Top tech news stories today: August 7, 2024

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IT infrastructure 1. Exclusive-Chinese firms stockpile high-end Samsung chips as they await new US curbs Chinese tech giants including Huawei and Baidu as well as startups are stockpiling high bandwidth memory (HBM) semiconductors from Samsung Electronics in anticipation of U.S.…

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Chinese tech giants including Huawei and Baidu as well as startups are stockpiling high bandwidth memory (HBM) semiconductors from Samsung Electronics in anticipation of U.S. curbs on exports of the chips to China, three sources said. ( Aol. ) DATAIX, the Dutch internet exchange (IX) network backbone provider GlobalNet, confirms its expansion into Western Europe with a new point-of-presence in Marseille, France. ( Capacity. )

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Apple’s lucrative deal with Google could be under threat after a U.S. judge ruled that the Alphabet-owned search giant was operating an illegal monopoly. ( MSN ) Microsoft on Tuesday blamed Delta Air Lines for its dayslong struggle to recover from a global cyber outage that led it to cancel more than 6,000 flights. ( Market Screener ) Elon Musk’s social media platform X on Tuesday sued a global advertising alliance and several major companies, including Mars and CVS Health, accusing them of unlawfully conspiring to boycott the site and causing it to lose revenue. ( MSN ) Apple could be the winner after Alphabet’s Google lost its fight with the U.S. antitrust enforcers earlier this week, with a ruling that supports the iPhone maker’s defense in its own antitrust court battle with U.S. prosecutors, legal experts said. ( Print )

Key Points

• IT infrastructure
• 1. Exclusive-Chinese firms stockpile high-end Samsung chips as they await new US curbs
• 2. GlobalNet’s DATAIX unveils PoP in France
• Tech trends
• 3. Google antitrust ruling may pose $20 billion risk for Apple

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