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SK Hynix reports Q3 revenue up 39% YoY to $17.02B, vs. $17.22B est, operating profit up 62% YoY to $7.92B, a record, boosted by demand for its HBM chips for AI — South Korea’s SK Hynix, one of the world’s largest memory chipma…
Nvidia-supplier SK Hynix third-quarter profit jumps 62% to a record high on AI-fueled memory demand
SK Hynix posted record quarterly revenue and profit, boosted by a strong demand for its high bandwidth memory used in generative AI chipsets.
Trump administration reinstalls Confederate statue in Washington
The statue depicts Albert Pike, a Confederate diplomat and general who worked closely with Native Americans from slave-owning tribes who sided with the Confederacy.
Venezuela declares Trinidad and Tobago’s prime minister persona non grata
Tensions have grown between Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago over support for US military action in the Caribbean.
Truce talks between Afghanistan and Pakistan collapse in Istanbul
Peace talks between Afghanistan and Pakistan ended in Istanbul without a deal, Pakistan’s information minister said on Wednesday, blaming Kabul’s delegation for obstructing progress. The failure of the negotiations casts doubt on efforts to stabilise …
Celebrity video shoutout app Cameo sues OpenAI for trademark infringement, alleging Sora’s “cameo” feature is likely to cause confusion and dilute its brand (Blake Brittain/Reuters)
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Celebrity video shoutout app Cameo sues OpenAI for trademark infringement, alleging Sora’s “cameo” feature is likely to cause confusion and dilute its brand — The maker of celebrity video platfo…
US Senate votes to rescind Trump’s tariffs on Brazil
Vote passes 52-48 with Republican support in rare bipartisan rebuke of US president’s trade policiesThe US Senate on Tuesday approved a measure that would terminate Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on Brazilian imports, including coffee, beef and other …
Rent’s due and people will ‘starve’: Congress is racing towards the shutdown cliff
Division within the GOP caucus over food stamps could give Democrats a key opening to ramp up the pressure on Republicans to make concessions and earn their votes to end the shutdown, John Bowden and Eric Garcia report
Five more prisoners freed in error after sex offender’s release from Essex jail
Union says staff shortages and confusion over early release schemes are driving a rise in mistakesAt least five other prisoners have also been released by mistake in the same week a convicted Ethiopian sex offender was allowed to walk free from an Esse…
Ex-trooper on trial for murder is accused of using his car as a battering ram
A former New York state trooper is on trial for murder after a high-speed chase that left an 11-year-old girl dead in 2020.