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WorkWorkNVIDIA says it can resume selling key AI chips to China Yesterday, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang dismissed concerns that China's military would use the company's chips to develop AI. "They don't need NVIDIA's chips, certainly, or American tech stacks in order to build their military," he said, adding that it would be foolish of them to do so because "they simply can't rely on it." Huang has previously said that NVIDIA export bans didn't stop China from developing AI and allowed its competitors, especially Huawei, to gain ground on US technology. WorkWork
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WorkWorkWorkWhy its taking LA so long to rebuild In the wake of the record-breaking wildfires in Los Angeles in January some of the most expensive and destructive blazes in history one of the first things California Gov. Gavin Newsom did was to sign an executive order suspending environmental rules around rebuilding. Work
WorkWorkWorkTiger Woods and Vanessa Trump: MAGA Dating Drama, Explained - Intelligencer (No paywall) Elections have consequences, and one of the many unfortunate things about the outcome of the 2024 race is that we all have to know things about the Trump family, like Barron Trumps height and the fact that Lara Trump exists. I regret to inform you that there is now another lesser-known presidential daughter-in-law making news. Vanessa Trump is dating Tiger Woods, the legendary golfer and occasional generator of tabloid gossip. Heres everything you need to know to know about these lovebirds to maintain your Trump family-drama fluency. WorkRazer revives its eGPU line with a Thunderbolt 5 dock An eGPU can beef up the visual power of a gaming laptop or handheld. Razer has had several available over the years, starting with the Core alongside its Blade Stealth model in 2016. It followed up with the Core X in 2018 and the colorful Core X Chroma in 2019. The availability of Thunderbolt 5 ports has renewed interest in this product category since it increases the maximum bandwidth for an eGPU. ASUS also introduced an eGPU of its own at CES 2025.
WorkWorkUS probes imports on drones and a raw material used in chips and solar panels According to The Financial Times, China is the leading market for polysilicon manufacturing. Around three quarters of all commercial drones are said to be manufactured in the country too. Under the Biden administration, the US increased tariffs on solar wafers and polysilicon imports from China to 50 percent at the start of 2025. DJI also faces a potential ban in the US. WorkCan A.I. Find Cures for Untreatable Diseases - Using Drugs We Already Have? - The New Yorker (No paywall) When David Fajgenbaum was a twenty-five-year-old medical student, at the University of Pennsylvania, he started to feel so tired that he could barely stand. Fajgenbaum, a former college quarterback, could still bench-press three hundred and seventy-five pounds; he was known for doing pullups on a tree near his workplace. But now he was desperately ill. The lymph nodes in his groin and neck swelled. Small red dotsblood molesemerged on his chest, and he woke up soaked in sweat. One day, at the hospital where he was doing his rotation, he stumbled down the hall into the emergency room, and doctors told him that his liver, bone marrow, and kidneys were failing. Fluid had leaked out of his blood vessels, into his abdomen and around his heart; bleeding in his retina temporarily blinded him in his left eye. Fajgenbaum was admitted to the I.C.U. and given enormous doses of steroids to try to quell runaway inflammation. It took him a month to recover enough to leave the hospital. Work
WorkUber and Baidu are teaming up to deploy thousands of autonomous vehicles globally However, there are plenty of budding autonomous vehicle companies chasing the US market. The Alphabet-owned Waymo has been steadily launching in new cities and most of these efforts include a partnership with Uber. The company Avride, which used to be the self-driving unit for the Russian conglomerate Yandex, has been increasing its presence in cities like Dallas and Jersey City. Amazon's Zoox is also still out there, despite a serious software issue that impacted the braking system. WorkWorkWork
WorkTrump's New Hard Line on Putin is Softer Than it Looks Both of the warring sides in Ukraine had reason to feel relieved on Monday when President Donald Trump announced his latest plan for peace. For the Ukrainians, the proposal included an influx of desperately needed American weapons, which will help shield civilians from Russian bombs and rearm the Ukrainian military. For the Russians, the plan left plenty of room to maneuver, and did not impose nearly as much pain as many in Moscow had feared. WorkWorkApple commits $500 million over several years to buy US-made rare earth magnets Apple basically pioneered the use of recycled rare earth elements in consumer electronics. It began using these materials back in 2019, in the Taptic Engine of the iPhone 11. The Pentagon recently became the largest shareholder of MP Materials, as rare earth materials are also key components in a range of military weapons systems. Work
WorkAI is killing the web. Can anything save it? - The Economist (No paywall) Around the beginning of last year, Matthew Prince started receiving worried calls from the chief executives of large media companies. They told Mr Prince, whose firm, Cloudflare, provides security infrastructure to about a fifth of the web, that their businesses faced a grave new online threat. I said, What, is it the North Koreans?, he recalls. And they said, No. Its AI. WorkThe Morning After: Switch 2 user accidentally banned after playing pre-owned game cards The US Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) is awarding up to $200 million each to leading AI companies, like Anthropic, Google, OpenAI and xAI, for military applications. A press release says the move will “broaden” the Department of Defense’s use of AI to “address critical national security needs.” This initiative aims to expand the Department of Defense’s AI use for national security. Notably, xAI’s receipt of funds coincides with its new version of Grok, made for federal use. WorkFree-market economics is working surprisingly well One area of seeming bipartisan consensus in America over the past decade is the idea that free-market economics or neoliberalism has failed, and that our economic system needs to be overhauled. Leftists have always believed this, of course, and in recent years theyve been joined by more mainstream progressives like the folks at the Hewlett Foundation. On the right, thanks to Trump, tariffs and immigration restriction have overthrown free trade as the reigning orthodoxy. And the GOP in general seems to want to put their thumb on the scale for fossil fuel industries and other traditional sectors. WorkWhat Is the House Committee That Is Questioning College Leaders? “This is our ninth hearing on antisemitism in 18 months,” Representative Robert C. Scott of Virginia, the top Democrat on the committee, said during Tuesday’s hearing. “We’ve not held a single hearing addressing racism, xenophobia, Islamophobia or other challenges affecting other student groups on American college campuses.” WorkFound: A Lost George Washington Battlefield As a young officer in the French and Indian War, Washington was involved in a devastating friendly fire incident. Military veterans are helping archaeologists excavate the location. WorkAI 'Nudify' Websites Are Raking in Millions of Dollars - WIRED (No paywall) For years, so-called nudify apps and websites have mushroomed online, allowing people to create nonconsensual and abusive images of women and girls, including child sexual abuse material. Despite some lawmakers and tech companies taking steps to limit the harmful services, every month, millions of people are still accessing the websites, and the sites creators may be making millions of dollars each year, new research suggests. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWork 
WorkWorkWorkWorkThousands of Afghans relocated to UK under secret scheme after data leak In the high court, Chamberlain said the conclusions of Rimmer’s review “fundamentally undermine the evidential basis” on which he and the court of appeal in separate hearings had relied to decide that the MoD superinjunction should be upheld. The dramatically reduced threat assessment meant the extraordinary legal mechanism could no longer be justified. WorkWorkWorkWork
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