America Is Behind on Memory Chips—and Tariffs Threaten to Make Things Harder
The Trump administration wants to spur U.S. chip-making, but tariffs on foreign imports could raise costs for American companies.
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Efficient MoE Training for Biological Foundation Models
As language models grow, scaling dense architectures becomes increasingly expensive. In a dense transformer, every token passes through every layer, so adding…
Automating coherent long-form video generation
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Anonymous Men Have Turned Cyberharassment Into a Group Sport—Here’s One Woman’s Side of the Story
This week on Uncanny Valley, we take you behind our feature on the women struggling after being targeted by the burnerverse.
I Think I Found an AI Agent Worth the Risk
Instinct saved me $550, booked my restaurant reservations, and warned me about a phishing scam. It also wasted $64 and might be a security nightmare.
Microsoft puts Brad Smith in charge of communications
Microsoft is moving its communications group out of marketing and into its Corporate, External, and Legal Affairs (CELA) organization. The surprise change will see Microsoft vice chair and president Brad Smith oversee communications, while the company searches for a replacement for Frank Shaw, chief communications officer, who is departing later this year. Microsoft CEO Satya…
Nexterity wants to automate the hard, dangerous part of pipefitting
The startup’s robot can tighten or loosen four bolts at a time, and it fits in a Pelican case.
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PrismML brings its tiny LLMs to Qualcomm-powered smart glasses
Prism’s larger goal is open-weight AI that runs on devices and makes better use of the computing power they already have.
Bitcoin Up or Down in 5 Minutes? 1win Markets Launches Crypto Live
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