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Union rally causes Samsung fab production to plummet by 58% during night shift as workers demand up to $400,000 bonuses — updated figures show over 40,000 people attended rally for better pay and bonuses

Samsung's memory fab and contract chip foundry production for a single night-shift fell by up to 58% after a one-day strike. The union is gearing up for an extended 18-day labor action if company management refuses to meet their demands when it comes to pay and bonuses.

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More than 30,000 Samsung union members take to the streets to demand an average bonus of $400,000 per worker — May 21 strike date looms, union points to rival SK hynix granting higher bonuses to its employees

Workers at Samsung's largest chip fab staged a rally today, demanding higher pay and bonuses, comparing their compensation to what SK hynix offers its people.

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U.S. Commerce Secretary says Nvidia still hasn't sold any H200 AI GPUs to China — Chinese government is blocking imports in an attempt to push domestic semiconductor industry

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says Nvidia still hasn't sold a single H200 AI GPU to China, despite the ban being lifted four months ago. The Chinese government is making it difficult for Chinese companies to import Nvidia chips in a bid to support the country's own domestic semiconductor industry.

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Google Cloud customer wakes up to $18,000+ bill despite $7 budget, thanks to forgotten API key in published project — attacker put in 60,000+ requests and blasted through $1,400 spending cap

Jesse Davies, an Australian AI consultant and founder of Agentic Labs, was caught unawares when their Google Cloud bill ballooned to more than 2,500 times their initial budget after an unknown API key registered more than 60,000 requests while they were asleep.

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Microsoft facing $2.8 billion UK lawsuit for overcharging 60,000 businesses using Microsoft Server on other clouds — Azure users allegedly received lower wholesale pricing

A lawsuit alleging the company is overcharging Windows Server for non-Azure users has been certified to proceed to trial, although Microsoft is still appealing the decision. The lawyer handling the case alleges that the claim affects almost 60,000 businesses and is worth about $2.8 billion.

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Voyager 1 gets emergency instrument shutdown to solve escalating power crisis and give it ‘about a year of breathing room’ — interstellar spacecraft's nuclear power source is dying, leading to intensifying countermeasures

NASA's JPL turned off one instrument aboard the Voyager 1 space probe after it experienced an unexpected drop in power levels. Scientists are working on a fix to swap onboard powered devices with low-power alternatives to make the spacecraft last longer.

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Toshiba refuses to replace large hard drive that was under warranty — company offers refund at the purchase price, not the higher current retail price

Toshiba said that it can only offer a refund at the original cost for a broken hard drive, as replacing it would take over a year. The user expressed disappointment over the move, as they'll have to spend significantly more than they'll get back in the refund due to chip shortages.

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Analytics group signals possible delays at 40% of AI data center construction sites — companies deny schedule holdups, but satellite imagery indicates otherwise

At least 40% of all AI data centers slated for completion in 2026 will be delayed, according to a data analytics group. AI tech companies say everything is on schedule, but labor and material shortages are seemingly holding up construction.

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Two US citizens get combined 16 years in prison for running North Korean laptop farms — fake remote IT work scheme netted DPRK $5 million in around three years

The Department of Justice announced the sentencing of the U.S. nationals that have been convicted of running laptop farms that allowed North Korean workers to pose as American residents and work at American tech firms.

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Bambu updates its 3D printers to print unique hues or gradients using two or three filaments — company acknowledges OrcaSlicer-FullSpectrum fork as the basis for the color prediction part of the new feature

Bambu Studio V2.5.3 gets a Mixed Filament feature that lets you combine two to three different filament colors to get a new, unique one. It also comes with a gradient feature to allow a smooth transition between different colors on a single plane.

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