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Business & FinanceTechnology 11 December 2023, 5:07 am 1 minute Reuters exclusively reported that Chinese chip designers including Tencent Holdings (0700.HK) are aggressively pitching their AI chips as alternatives to Nvidia’s (NVDA.O), hoping U.S. export restrictions will prompt clients to switch, said four people familiar with such discussions. California-based Nvidia commands as much as 90%…

Dr Sabesan Sithamparanathan is among a host of Cambridgeshire recipients of New Year Honours.

Apple said Monday its Vision Pro device will be available in the US from Feb. 2, months after it was launched to capture an augmented-reality (AR) headset market dominated by Facebook-parent Meta Platforms. Vision Pro is Apple’s most expensive bet since the launch of the iPhone more than a decade ago. The AR headset starts at $3,499 and costs…

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save The first U.S. space mission in more than 50 years intended to land softly on the moon likely won’t reachthe lunar surface, the company that designed it said in a statement late Monday. The failure of Astrobotic Technology’s Peregrine lander is a setback for NASA’s…

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The high-altitude chase started over Cape Canaveral on Feb. 17, 2023, when a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched. Thomas Parent, a NASA research pilot, was flying a WB-57 jet when the rocket ascended past the right wing — leaving him mesmerized before he hit the throttle to accelerate. For roughly an hour, Mr. Parent dove…