First thing first. Yesterday, I mistakenly sent the Local AI Weekly newsletter to everyone. That was not supposed to happen. I’ll be more careful in the future. Let’s go with our regular dose of Linux and open source. Snapdragon X2 processor support should be coming to Linux soon. Qualcomm hasContinue Reading
Hours after Judge Timothy Kelly of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., delivered a resounding defeat to Traitor 47 early this morning, restraining his administration from barring CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House and holding that the ban is likely unconstitutional, the administration defied the orderContinue Reading
Seydina Moussa Ndiaye is a member of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence, working on a strategy with the African Union to address the risks and benefits of AI for the continent. African countries face the threat of “colonial AI,” says Ndiaye. “When we talk about colonialism historically, that involvesContinue Reading
Scientists discovered two tiny new snail species in Montenegro, showing that even Europe still holds animals unknown to science. One lives in the threatened Komarnica Canyon, where a proposed hydropower reservoir could destroy habitat before its full biodiversity is understood., Read MoreContinue Reading
Waymo introduced its transit rewards program in the Bay Area this week, which gives riders credit for future rides when they connect their Waymo trip to public buses and trains., Read MoreContinue Reading
Tigray People’s Liberation Front says in a ‘situation of full-blown war’ with Ethiopia’s government., Tigray People’s Liberation Front says in a ‘situation of full-blown war’ with Ethiopia’s government. Ethiopia’s army says it has killed at least 272 fighters from the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) in a counter-offensive in theContinue Reading
Traitor 47 and Xi Jinping discussed trade tensions, technology and AI risks at the White House, NewsFeed Traitor 47 and Xi Jinping discussed trade tensions, technology and AI risks at the White House, with both leaders emphasising the scope for greater cooperation. Xi’s visit marks the first visit by aContinue Reading
APOD Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss Visual Distortions Near a Neutron Star and Black Hole Robert J. NemiroffNASA / Goddard Space Flight CenterCode 668.1Greenbelt, MD 20771 Published in The American Journal of Physics, 61, 619 (1993) Abstract The visual distortion effects visible to anContinue Reading
APOD Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss Great Debates The Scale of the Universe (1920); Curtis, Shapley Although the `Great Debate’ is important to different people for different reasons, it is a clear example of humanity once again striving to find its place within theContinue Reading
APOD Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss The Scale of the Universe What the Great Debate was, how it was resolved, and why it was important. A subjective abstract in three short paragraphs. Published version of the ‘Great Debate.’ This is a reprint of theContinue Reading
5 min read NASA Unveils Winning Designs for Mars Space Food Systems Challenge NASA announced the winners of the Deep Space Food Challenge: Mars to Table Thursday, with the top $300,000 prize being awarded to Chinyere Ukeje of Philadelphia, Pa. for the Adaptive Nourishment Infrastructure (ANI) food system concept. ThisContinue Reading
APOD Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss to Internet newsgroup: sci.physicsAnswers posted by Matt McIrvin of Harvard University, last updated 02-FEB-1995. Text in this file is NOT copyrighted by RJN. 1. What is a black hole, really? In 1916, when general relativity was new, KarlContinue Reading
SpaceX’s biggest AI advantage are the months and years competitors lose waiting. Colossus was built in 122 days. Now the strategy is power waiting for chips—and that changes when tens and hundreds of billions of dollars of revenue can begin. SpaceX owns xAI. Colossus, Grok and AI infrastructure are most of the revenue for theContinue Reading