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US chip renaissance faces a skills problem
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Labour shortage 

The US is in a pickle if it hopes to spark a chip-building renaissance without the aid of inexpensive Chinese labour. A fresh report in the Wall Street Journal cautions that the US lacks the manpower to staff its heavily subsidised fabs.

DJI unveils the Avata 2 FPV drone
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Less expensive and with longer battery life

DJI has officially unveiled the new Avata 2 FPV drone, and, surprisingly, it is not only better but also less expensive than its predecessor. The new drone will have better image quality from its 12MP camera, longer flight time, better transmission range, and more.

Amazon's cloudy patent payout pandemonium
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Cloud produces heavy rain for Amazon

 Amazon's cloud-computing juggernaut, AWS, has been fined $525 million (€493.5 million) by a jury for nicking Kove's data-storage secrets.

Apple in the fight for its life against Qualcomm and Windows
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Even the Tame Apple Press admits Qualcomm’s chipset is better

The Tame Apple Press is starting to admit that Apple is in grave trouble with the arrival of Qualcomm’s latest chipset for Microsoft and its partners.

Blackberry and AMD join forces to forge robotic revolution
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Wall Street agrees

BlackBerry and AMD are fusing their expertise which they say will to revolutionise the world of robotics.