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Before we get to today’s column, we need to explain something about last week’s big news: Nvidia’s agreement to pay an astounding $20 billion to license technology from AI chip startup Groq and hire its leaders. The reasons for Nvidia’s interest in Groq are getting a little clearer. Groq’s chips have the potential to help AI developers when they’re training so-called reasoning models, or models that can spend more computational resources on more difficult problems. These models may not be popular among cons
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Though I planned a lot for my first trip to Hawaii, I would've saved time and money in Oahu if I'd known these tips and how to avoid some mistakes. Read more ›
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Joanna Gaines' one-pot spinach-tortellini soup is one of my new staple recipes. The meal is hearty, easy to cook, and uses ingredients I already have. Read more ›
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Wildlife officials in the U.S. and Canada report cases of chronic wasting diseases where it hasn't been detected before. Read more ›
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Google's Pixel 10 series arrived this year as the company's first eSIM-only lineup in the United States, forcing users who wanted to review or buy the new phones to abandon their physical SIM cards entirely. Ryan Whitwam, a senior technology reporter at Ars Technica, made the switch and now regrets it, he says. "In the three months since Google forced me to give up my physical SIM card, I've only... Read more ›
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A former Samsung Engineer accused of offering the secrets behind the company's 10nm DRAM data to China's ChangXin Memory Technologies has been accused of making hundreds of handwritten notes on detailed process steps. Read more ›
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Intel has officially sold over 217 million of its common stock to Nvidia in a historic equity investment worth $5 billion. The stake was originally announced in September, after the U.S. government had invested its own $8.9 billion into Intel. Following FTC approvals in early December, the sale has now been completed. Read more ›
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A report by the Israel Advanced Technology Industries warned that the trend could threaten Israel's "innovation engine." Read more ›
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Here are the stars who died this year, including Diane Keaton, Robert Redford, Ozzy Osbourne, Rob Reiner, and Brigitte Bardot. Read more ›
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Over the last year, the youngest generation of American voters have scrambled a lot of our understanding of politics. The Gen Z cohort swung hard toward Republicans last year, moving anywhere from 6 to 21 points toward President Donald Trump (depending on the data source) compared to 2020. But, they now appear to be just as […] Read more ›
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OnePlus will make the Turbo 6 and Turbo 6V official on January 8, as the first two members of its new Turbo range of devices (we don't know why it went straight to 6 either). Ahead of that, the company has revealed their designs and key specs earlier today, and now we also have two teaser videos for you to look at. The first one is about the Turbo 6... Read more ›
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Teresa Johnson shares how a leap of faith on a pottery studio grew into Color Me Mine, now earning $55 million and transforming her family's future. Read more ›
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The time it takes to save for a down payment came down from its peak of 12 years in 2022. But, it's still about double what it was just six years ago. Read more ›
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Every episode from the classic run and the 2016 revival is coming to Pluto TV on January 1. Read more ›
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Love them or hate them, more than half of the world's population interacts with algorithmic recommendations in some way every day. Algorithmic recommendations play an integral role in how users discover new content across platforms like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. It can be nice to be fed a stream of fresh posts, pictures, and […] Read more ›
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Acquisition continues Masayoshi Son’s spate of artificial intelligence investments Read more ›
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Dr. Andrew Carroll, a family physician in Chandler, Arizona, a suburb outside of Phoenix, first arrived there in 2000, the same year the United States declared measles had been eradicated. Now, 25 years later, an outbreak is accelerating a couple hours away from his practice — only the latest in a number of troubling outbreaks across […] Read more ›
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Finally, there's an easy device that will let you digitize your Super Nintendo library. Read more ›
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From the classic body pillow to unique shapes for optimal limb support, we tested a wide range of body pillows designed for side sleepers. Read more ›
