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The risk of RISC-V: What's going on at SiFive?
Updated 10/25
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Samsung and other manufacturers disable phones bought on gray markets
In a shocking turn of events, several smartphone manufacturers, including industry giant Samsung, have taken a drastic step that has left customers outraged. These companies have remotely disabled phones purchased through gray markets, effectively holding the users’ data hostage until they buy new phones from official…
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Raspberry Pi 5: available now
Raspberry Pi 5: available now! We’ve been excited to see the response of early users to Raspberry Pi 5, and can’t wait to see what you do once you get your hands on it.
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Cooler screens
Audible even over the squeal of an HVAC blower with a suffering belt, the whine of small, high velocity fans pervades the grocery side of this Walgreens. Were they always this loud? I'm not sure; some of the fans sound distinctly unhealthy. Still, it's a familiar kind of noise to anyone who regularly works around…
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"No, it's less effort than that"
Ever heard ‘No, it’s less effort than that!’? Learn why challenging Agile estimates can lead to bad planning and how to handle estimate pushback effectively.
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Cloudflare mitigated yet another Okta compromise
On Wednesday, October 18, 2023, we discovered attacks on our system that we were able to trace back to Okta. We have verified that no Cloudflare customer information or systems were impacted by this event because of our rapid response.
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The ten year anniversary of the Healthcare.gov rescue
Ten years ago today, on Friday, October 18, 2013, the effort to fix HealthCare.gov began in earnest. At 7:15 A.M. Eastern time, a small group assembled next to the entrance to the West Wing of the White House. The group included Todd Park, Brian...
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Toyota adopts the North American charging standard
PLANO, Texas (Oct. 19, 2023) – Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (TMNA) today announced it has reached an agreement with Tesla, Inc. to adopt the North American Charging Standard (NACS) on its battery electric vehicles (BEVs) beginning in 2025. In […]
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Just paying Figma because nothing else works
My family wasn’t poor by any stretch of the imagination, but I was raised to avoid spending money whenever possible. I was also taught “it’s a poor craftsman that blames their tools”, which apparen...
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DALL·E 3 is now available in ChatGPT Plus and Enterprise
We developed a safety mitigation stack to ready DALL·E 3 for wider release and are sharing updates on our provenance research.
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Meta is banning people from advertising after running ads for Python and Pandas
Meta's ad bots flagged Python and Pandas courses as live-animal sales, then auto-rejected the appeal. Why the 180-day data retention policy makes it permanent.
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Consortium launched to build the largest open LLM
The University of Turku and one of Europe’s largest private AI labs Silo AI, with its large language model (LLM) arm SiloGen, are today announcing a large-scale initiative on open and trustworthy L
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Zero ASIC is out of stealth
Democratizing silicon
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Standardizing next-generation narrow precision data formats for AI
Realizing the full potential of next-generation deep learning requires highly efficient AI infrastructure. For a computing platform to be scalable and cost efficient, optimizing every layer of the AI stack, from algorithms to hardware, is essential. Advances in narrow-precision AI data formats and associated optimized…
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Intel Launches Intel Core 14th Gen Desktop Processors for Enthusiasts
Latest Intel processors deliver world’s fastest desktop frequencies, the world’s best desktop experience for enthusiasts and unparalleled overclocking for incredible performance.
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AI Graphics at JetBrains
Generating art at JetBrains At JetBrains, we are constantly refining our approach to creating pieces of art for use as website elements and release graphics. Our mission is to free graphic designers f
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Tech CEO sentenced to 5 years in IP address scheme
Amir Golestan , the 40-year-old CEO of the Charleston, S.C. based technology company Micfo LLC , has been sentenced to five years in prison for wire fraud. Golestan’s sentencing comes nearly two years after he pleaded guilty to using an elaborate network of phony companies to secure more than 735,000 Internet Protocol…
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Swedish union declares strike for Tesla employees
The main reason for IF Metall to take industrial action at Tesla is to ensure that our members have decent and safe working conditions. Over a long period of time, we have attempted to discuss with Tesla the signing of a collective agreement, yet without success. Now we see no solution other than to take industrial…
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Leaving Twitter had no effect on NPR's traffic
Enshittification is the process by which a platform lures in and then captures end users (stage one), who serve as bait for business customers, who are also captured (stage two), whereupon the platform rug-pulls both groups and allocates all the value they generate and exchange to itself (stage three):
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One of America's most corporate-crime-friendly judges forced to recuse himself
"I’ll believe corporations are people when Texas executes one." The now-famous quip from Robert Reich cuts to the bone of corporate personhood. Corporations are people with speech rights. They are heat-shields that absorb liability on behalf of their owners and managers.
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The Techno-Optimist Manifesto
We are told that technology is on the brink of ruining everything. But we are being lied to, and the truth is so much better. Marc Andreessen presents his techno-optimist vision for the future.
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Stack Overflow announces 28% headcount reduction
Over the last 15 years, we’ve built Stack Overflow into an industry-crucial knowledge base for millions of developers and technologists. During this time we’ve experienced years filled with opportunities and challenges. This year is no different.
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Bootstrapping a SaaS Business in Germany: How I did it
Lukas Hermann, founder of Stagetimer, delves into the nitty-gritty of bootstrapping a SaaS business in Germany. Learn about navigating bureaucracy, tax management, pricing, product development, tech stack, marketing, and more. A must-read for aspiring German entrepreneurs.