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Nvidia Rules A.I. Chips, but Amazon and AMD Emerge as Contenders

By: Don Clark
3 December 2024 at 14:26
Amazon, Advanced Micro Devices and several start-ups are beginning to offer credible alternatives to Nvidia’s chips, especially for a phase of A.I. development known as “inferencing.”

© Spencer Lowell for The New York Times

New chips, including those developed by Amazon, are adding to signs that credible alternatives to Nvidia are finally emerging.

Nvidia Rules A.I. Chips, but Amazon and AMD Emerge as Contenders

By: Don Clark
3 December 2024 at 14:26
Amazon, Advanced Micro Devices and several start-ups are beginning to offer credible alternatives to Nvidia’s chips, especially for a phase of A.I. development known as “inferencing.”

© Spencer Lowell for The New York Times

New chips, including those developed by Amazon, are adding to signs that credible alternatives to Nvidia are finally emerging.

Google Worried Israeli Contract Could Enable Human Rights Violations

3 December 2024 at 14:13
The tech giant, which has defended the deal to employees who oppose supplying Israel’s military with technology, feared the project might damage its reputation.

© Natalie Keyssar for The New York Times

In April, some Google employees staged sit-ins at two Google offices, criticizing Project Nimbus.

What’s Next for Google’s Search Monopoly

3 December 2024 at 03:00
The federal judge who ruled Google was a monopolist in search is weighing the U.S. government’s proposal to force the company to sell its Chrome browser. Here’s what happens now.

© Kent Nishimura for The New York Times

In resolving an antitrust case, Judge Amit P. Mehta could adopt either the government’s proposal or Google’s ideas wholesale or find a middle ground.

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger Steps Down Amid Chipmaker’s Struggles

2 December 2024 at 17:56
Pat Gelsinger stepped down after nearly four years at the helm of the onetime highflying company, Intel said Monday.

© I-Hwa Cheng/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Pat Gelsinger has stepped down from his role as chief executive of Intel.

Canada Accuses Google of Creating Advertising Tech Monopoly

28 November 2024 at 19:53
The case largely echoes an antitrust action in the United States and seeks to force Google to sell off sections of its online ad business.

© Amy Osborne/The New York Times

Canada’s competition authority said that Google owned four of the largest online advertising tech services in the country and that they control 40 percent to 90 percent of their market.

Microsoft Outage Takes Outlook and Teams Offline

26 November 2024 at 02:03
The software giant said it was working on a fix for the issue, which has affected the many companies that use Microsoft’s products. It later said it had fixed all affected services except Outlook on the web.

© Grant Hindsley for The New York Times

In a post on X on Monday, Microsoft acknowledged the outage and said it was due to a “recent change” to its software that had affected a number of its servers

U.S. Says Google Is an Ad Tech Monopolist, in Closing Arguments

25 November 2024 at 15:44
The two sides made their final cases to a federal judge Monday in a trial over the tech giant’s dominance in technology that sells ads online.

© Jason Henry for The New York Times

Google has been under pressure on multiple fronts over its towering influence across technology markets and whether it has illegally wielded its power to crush competition.
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