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Summary: Unicomp’s Model M keyboards faced discontinuation due to the discontinuation of a crucial chip in its controller cards. Unicomp redesigned its USB controllers using the Raspberry Pi Pico as a replacement for the discontinued part. The use of the Raspberry Pi Pico allows for reprogramming and modding of the Model M keyboards. Purdea Andrei…

Summary: Former WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar has joined the board of directors at Roblox, the online gaming platform. The appointment signals Roblox’s interest in expanding beyond gaming to be more of a general entertainment platform. Kilar’s experience in the entertainment and media industry will benefit Roblox as it scales globally and caters to different audience…

Summary: Huawei appears to be using old chips from before US sanctions were imposed. A teardown of the recently launched Huawei Mate 60 Pro found SK hynix branded RAM and NAND chips. SK hynix denies doing business with Huawei post-sanctions. Multiple investigations are ongoing to determine how Huawei acquired these old chips. SK hynix claims…

Summary: A Florida woman was arrested after she allegedly threatened to kill her neighbor over a missing rooster. The woman reportedly believed that her neighbor stole her rooster, which had gone missing. She threatened to kill the neighbor and burn down her house if the rooster wasn’t returned. Police were called to the scene and…

Summary: Learn.xyz closed a $3 million seed round with its pitch deck The 10-slide deck has a fun and lighthearted design Clear problem statement about the difficulty of creating lesson plans Impressive traction with 41,000 pieces of content created in four months Ted’s Take: Learn.xyz’s pitch deck is a great example of how to make…

Summary: Samsung is cutting its NAND flash output by 50% to combat falling prices and induce a supply-side shock in the market. Other NAND manufacturers are expected to follow suit. The NAND market glut is attributed to increased production and the AI boom. The price impact is expected to be felt in Q4 2023, with…

Summary: A Haunting in Venice is the latest film in the Agatha Christie series directed and starred by Kenneth Branagh as Hercule Poirot. The movie is set in 1947 in Venice and revolves around a murder investigation during a séance. The cast includes Kyle Allen, Camille Cottin, Jamie Dornan, Tina Fey, Jude Hill, Ali Khan,…

Summary: TechCrunch+ offers an overview for first-time founders on how to develop a treasury management strategy that optimizes cash reserves. There is potential in reaching out to lapsed B2B leads by developing a segmented strategy with automations and a complete plan in place. Eight Latin American VCs share their optimism about the region’s startups and…

Summary: Starfield has been criticized for its poor performance on Nvidia and Intel GPUs compared to AMD’s RDNA 3 GPUs. Chips and Cheese analyzed the code execution on several GPUs to determine why AMD’s GPUs perform better. They found that AMD’s RDNA 3 GPUs make better utilization of certain architectural traits, such as larger vector…