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Mainland China To Overtake Taiwan Chip Capacity By 2030
- Mainland China is projected to overtake Taiwan's chip capacity by 2030, as per a study by French research firm Yole Group.
- China is expected to hold 30% of the global foundry capacity by 2030, up from 21% in the previous year, surpassing countries like South Korea, Japan, and the US.
- Mainland China is increasing its role in the chip industry, driven by government initiatives to enhance domestic semiconductor production and reduce dependence on foreign imports.
- While China faces challenges in developing advanced chip manufacturing processes, it aims to boost its capacity by initiating new fab projects, with domestic firms projected to contribute significantly to foundry capacity by 2030.
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AI & Automation: The Unexpected Keys to Unlocking Your Leadership Potential
- World chess champion Gary Kasparov lost to IBM's Deep Blue but harnessed AI to enhance human thinking, inspiring leadership potential.
- AI can be a valuable partner in leadership, providing data insights and sharpening intuition rather than replacing it.
- Steps to ignite leadership with AI include leveraging feedback loops and rethinking resource allocation with real-time adjustments.
- Harness automation to transition from managerial to visionary roles by delegating mundane tasks and freeing up time for innovation.
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Payment Hubs Rescue Banks From $100 Million Digital Payments Chaos
- FinTechs and digital-first challengers have raised consumer expectations for frictionless transactions.
- Traditional banks are facing pressure due to complex and siloed payment systems, leading to inefficiencies.
- Businesses lose an average of $98.5 million annually due to disruptions in money movement, citing cyber threats, fraud, and regulatory complexities as main contributors.
- Payment hubs provide unified platforms that streamline payment processing, offering faster transactions and enhanced security and compliance.
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Tesla Second-Quarter Deliveries Plummet In Second Quarter
- Tesla reported a 14 percent decline in electric vehicle deliveries for the second quarter, delivering 384,000 vehicles compared to 444,000 in the same quarter last year.
- The decline continued a trend from last year as the company shifts focus to autonomous driving over new car models.
- Tesla's shares rose after the news, despite a 17 percent decrease in share value this year.
- Analysts hold differing views on Tesla's future, with some optimistic about autonomous driving while others expect sales to pick up later this year.
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12 Industries Quietly Collapsing While You Scroll TikTok
- The cost of veterinary services skyrocketed after a private company acquired the vet clinic, making simple treatments unaffordable for many pet owners.
- The impersonal nature of the service, unfamiliar staff, and pressure to purchase expensive products like prescription dog food have added to the frustration of pet owners.
- This trend of personal services being taken over by profit-driven corporations extends beyond vet clinics, leading to a loss of personalized care and human connection in various industries.
- Despite the widespread impact, the issue of personal services collapsing under corporate ownership remains largely unaddressed and unnoticed by society.
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Why Digital Commitment Levels Matter
- Reflecting on user commitment levels in digital products and frustrating experiences with Duolingo.
- Issues with ineffective flows and lack of clarity in product design impacting user commitment.
- Importance of respecting users, cultivating positive experiences, and building trust for loyalty.
- Recommendations for product design teams to enhance user experience and value perception.
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IoTeX Celebrates Winners of the First-Ever Crypto’s Got Talent Awards at EthCC
- Crypto's Got Talent (CGT) announced its winners at the EthCC Showcase in Cannes, celebrating innovative projects in Web3 infrastructure.
- The competition attracted over 1.1 million impressions and 150,000+ livestream viewers, highlighting projects like DeCharge, Rovr, GenPulse, Gargoyle Systems, and Axal.
- Runner-ups included Flashback, Traxa DAO, Lilypad, AVO, and Datagram, showcasing advancements in edge computing and decentralized data oracles.
- CGT Season 1 was supported by Polygon and Season 2, set to commence in September, will focus on AI-driven applications and agent economies, among others.
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North.Cloud Raises $5 Million to Launch New Operating System for More Sustainable and Intelligent Cloud Management
- North.Cloud secures $5 million to launch North 2.0 operating system for cloud management.
- North 2.0 merges AI with FinOps and GreenOps to improve financial operations.
- Platform aims to simplify multi-cloud financial operations and increase sustainability.
