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Sam Altman is upset at you for hoarding RAM in your own computer, Anthropic updated Claude to stop it from recreating existing video games, and a judge said that xAI must face an NAACP lawsuit on data center pollution
-Sam Altman thinks it's "quite terrible" for people to have "a bunch of the world's limited supply of DRAM sitting in their own computer" and using it five percent of the time. -Anthropic wants to "to steer it away from recreating someone else's specific game because using Claude ... Show More
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Sep 2023
10 PM ET: Gov’t shutdown looms, ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell,’ Neuralink & more
The Senate has voted to confirm the next chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, ending months of gridlock caused by one senator. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy seemed hopeful after presenting a new GOP plan to avoid a government shutdown to members of his party. The Pentagon is lau ... Show More
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Sep 2023
Tech News: The FCC Says Net Neutrality is Back on the Menu
During the administration of Barack Obama, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) tried to codify net neutrality into US law. Then, during the Trump administration, the new FCC stripped net neutrality out again. This week, the FCC once again tries to establish an official US ... Show More
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Nov 2021
Tech News: NASA Plays Galactic Billiards With Asteroid
NASA launches a spacecraft that will collide with an asteroid, but on purpose. Also, Facebook executives allegedly prevented researchers from improving algorithms to limit the spread of hate speech. And Texas invites bitcoin miners to settle down, but can the state's power grid h ... Show More
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Jul 2018
Fri. 7/20 - New Tesla is a "Rainbow-Farting Space Ship"
WhatsApp limits forwards, Microsoft announces earnings, emergency alerts on Netflix, grocery chain Kroger throws shade at Amazon Prime Day, and the Weekend Longreads Suggestions. Links:WhatsApp will drastically limit forwarding across the globe to stop the spread of fake news, fo ... Show More
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Feb 2024
Moon landing, Nvidia frenzy, ‘The Trump whisperer’ at NATO and Alabama embryo ruling
The United States has achieved its first moon landing in half a century with a private spacecraft. AI mania has added a whopping $277 billion to Nvidia’s market value. Outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, known as ‘The Trump whisperer’ for his skill in handling the then US p ... Show More
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Oct 2023
EV Declines, Net Neutrality, and an AI Executive Order
Kara and Scott are making the TV rounds: Kara was on The Simpsons, and Scott was on Bill Maher! They’re also on their way to The White House as President Biden launches a new approach to AI. Then, the FCC is ready to restore net neutrality. And auto executives are pumping the bre ... Show More
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