Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Deloitte expects chip industry revenue to grow 16% YoY in 2024 to a record $611B, and to reach $1T by 2030, despite the industry facing a talent shortage — In 2022, Deloitte expected that the global semiconductor industry would need to add a million skilled workers by 2030, or more than 100,000 annually.
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Kali Hays / Fortune: Analysis: since ChatGPT’s launch about two years ago, the US DOD has awarded ~$670M in contracts to ~323 companies for AI projects, up 20% from 2021 and 2022 — Robert Skinner, The Department of Defense chief digital and artificial intelligence officer, testifying in March 2024 before House Armed Services Subcommittee.
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Bloomberg: In a report citing experts, China rejects US and Microsoft claims that Chinese hackers were behind Volt Typhoon, calling the claims a “political farce” — – China says US frames other countries for own cyber-spying — US has tied Volt Typhoon group to hacking of critical networks
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Lily Hay Newman / Wired: The FIDO Alliance debuts Credential Exchange Protocol, a specification to make passkeys portable across systems, and Passkey Central, a developer resource site — “Passkeys,” the secure authentication mechanism built to replace passwords, are getting more portable and easier for organizations …