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Nvidia and TSMC CEOs strategize amid global AI chip shortage; 83% of ethical hackers confront AI-driven attacks in evolving cybersecurity landscape; Pega launches enterprise-grade gen AI assistant; AI-generated avatar of actor Mammootty to star in upcoming Malayalam film- this and more in our daily roundup. Let us take a look.1. Nvidia and TSMC CEOs strategize amid global AI chip shortageNvidia CEO Jensen Huang met with TSMC CEO C.C. Wei in Taipei to address global AI chip supply constraints, a critical issue for the AI…

Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, is reportedly in discussions with major global investors to raise funds for a venture focused on establishing a network of semiconductor fabrication plants (fabs), according to sources familiar with the matter. The ambitious project aims to address concerns about the growing demand for chips, particularly in the context of the increasing prevalence of artificial intelligence (AI) applications. Altman has engaged in talks with potential investors, including G42 from…

Jacob Roach / Digital Trends The GPU shortage was rough. It was the height of the pandemic, and all you could do was stay inside and play games, and yet, the cost of upgrading your graphics card was as much as buying a used car. Double or triple the list price of already expensive GPUs, and that was before you dealt with actually finding a place to buy one. I was fortunate enough to find one of the best graphics cards at list price, but most people didn’t. Most people didn’t upgrade at all, at least if Steam hardware…

This year has been the perfect storm for everyone in the tech industry. With the economy in a state of flux, inflation, and rising costs impacting business operations and strategies, there’s several headwinds impacting the changing dynamic of the environment right now.Current economic conditions are challenging companies to alter traditional staffing models, especially in tech where the talent shortage is intensifying. Compounded by financial strains and a shift towards remote work, these factors are reshaping the demand…

The U.S. is running out of miners. More than half the nation's mining workforce, about 221,000 workers, is expected to retire by 2029, according to the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, and the number of candidates willing to fill those slots is shrinking."Our workforce is aging," said Bold Baatar, chief executive of copper at Rio Tinto. "There is a lot of baby boomers that will be looking to retire or are already retiring, and we're continuing to rely on their expertise."At the same time, demand for rare…

Unlike many blockbuster 2023 new movie releases, Greta Gerwig’s Barbie movie is no CGI fest. The movie had its production designer and set decorator really painting all the hot pink of Barbie Land, and as one can imagine, yes, it required a lot of cans of pink paint to do so. The production designer Sarah Greenwood even previously said “the world ran out of pink” as a result of bringing the plastic world to life. But, as Greenwood has now clarified, Barbie is not responsible for an international pink paint shortage as an…

Wallace and Gromit studio Aardman Animations has reassured its fans, and the film industry at large, that production of its popular films will not be grinding to a halt any time soon, saying “there is absolutely no need to worry”.After reports that the manufacturers of Aardman’s favoured modelling clay had gone out of business, meaning the animators had enough supplies for only one more film, Aardman issued a statement on social media saying: “We are touched about recent concern over the future of our beloved clay…

After a weekend report that one of the most famous stop-motion animation houses in the world—Aardman, the team behind Chicken Run, Wallace and Gromit, Shaun the Sheep, and more—was on the verge of running out of the unique clay they use to craft their creations went viral, the studio has now spoken out to assuage fan concerns.Inspiration Behind the Reality-TV Style for The Hunger GamesA report by British newspaper The Telegraph went viral this weekend, after it claimed that Aardman only had enough supplies of modelling…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeWallace and Gromit fans have spent the weekend worrying about the fate of production studios Aardman Animations after it was reported that the stop-motion animation studios were “running out of clay”.The Bristol-based animation company behind British classics such as Shaun the Sheep and Chicken Run were said to be in their “time of knead” last week when The Telegraph reported that…

A RSV-infected child receives treatment, as RS-Virus infections spread among children at Missio children's clinic Moenchberg, in Wuerzburg, Germany, December 2, 2022. Heiko Becker | ReutersThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expedited the release of more than 77,000 additional doses of a new drug designed to protect infants from respiratory syncytial virus amid an ongoing shortage of the treatment in the U.S.The CDC's move late Thursday to increase the availability of Beyfortus, a monoclonal antibody from…