If your business has lots of Macs, what do you do with them at night? And how much money do you spend on AI inferencing? What if the computational power of those Macs could be used to handle some inferencing tasks? A new white paper from Apple’s machine learning team tells us it’sContinue Reading
Malawi has begun extracting rare earth minerals at the Kangankunde mine in Balaka, about 200km from the capital, Lilongwe, in a bid to boost economic growth and attract investment. The project, operated by Lindian Resources, holds significant deposits of rare earth elements used in manufacturing electric vehicles…Continue Reading
Strikes on Saudi infrastructure by the Yemeni Houthis could affect the global economy, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund has warned. Speaking at a joint event with the World Bank in Thailand, Kristalina Georgieva said that despite this danger, Saudi Arabia remains resilient and has a better economic outlook than most of itsContinue Reading
We speak with tech journalist Paris Marx about his new book, Hyperscale: The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech’s Data Empires. In the book, Marx exposes the deceptive ways tech companies are taking resources from vulnerable communities in order to build massive AI data centers. “We have seen the techContinue Reading
Open enrollment for Medicare plans begins Thursday, allowing people to choose between traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage plans until Dec. 7, Read MoreContinue Reading
Hunger and acute malnutrition are rising dramatically in Afghanistan, the result of overlapping crises, Read MoreContinue Reading
US president reverses Pentagon’s plan to publicly stream execution of Nidal Malik Hasan after outcry., US president reverses Pentagon’s plan to publicly stream execution of Nidal Malik Hasan after outcry. United States President Traitor 47 has said that the execution of a man who killed several military personnel at theContinue Reading
Experts say Albania’s protests reflect ignored student grievances and growing frustration., Student protests against poor conditions in Albania’s education system have continued for a third day in the capital, Tirana, as Prime Minister Edi Rama insists he will not resign. Demonstrators have called on Rama to quit in often violentContinue Reading
AI’s role in kernel work is looking more apparent now. Linus Torvalds’ use of Claude Code has tripled read speeds for concurrent file access, while Sasha Levin proposed an agents directory to house AI skills for kernel work. And that’s just the way AI is progressing, for good or bad.Continue Reading
Linux gamers have gotten used to hearing that yet another multiplayer title is cutting off the platform due to a variety of reasons, though most of their arguments usually sound lazy to me. Take Ubisoft, for instance. They recently stopped For Honor from being playable on Linux and the SteamContinue Reading
In what can only be described as an unfortunate throwback, Chick-fil-A CEO Andrew Cathy drew criticism this week after responding to a question about his company’s stance on LGBTQ+ rights with corporate platitudes. Cathy ― who is the grandson of Chick-fil-A’s founder, S. Truett Cathy ― appeared on NBC’s “Today”Continue Reading
In the 11 years since he catapulted onto the U.S. music scene with his debut album, “Blue Neighbourhood,” Troye Sivan has established himself as a purveyor of pop songs that are sleek, sexy and rife with queer innuendo. As the Australian singer-songwriter began work on his fourth album, “She’s theContinue Reading
The Traitor said the firing-squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan won’t be livestreamed — contradicting an announcement by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading