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In brief Sandisk shares have surged 3,314% in the past year, from $32.11 to over $1,096, powered by a global…
[This post is excerpted from the new book, National Treasure: How the Declaration of Independence Made America (Avid Reader Press/Simon…
Playing Gad Gad Saad’s new book tackles an interesting topic. Unfortunately, the author’s narcissistic ramblings make it almost impossible to…
In brief Quantum computers capable of breaking blockchain cryptography could arrive as soon as 2030, Project Eleven wrote in a…
Last week, we released apkeep version 1.0.0, the latest edition of our command-line Android package downloading software. Rather than indicating…
from the MAGA-just-means-hating-American dept The content of their character was never up for consideration. Under Donald Trump, the only thing…
Data centers are big buildings full of machines that process what we do on our phones and computers. AI requires…
In brief Chrome silently downloads a ~4GB Gemini Nano file called weights.bin to eligible devices with no opt-in prompt, and…
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche says an 11-month investigation produced “a body of evidence” that supports the federal indictment against…
In brief Synthegy, developed at EPFL, uses LLMs to rank synthesis routes against chemist-defined goals, matching expert judgments 71.2% of…
From Taibbi v. Higgins, decided yesterday by Judge George Daniels (S.D.N.Y.): This action centers around Owned: How Tech Billionaires Bought…
In brief Elon Musk’s SpaceX/xAI signed a deal to provide Anthropic access to the Colossus 1 AI supercomputer cluster. Anthropic…