- Recent funding to expand AI-powered optimization platform for cloud financial management.
- Innovative tools like Arctic and Coststreams introduced for efficient cost optimization.
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Call for Participation: 2025 FinVolution Global Data Science Competition-Deepfake Face Detection Challenge
- The 2025 FinVolution Global Data Science Competition focuses on deepfake detection to combat identity theft and fraud incidents.
- The competition aims to leverage advanced technologies like deep learning to develop algorithms capable of identifying authentic and manipulated images.
- The event offers various cash prizes and awards to encourage innovation in deepfake detection technologies and promote ethical AI applications.
- The FinVolution Group, hosting the competition, is a leading fintech company known for pioneering credit risk assessment, fraud detection, big data, and AI technologies.
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Testing for Accessibility: Building Inclusive Software in 2025
- Accessibility testing, or a11y, evaluates digital products for use by individuals with disabilities.
- Testing goes beyond compliance, focusing on user experience for diverse abilities.
- International standards like WCAG and ADA ensure inclusive digital experiences globally.
- Accessibility testing also aligns with ethical, business, and legal imperatives for organizations.
- Integration of automated tools and AI enhances comprehensive accessibility evaluations in 2025.
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US Senate Eliminates State AI Restrictions In 99-1 Vote
- The US Senate voted 99-1 to remove a proposed 10-year ban on state regulation of artificial intelligence, defying major tech firms' support for the ban.
- The defeated ban was opposed by Senators who argued it could hinder innovation and allow China to dominate AI development.
- Lawmakers amended a tax and spending bill to eliminate the AI regulation ban that was initially proposed in the House version of the bill.
- Civil liberties campaigners welcomed the vote, emphasizing the need for federal legislation before removing state AI regulations, as states currently lack comprehensive regulations on AI and data protection.
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Baidu, Huawei Push Open-Source Shift With More AI Models
- Chinese tech giants Baidu and Huawei have released significant AI models into the open-source community this week, following the success of start-up DeepSeek in drawing attention to open-source AI.
- Baidu made its Ernie 4.5 models available on Hugging Face, with a range of variants from lightweight to the 424 billion parameter version, while Huawei open-sourced two of its Pangu AI models, highlighting their performance.
- Baidu's 300B Ernie 4.5 model surpassed DeepSeek's V3, showcasing intense competition in China's AI market, where open-source models are gaining popularity among developers, with Alibaba's Qwen models being well-received.
- Huawei's open-sourcing efforts extend to a pathology model in collaboration with Ruijin Hospital, aiming to improve cancer diagnoses in China. This move follows other Chinese AI startups also contributing to the open-source community.
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Cloudflare To Block AI Crawlers By Default
- Cloudflare is implementing a feature to block data-scraping tools from AI firms by default for new customers, putting more control in the hands of publishers.
- They are also working on a 'pay per crawl' model, allowing publishers to request payment from AI companies for content access.
- This move could impact how AI companies gather human-generated data for training, as Cloudflare handles about 16 percent of global internet traffic.
- The decision aims to empower creators, address concerns of content misuse by AI crawlers, and foster a fair value exchange on the internet.
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Meta Restructures AI Efforts With New Unit
- Meta Platforms is restructuring its artificial intelligence efforts under a new unit called Meta Superintelligence Labs.
- The new unit will focus on developing smarter-than-human AI and practical AI projects.
- The unit is led by Alexandr Wang and Nat Friedman, and has made key hires from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.
- Competition for AI talent is intense among tech companies like Meta, who are also investing heavily in data center infrastructure for AI services.
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OpenAI Says No Plans To Deploy Google AI Chips
- OpenAI is testing Google's Tensor Processing Unit AI chips but has no active plans to deploy them at scale.
- Nvidia AI accelerators are primarily used by OpenAI, creating a barrier to adapting workloads to run on other GPUs like AMD's.
- OpenAI is utilizing Google Cloud data center infrastructure to meet increased demand, while also developing its own in-house chip set to be finalized for manufacturing this year.
- Amazon, a major player in the cloud services sector, is notably absent from the cloud providers being used by OpenAI, which spans across Google, Microsoft Azure, Oracle, and CoreWeave.
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