Thailand Emerges As Possible Hub In Nvidia Chip-Smuggling Channel To Alibaba

Doll-Heads Apparently Fooling Tesla FSD. Is Facial-Recognition Update Next? Chinese e-commerce platforms are selling miniature heads that, according to Fred Lambert at the EV blog Electrek, are being used to "trick Tesla's cabin camera into thinking a driver is paying attention." Priced at $20 to $50 and marketed as dashboard decorations or "travel companions," these miniature heads are mounted near the rearview mirror to mimic a human face while Autopilot or Full Self-Driving is engaged. via Instagram user "decentmiss_" ...  While FSD is engaged, Tesla's cabin camera monitors driver attentiveness, including whether the...

CIA Distances Itself From Trump's Iran War With Media Leak It seems that CIA and other US intelligence officials hope to distance themselves from Trump's Iran war, now with the US-initiated conflict having dragged on for nearly five months (with no end in sight), after White House officials had in the opening days touted a swift, limited military excursion.  They are leaking intelligence to the press which shows they have assessed that current American strikes on Iran are unlikely to change Iran's negotiating position. With tankers in Hormuz on fire and...

Amazon Jumps On Solid AWS Growth And Profit, Even As Outlook Disappoints And Free Cash Flow Turns Negative As Bloomberg notes, "Microsoft’s solid earnings breathed new life into the tech sector Thursday, but Amazon’s report after the bell this evening could deflate the optimism again." To be sure, there’s a lot riding on Amazon results. The longevity of the AI spending boom is in doubt as shareholders punish ambitious capex plans, which has taken away some of the support away from the chipmaker stocks.  Before Microsoft’s earnings, the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index...