Intel now says next-gen Sapphire Rapids Xeon chips are slated for January 2023, after a spate of delays dating back to 2021, another boon for AMD’s server chips (Dylan Martin/The Register)

Dylan Martin / The Register:
Intel announces a new Xeon CPU family and updated data center GPUs, both part of the Max Series lineup, set to arrive in early 2023  —  x86 giant goes all-in with high-bandwidth memory  —  Intel’s latest plan to ward off rivals from high-performance computing workloads involves a CPU …

David Klepper / Associated Press:
CCDH: when researchers on TikTok in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia liked self-harm and eating disorder videos, the app recommended more similar content  —  TikTok’s algorithms are promoting videos about self-harm and eating disorders to vulnerable teens, according to a report published Wednesday …

Katie Tarasov / CNBC:
An interview with AMD CEO Lisa Su on AMD’s success at catching up to Intel, huge bets on custom chips, the PC slump, export restrictions to China, and more  —  WATCH NOW  —  How AMD became a chip giant and finally caught Intel  —  Advanced Micro Devices made history this year …

New York Times:
China has let dating apps flourish amid its crackdown on tech; data.ai: the number of dating apps with 1K+ downloads is up from 81 in 2017 to 275 in 2022  —  China has cracked down on many tech companies, but has allowed dating apps that provide social connections to flourish.

Dylan Patel / SemiAnalysis:
A look at the ongoing Qualcomm-Arm legal dispute, as Qualcomm claims Arm plans to stop licensing its CPUs to semiconductor companies after 2024  —  No More External GPU, NPU, or ISP’s Allowed In Arm-Based SOCs  —  The Qualcomm-Arm saga is epic and there is a new massive update in the case.

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
Microsoft says hackers used vulnerabilities in Boa web server, discontinued in 2005 but pervasive across IoT devices, to target the Indian power sector  —  Microsoft said today that security vulnerabilities found to impact a web server discontinued since 2005 have been used to target and compromise organizations in the energy sector.