Taiwan suspends chip export controls on South Africa after just two days, signaling discomfort with using the key tech export as a weapon in diplomatic disputes
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Taiwan curbs chip exports to South Africa over national security concerns, the first time it has used its chip industry as a weapon against a China ally
Taiwan has imposed restrictions on the export of chips to South Africa over national security concerns, taking the unusual step of using …
Microsoft adds xAI's Grok 3 and Grok 3 mini to its Azure AI Foundry service, risking further OpenAI tensions; sources say Satya Nadella had pushed to host Grok
here's why that could be controversial Stephen E. Arnold / Beyond Search : Microsoft: What Is a Brand Name? Swagath Bandhakavi / Tech Monitor : Microsoft to host AI models from Meta, xAI, and others i...
After Grok's “white genocide in South Africa” X replies, xAI says “an unauthorized modification was made to Grok response bot's prompt” at 3:15 AM PST on May 14
We are regularly updating this repository with the system prompts that we use … Markus Kasanmascheff / WinBuzzer : Grok “White Genocide” Controversy Leads xAI to Publish Internal System Prompts Mary P...
After Grok's “white genocide in South Africa” X replies, xAI says “an unauthorized modification was made to Grok response bot's prompt” at 3:15 AM PST on May 14
xAI blamed an “unauthorized modification” for a bug in its AI-powered Grok chatbot that caused Grok …
How H-1B workers from India and other countries help the US remain dominant in tech, as some on the new “Tech Right” discover MAGA's racial-nationalist bigotry
Can't say I did not see this coming, tbh. — x.com/LauraLoomer/... @thetnholler : In-fighting : “The new MAGA coalition has officially had its first internal debate - over H-1b visas. It started whe...
Elon Musk is one of two paid subscribers of an X account that has implied South Africa was better off under apartheid, slammed “Black ruled” countries, and more
This is dialectics being weaponized to normalize an abomination. — www.mediaite.com/news/elon-mu... Domenico Lamberti / @mobiledom : who is surprised that the conservative, rich, white son of conser...
Digital bank Tyme Group, which operates in South Africa and the Philippines, raised a $250M Series D led by Brazilian digital bank Nubank at a $1.5B valuation
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Google updates its Street View imagery in nearly 80 countries, brings Street View to four new locations, and sharpens Google Earth and Maps satellite imagery
Google is updating Street View imagery in nearly 80 countries, such as Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Japan, the Philippines, Rwanda, Serbia, South Africa, and more.
Elon Musk posted “no one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala 🤔” on X and deleted the false claim after it garnered 34M+ views, claiming it was a “joke”
which he made after the second apparent assassination attempt on former Pres. Trump — Musk, who owns the platform, responded to a user who asked, “Why they want to kill Donald Trump?” … Ben Herrera / ...