Nvidia reveals new A.I. chip, says costs of running LLMs will ‘drop significantly’ (www.cnbc.com)
Nvidia reveals new A.I. chip, says costs of running LLMs will ‘drop significantly’::Currently, Nvidia dominates the market for AI chips, with over 80% market share, according to some estimates.
Biden to curb U.S. investment in Chinese tech sectors (www.cbsnews.com)
In an executive order expected to be released Wednesday, American companies will be subject to unprecedented new federal oversight that will scrutinize – and potentially prevent – some of their investments in China’s tech industry. The goal is to ensure that U.S. cash does not support China’s military modernization and...
Demand slump drags global manufacturing to financial crisis levels (asia.nikkei.com)
Straight from the top (sh.itjust.works)
Norway to fine Meta $98,500 a day over user privacy breach from 14 August (www.theguardian.com)
Norway to fine Meta $98,500 a day over user privacy breach from 14 August::Country’s data protection regulator said firm cannot harvest user information such as physical locations for showing targeted ads
LK99 - The case for scepticism (nitter.net)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/2999441...
Sneak Peek – Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2 Episode 10 – Finale (trekcentral.net)
The cage match is back: Musk says Zuck fight will ‘be live-streamed on X’ (www.theverge.com)
Jan. 6 Prosecutors Ask for Protective Order, Citing Threatening Trump Post (www.nytimes.com)
In seeking a judge’s order, the government was drawing attention to the former president’s longstanding habit of attacking those involved in criminal cases against him.
They Didn’t Ask to Go Viral. Posting on Social Media Without Consent Is Immoral (www.wired.com)
They Didn’t Ask to Go Viral. Posting on Social Media Without Consent Is Immoral::It’s typical to ask friends for permission to share pictures of them. Yet people don’t extend this courtesy to strangers, either because they think nothing of it or they need to go viral at all costs.
A judge has ruled Texas' abortion ban is too restrictive for women with pregnancy complications (apnews.com)
Challenge: reading google chromes blog without throwing up (blog.chromium.org)
If you can read a few paragraphs of this article without wanting to punch someone, congrats....
Google Messages signs onto cross-platform encrypted group chat standard (www.theverge.com)
From the Article:...
Hideo Kojima Says Death Stranding 2 Will Redefine 'Strand' (kotaku.com)
At the beginning, there was the theme of “connecting,” and after that, I made a lot of notes about character settings, game ideas, and so on. Like how to connect it. I put it together while maintaining a balance…But I had to rewrite everything because of corona. In Death Stranding, it was justice to connect, but with the...
Kickstarting a book about Enshittification since Amazon will not carry it (pluralistic.net)
Another example of how big tech is just corrupted to the core....
Retractable Sail Could Give Bikes A Boost Of Wind Power (newatlas.com)
Concerns over DNS Blocking (medium.com)
“Concerns over DNS Blocking” by Vinton Cerf
Does Texas A&M’s botched hire spell doom for classroom diversity? Some say yes (apnews.com)
Just days later, McElroy’s tenure offer unraveled after the university buckled under backlash from Texas Scorecard, a conservative website, and an unspecified group of individuals close to the university who opposed her previous diversity initiatives. A new state law will limit that and the discussion of race and inclusion on...
New AI systems collide with copyright law (www.bbc.co.uk)
Google’s Web Environment Integrity project raises a lot of concerns (siliconangle.com)
Zoo Denies Viral Claims Its Bears Are ‘Humans in Disguise’ (www.thedailybeast.com)
A zoo in China has denied allegations that its bears are actually humans wearing elaborate costumes after images of the animals standing up on two legs went viral online. The Hangzhou Zoo in eastern China explained on its social media account on Monday that sun bears from Malaysia are smaller and look different to other ursine...
Government fears AI could be used to spread fake news in run up to elections (m.sundayworld.com)
Government fears AI could be used to spread fake news in run up to elections::undefined
Big business lobbies against heat protections for workers as US boils (www.theguardian.com)
Denver plans to convert 194-unit, $26M hotel into city’s next homeless shelter (www.denver7.com)
The city would start leasing the complex through its Department of Housing Stability (HOST) on Sept. 1.