U.S. posts official H200 and MI325X AI GPU export rules to China, but with plenty of caveats — a string of requirments greatly limits the total number of GPUs that can be shipped to China

The U.S. Department of Commerce has unveiled new export rules for shipments of advanced AI and HPC processors designed in America to China and Macau. However, while the new rules permit limited exports of specific accelerators — most notably AMD’s Instinct MI325X, Nvidia’s H200, and comparable lower-performance products — on a case-by-case basis, licenses are […]

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Data reveals the new “sweet spot” for crypto in your portfolio as financial advisors flip aggressive on Bitcoin

Financial advisors held crypto allocations below 1% for years, treating Bitcoin as a speculative footnote rather than a portfolio component. That era is ending. According to Bitwise and VettaFi’s 2026 benchmark survey, 47% of advisor portfolios with crypto exposure now allocate more than 2%, while 83% cap exposure below 5%. The distribution tells a more […]

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DHS Wants To Harvest Biometric Data From Anyone Helping A Foreigner Stay In This Country Legally

from the eyeballs-please dept We’ve always known the ultimate goal was to subject everyone to biometric collections, whether it’s at border crossings or international airports. At some point, the tech will move inland and become an annoying part of traveling from Point A to B because national security or whatever the fuck. The acceleration was […]

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Data centers are amazing. Everyone hates them.

And as to the jobs they bring to communities. Well, I have some bad news there too. Once construction ends, they tend to employ very few people, especially for such resource-intensive facilities.  These are all logical reasons to oppose data centers. But I suspect there is an additional, emotional one. And it echoes one we’ve […]

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64% of 3rd-Party Applications Access Sensitive Data Without Justification

Research analyzing 4,700 leading websites reveals that 64% of third-party applications now access sensitive data without business justification, up from 51% in 2024. Government sector malicious activity spiked from 2% to 12.9%, while 1 in 7 Education sites show active compromise. Specific offenders: Google Tag Manager (8% of violations), Shopify (5%), Facebook Pixel (4%). Download […]

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The Secret Life of JavaScript: The Loop

Why Promises run before Timeouts: A visual guide to the Event Loop Timothy stood at the drafting table, watching Margaret erase a large section of the chalkboard. “I am worried about the architecture, Margaret,” he said. “Oh?” she replied, dusting chalk from her hands. “We established that JavaScript is Single-Threaded,” Timothy said. “It has one […]

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