic gathering
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TSMC and Arizona Discussing Advanced Chip Packaging Investment
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and Arizona authorities are talking about adding advanced chip packaging capacity to the chipmaker’s
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New €360 million Climate Fund Launches Despite Market Downturn
The venture capital firm that bankrolled the “Tesla of tractors” is bucking the trend of retreating climate tech
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SoftBank’s Shares Slip as Excitement Around Arm’s IPO Fades
SoftBank Group Corp.’s stock fell as much as 4.3%, the biggest intraday fall in more than a month,
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The 2024 Mercedes-Benz E-Class All-Terrain Is the Wagon We Want
Wagons remain a niche segment in the American market, even though so many car critics profess to love
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SEC Fails to Win Immediate Inspection of Binance US Software
The US Securities and Exchange Commission failed on Monday to convince a federal magistrate judge to immediately let
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Square CEO Alyssa Henry is stepping down, and Jack Dorsey will take over for now
Alyssa Henry, the CEO of Square -- a unit of Jack Dorsey's fintech company, Block -- will leave her post at the company next month.
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