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The "Marty Supreme" marketing campaign was successful because we could appreciate Timothée Chalamet's hustle, says a Hollywood executive. Read more ›
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LG has announced a new premium gaming monitor brand called UltraGear, and the lineup's headline feature is what the company claims is the world's first 5K AI upscaling technology -- an on-device solution that analyzes and enhances content in real time before it reaches the panel, theoretically letting gamers enjoy 5K-class clarity without needing to upgrade their GPUs. The initial UltraGear evo roster includes three monitors. The 39-inch GX9 is... Read more ›
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Nvidia has stopped testing an Intel process to manufacture its chips, Reuters reported, driving Intel’s shares down. Nvidia was recently testing an Intel production process known as 18A but decided to stop moving forward with the efforts, Reuters reported, citing two people familiar with the ... Read more ›
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Snowflake is in talks to buy app monitoring startup Observe Inc. for around $1 billion, which would likely be the biggest deal in Snowflake’s history, according to people with knowledge of the discussions. Observe, based in San Mateo, Calif., sells so-called observability tools that help developers to understand how their applications are performing and allows them to spot disruptions and outages. The deal would bring Snowflake into closer competition with... Read more ›
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Two Chinese AI startups are vying to be the first publicly traded AI model providers in the global stock market, ahead of expected future initial public offerings from OpenAI and Anthropic. The Chinese firms’ IPO filings offer a window into the hardship facing smaller AI firms that don’t have older cash-cow businesses.Shanghai-based MiniMax Group and Beijing-based Knowledge Atlas Technology, better known as Zhipu, both recently received regulatory approval to go... Read more ›
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Waymo on Tuesday provided further details about its decision on Saturday to temporarily pause its robotaxi service in San Francisco amid a citywide power outage that caused its driverless cars to stall traffic. The company said it made the decision so its vehicles wouldn’t obstruct first ... Read more ›
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OpenAI executives have kept a tight lid on how the company could show advertisements to users of its popular ChatGPT chatbot, leaving the broader digital ad industry eager for clues. Behind the scenes, staff are working through key details. Employees have discussed ways to tweak AI models to prioritize sponsored information in ChatGPT’s responses when users ask relevant queries, a person familiar with the discussions said. For instance, a Sephora-sponsored... Read more ›
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In my hometown of Memphis, Tenn., Elon Musk’s xAI is a big topic of conversation for the second holiday season in a row thanks to the two gigantic data centers the company has opened here. The multibillion-dollar facilities have sparked a lot of local opposition because they’re being powered by gas generators that emit air pollution. In response, xAI has ramped up efforts to convince Memphians it’s a good neighbor.... Read more ›
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“Suspense is an artform,” said Bruce Holsinger, the author of “Culpability,” a tense family drama about the ramifications of a horrific car accident. Oh, yes, I should add: The mini-van was driving itself. “I think a lot about suspense—at the level of the chapter, the sentence, the sequence of chapters,” said Holsinger, an author of four previous novels. “I like a sense of momentum, so that the characters are kind... Read more ›
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Snowflake is in talks to buy app monitoring startup Observe Inc. for around $1 billion, which would likely be the biggest deal in Snowflake’s history, The Information reported Tuesday. Observe, based in San Mateo, Calif., sells so-called observability tools that help developers to ... Read more ›
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Nvidia stunned Silicon Valley on Wednesday by agreeing to pay about $20 billion to license technology from Groq, one of the best-funded startups trying to challenge Nvidia’s dominance in chips for powering AI applications, known as inference computing, according to a person involved in the deal. Nvidia is also hiring Groq’s founders and other leaders, according to the startup, which didn’t disclose the financial details. It isn’t clear whether the... Read more ›
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Tech titans from Elon Musk to SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son have envisioned humanoid robots working next to people in factories, schools and homes. Realizing that future will require humanoid makers to assure their human customers that the robots won’t harm them. To help ease those concerns, robotics companies are working on a set of standards that would guide how humanoids can be safely put to work in industrial settings. That process,... Read more ›
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