China’s ByteDance Flaunts U.S. Sanctions with Plan to Spend $7 Billion ‘Renting’ AI Chips
Chinese tech giant ByteDance, owner of TikTok, has invested heavily in cloud-based access to Nvidia GPUs to circumvent US sanctions that prevent it from directly purchasing high-performance processors used in AI. It is reported that they are planning. information report China's ByteDance has reportedly secured a staggering $7 billion budget to rent Nvidia GPUs through […]
Biden launches new Chinese chips trade probe, will hand off to Trump
The Biden administration on Monday announced a last-minute trade investigation into old Chinese “legacy” semiconductors, further increasing U.S. tariffs on Chinese chips that power everyday products from cars to washing machines to communications equipment. There is a possibility that U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said the investigation was aimed at protecting the U.S. and other […]
Frito-Lay potato chips recall due to ‘risk of life-threatening allergic reaction’
Frito-Lay has announced that its 13-oz. The bags are being recalled. According to the Food and Drug Administration. “People with allergies or severe sensitivities to milk who consume the recalled products may be at risk of a serious or life-threatening allergic reaction,” the FDA said in a notice posted Monday. . According to the FDA, […]
Top DOGE senator demands answers on plan to exhaust CHIPs Act funds before Trump arrives
Exclusive: Leading U.S. senators are expected to demand that Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo explain her plan to spend the remaining billions of dollars in CHIP and the Science Act before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. . “President-elect Trump recently ordered Commerce Department officials to work overtime, including weekends, as soon as possible before taking office […]
Ohio gunman sentenced to prison for shooting stranger who refused to share potato chips at strip club
A salty gunman will spend at least nine years in prison for shooting a stranger in the face after refusing to share potato chips at an Ohio strip club. Melvin Wright Jr., 43, was sentenced Monday to nine to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to attempted murder and other related charges for a […]
Biden administration finalizes nearly $8B in CHIPS funding for Intel
Under the final agreement with the Biden administration, Intel will receive approximately $7.86 billion in CHIPS and Science Act funding to build new semiconductor manufacturing facilities in four states. The final award is more than $600 million less than the $8.5 billion originally announced in March, after the chipmaker signed a separate $3 billion contract […]
Biden admin seeks to exhaust CHIPS Act funding before Biden leaves office
The Commerce Department is calling for all dollars allocated under President Biden's CHIPS and Science Act to be spent before President-elect Donald Trump enters the White House, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said. He said this in an interview this week. As told to Politico, Raimondo said the agency's goal is to “actually oblige almost all […]
Biden administration finalizes $6.6B in chips grants for TSMC before Trump takes office
The White House on Friday announced an agreement with a major semiconductor manufacturer to invest billions of dollars in an Arizona facility as President Biden looks to shore up some of his legacy in Congress before leaving office in January. It was announced that the agreement had finally been concluded. Biden said in a statement […]
Desperate Woody Johnson has all his Jets chips on table with no excuses left
PITTSBURGH — Woody Johnson's chips are now aggressively pushed into the middle of the table. The Jets acquired star receiver Davante Adams this week ahead of Sunday's must-win game, perhaps the last chance before the Jets team was hit with napalm for the first time in Johnson's 24-year tenure as team owner. That was it. […]
Whitmer Issues Apology After Mocking Holy Communion with Dorito Chips
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) apologized after posting a video mocking the sacrament of the Eucharist, saying she would “never do anything to denigrate anyone's faith.” in statement The governor said it was provided to Fox 2 Detroit by Whitmer's office. videoThe video, which shows her wearing a Harris Waltz camouflage hat and placing a […]