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A profile of UK teenage hacker Arion Kurtaj, a Lapsus$ member who leaked GTA VI video in 2022 and was found guilty in 2023 for hacking Nvidia, Uber, and others (Wall Street Journal)
on October 6, 2024 at 12:10 pm
Wall Street Journal: A profile of UK teenage hacker Arion Kurtaj, a Lapsus$ member who leaked GTA VI video in 2022 and was found guilty in 2023 for hacking Nvidia, Uber, and others — The City of London Police had put the teenage boy in the suburban Travelodge to protect him. They even set up a code …
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Some US ride-hailing drivers are using Teslas with FSD as makeshift robotaxis, saying it lets them work longer hours by reducing stress, amid safety concerns (Reuters)
on October 6, 2024 at 9:05 am
Reuters: Some US ride-hailing drivers are using Teslas with FSD as makeshift robotaxis, saying it lets them work longer hours by reducing stress, amid safety concerns — A self-driving Tesla carrying a passenger for Uber (UBER.N) rammed into an SUV at an intersection in suburban Las Vegas in April …
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Taiwan, which is highly dependent on imported fossil fuels, is struggling to meet energy demands from its chip industry; TSMC uses ~9% of Taiwan’s electricity (Isabel Hilton/Yale E360)
on October 6, 2024 at 6:00 am
Isabel Hilton / Yale E360: Taiwan, which is highly dependent on imported fossil fuels, is struggling to meet energy demands from its chip industry; TSMC uses ~9% of Taiwan’s electricity — As the world’s largest producer of advanced computer chips, Taiwan is struggling to meet demand for electricity.
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Amkor and TSMC sign an MOU to collaborate on advanced chip packaging for AI, HPC, PC, and mobile processors at Amkor’s planned ~$2B facility in Peoria, Arizona (Anton Shilov/Tom’s Hardware)
on October 6, 2024 at 5:40 am
Anton Shilov / Tom’s Hardware: Amkor and TSMC sign an MOU to collaborate on advanced chip packaging for AI, HPC, PC, and mobile processors at Amkor’s planned ~$2B facility in Peoria, Arizona — Apple and Nvidia rejoice. — When Amkor announced plans to build a $1.6 billion chip test and packaging facility near Peoria …
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eMarketer: Google’s share of the US search ad market is expected to drop below 50% in 2025 for the first time in 10+ years, as Amazon, TikTok, and others rise (Wall Street Journal)
on October 6, 2024 at 3:25 am
Wall Street Journal: eMarketer: Google’s share of the US search ad market is expected to drop below 50% in 2025 for the first time in 10+ years, as Amazon, TikTok, and others rise — A flurry of new offerings for advertisers is hitting the market — Google’s grip on the nearly $300 billion search advertising business is loosening.
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Q&A with UCLA’s Terence Tao, widely considered the world’s greatest living mathematician, on OpenAI’s o1, how AI might be useful to mathematicians, and more (Matteo Wong/The Atlantic)
on October 5, 2024 at 11:25 pm
Matteo Wong / The Atlantic: Q&A with UCLA’s Terence Tao, widely considered the world’s greatest living mathematician, on OpenAI’s o1, how AI might be useful to mathematicians, and more — Terence Tao, the world’s greatest living mathematician, has a vision for AI. — Terence Tao, a mathematics professor at UCLA, is a real-life superintelligence.
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A deep dive into “AI Neoclouds”, a new breed of cloud compute providers built to offer GPU rentals, like Crusoe, Lambda Labs, and CoreWeave, and their economics (SemiAnalysis)
on October 5, 2024 at 9:10 pm
SemiAnalysis: A deep dive into “AI Neoclouds”, a new breed of cloud compute providers built to offer GPU rentals, like Crusoe, Lambda Labs, and CoreWeave, and their economics — H100 Rental Price Cuts, AI Neocloud Giants and Emerging Neoclouds, H100 Cluster Bill of Materials and Cluster Deployment …
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Google rolls out Android theft protection features: Theft Detection Lock, which uses AI to detect motion indicating theft, Offline Device Lock, and Remote Lock (Wes Davis/The Verge)
on October 5, 2024 at 7:01 pm
Wes Davis / The Verge: Google rolls out Android theft protection features: Theft Detection Lock, which uses AI to detect motion indicating theft, Offline Device Lock, and Remote Lock — Google is rolling out a new set of features aimed at making it less easy for thieves to access your data.
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Grindr is testing an AI “wingman” that would let users track conversations with their “favorite” users, recommend long-term relationship candidates, and more (Belle Lin/Wall Street Journal)
on October 5, 2024 at 5:55 pm
Belle Lin / Wall Street Journal: Grindr is testing an AI “wingman” that would let users track conversations with their “favorite” users, recommend long-term relationship candidates, and more — The dating app is testing an AI bot for gay and bi men that would scout for long-term relationship prospects …
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An interview with Epic CEO Tim Sweeney about how the company became “financially sound”, Unreal Engine 6, building a “persistent universe” with Disney, and more (Jay Peters/The Verge)
on October 5, 2024 at 4:45 pm
Jay Peters / The Verge: An interview with Epic CEO Tim Sweeney about how the company became “financially sound”, Unreal Engine 6, building a “persistent universe” with Disney, and more — Just over a year ago, Epic Games laid off around 16 percent of its employees.
