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The status of the world's most powerful supercomputer is held by Frontier with processing capabilities reaching exaFLOPS levels that are twice as powerful as Aurora in second place. Although the Frontier is not yet capable of being challenged, the United States is now embarking on a project to build a supercomputer that is between 3-5 times more powerful than the Frontier.

Previously, we mentioned how the Starlink satellite service is a temporary fix for long-term internet solutions in Malaysia. Today, Elon Musk’s company just launched 6 new Starlink satellites into space. So, what should you know about it?

China has recently stopped Chinese companies dealing with China’s infrastructure from using chips made by US chip maker Micron, citing them as a “security risk”. The US have denied this as “having no basis”. Now… where have we heard this before?

To stand a place in the U.S., TikTok must give its best to prove that it's not sharing any of its user's data with the Chinese government. The latest approach seems to be the most satisfactory to show that U.S. users' data only gets stored within the country. According to the source, the company is now keeping it in an Oracle data center.

Many users globally are reporting that the Apple Online Store are currently down in their region, though it doesn’t seem to affect Malaysia or other regions in Southeast Asia. Currently in certain regions such as the United States, the website is showing a silhouette of the company logo with the message ‘Be right back’ in bold.

Intel and MediaTek have announced a strategic partnership under the former’s foundry services, whereby Intel will be manufacturing chips for the Taiwanese fabless semiconductor company. The partnership is meant to help MediaTek build a more balanced, resilient supply chain.

Intel and MediaTek have announced a strategic partnership under the former’s foundry services, whereby Intel will be manufacturing chips for the Taiwanese fabless semiconductor company. The partnership is meant to help MediaTek build a more balanced, resilient supply chain.

In 2020, MediaTek had surpassed Qualcomm to become the number one chip vendor in global markets. However, Qualcomm still had its number one spot secured in the US for several quarters after that. Now, it looks like MediaTek is powerful enough to turn the table by snatching the crown from the US-based company.

HONOR is now doing great after leaving HUAWEI. Not only the brand has made it into the top smartphone rank in China, but its laptop division is also performing well by getting more market share. However, it seems like that the company could return to the old days as the US is considering banning it.

Huawei regained access to Qualcomm chips this year, even if it can only get 4G variants. For instance, the recently launched P50 series came with the Snapdragon 888 4G. Now, two more Huawei devices with Snapdragon chipsets are on the way.