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Judge lets Google off lightly in antitrust case
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AI means Google's hotel's on Mayfair and Park Lane are safe

Champagne corks will be popping at Google HQ after US District Judge Amit Mehta effectively gave the search giant a free pass for its monopoly antics.

AMD’s next-gen EPYC CPUs could guzzle up to 1400W
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Zen 6 monsters spark race for kilowatt-class cooling

AMD’s upcoming EPYC Venice chips, powered by the Zen 6 architecture and running on the new SP7 socket, look set to redefine power-hungry silicon by drawing as much as 1400W.

Applied Materials boss says US chip incentives barely register
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Shrugs at Washington’s pricey patriotism push

Despite a flood of government cash designed to drag chipmaking back to the US, one of the industry's key suppliers seems distinctly unimpressed.

Intel’s Arrow Lake-HX mobile chips look good
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Core Ultra 5 235HX punches above its weight in early benchmarks

While Intel's desktop Arrow Lake CPUs turned out to be all mouth and no trousers, its mobile Arrow Lake-HX line appears to be the opposite, turning in surprisingly strong results where it counts.

TSMC hikes chip prices as margins wobble
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Big Tech to pay more as Taiwan foundry feels the squeeze

TSMC is about to squeeze more cash out of its clients by jacking up prices on its swankiest silicon. The Taiwanese foundry giant is planning a five to ten per cent hike on advanced nodes like 5nm, 4nm, 3nm and 2nm, to prop up its declining profit margins.