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'Both sides suffer' - Shanghai residents on tensions over tariffs 'Both sides suffer' - Shanghai residents on tensions over tariffs Reviewed by swadu on February 04, 2025 Rating: 5
Mark Zuckerberg says users on Threads can now make their custom feeds public and follow custom feeds made by others (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) Mark Zuckerberg says users on Threads can now make their custom feeds public and follow custom feeds made by others (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) Reviewed by swadu on February 04, 2025 Rating: 5
Apple raises the monthly AppleCare+ price for iPhone users by $0.50 in the US and will only offer one-time AppleCare+ purchase options in its online store (Juli Clover/MacRumors) Apple raises the monthly AppleCare+ price for iPhone users by $0.50 in the US and will only offer one-time AppleCare+ purchase options in its online store (Juli Clover/MacRumors) Reviewed by swadu on February 04, 2025 Rating: 5
An OPM staffer believes a server Musk's associates installed, with access to federal staff info like SSNs, has not undergone a Privacy Impact Assessment (Musk Watch) An OPM staffer believes a server Musk's associates installed, with access to federal staff info like SSNs, has not undergone a Privacy Impact Assessment (Musk Watch) Reviewed by swadu on February 03, 2025 Rating: 5
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni lawyers spar during first court hearing Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni lawyers spar during first court hearing Reviewed by swadu on February 03, 2025 Rating: 5
Adam Candeub, a Big Tech critic and architect of Trump's first term effort to revoke Section 230 protections for social media, will be the FCC's general counsel (Ben Smith/Semafor) Adam Candeub, a Big Tech critic and architect of Trump's first term effort to revoke Section 230 protections for social media, will be the FCC's general counsel (Ben Smith/Semafor) Reviewed by swadu on February 03, 2025 Rating: 5
Trump signs an executive action to form a sovereign wealth fund; Commerce secretary nominee Howard Lutnick says it may be used to facilitate a sale of TikTok US (Bloomberg) Trump signs an executive action to form a sovereign wealth fund; Commerce secretary nominee Howard Lutnick says it may be used to facilitate a sale of TikTok US (Bloomberg) Reviewed by swadu on February 03, 2025 Rating: 5
Grammy Awards: Live updates on winners and nominees Grammy Awards: Live updates on winners and nominees Reviewed by swadu on February 02, 2025 Rating: 5
Six engineers, all apparently between 19 and 24 years and linked to Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, are helping Musk gain control of federal infrastructure with DOGE (Vittoria Elliott/Wired) Six engineers, all apparently between 19 and 24 years and linked to Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, are helping Musk gain control of federal infrastructure with DOGE (Vittoria Elliott/Wired) Reviewed by swadu on February 02, 2025 Rating: 5
Some parents say they are eschewing 529 college savings plans and other traditional investments to invest in cryptocurrency to build wealth for their children (Bloomberg) Some parents say they are eschewing 529 college savings plans and other traditional investments to invest in cryptocurrency to build wealth for their children (Bloomberg) Reviewed by swadu on February 02, 2025 Rating: 5
Victims of Philadelphia air ambulance crash named Victims of Philadelphia air ambulance crash named Reviewed by swadu on February 02, 2025 Rating: 5
Japan plans to expand export controls on advanced chips, lithography equipment, and cryocoolers for quantum computers, with new rules taking effect by late May (Mayumi Negishi/Bloomberg) Japan plans to expand export controls on advanced chips, lithography equipment, and cryocoolers for quantum computers, with new rules taking effect by late May (Mayumi Negishi/Bloomberg) Reviewed by swadu on February 01, 2025 Rating: 5
The US NTSB says it will not email news outlets and reporters with updates about the two recent plane crashes, and will instead post updates on its X account (Matthew Keys/The Desk) The US NTSB says it will not email news outlets and reporters with updates about the two recent plane crashes, and will instead post updates on its X account (Matthew Keys/The Desk) Reviewed by swadu on February 01, 2025 Rating: 5
India removes import duties on some components for making smartphones, in a boost for local production efforts and benefiting companies like Apple and Xiaomi (Shivangi Acharya/Reuters) India removes import duties on some components for making smartphones, in a boost for local production efforts and benefiting companies like Apple and Xiaomi (Shivangi Acharya/Reuters) Reviewed by swadu on February 01, 2025 Rating: 5
Trump says he ordered air strikes on Islamic State group in Somalia Trump says he ordered air strikes on Islamic State group in Somalia Reviewed by swadu on February 01, 2025 Rating: 5
OpenAI launches o3-mini, its latest reasoning model that it says is largely on par with o1 and o1-mini in capability, but runs faster and costs less (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch) OpenAI launches o3-mini, its latest reasoning model that it says is largely on par with o1 and o1-mini in capability, but runs faster and costs less (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch) Reviewed by swadu on January 31, 2025 Rating: 5
Microsoft creates the Advanced Planning Unit within its Microsoft AI division to help the company understand the societal, health, and work implications of AI (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch) Microsoft creates the Advanced Planning Unit within its Microsoft AI division to help the company understand the societal, health, and work implications of AI (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch) Reviewed by swadu on January 31, 2025 Rating: 5
Elon Musk is using the same tactics he used during his Twitter takeover at DOGE, including offering exits to federal employees and testing engineering prowess (New York Times) Elon Musk is using the same tactics he used during his Twitter takeover at DOGE, including offering exits to federal employees and testing engineering prowess (New York Times) Reviewed by swadu on January 30, 2025 Rating: 5
Sources: Satya Nadella and Microsoft execs moved quickly to get engineers to test and deploy R1 on Azure and GitHub in 10 days, an unusually fast turnaround (Tom Warren/The Verge) Sources: Satya Nadella and Microsoft execs moved quickly to get engineers to test and deploy R1 on Azure and GitHub in 10 days, an unusually fast turnaround (Tom Warren/The Verge) Reviewed by swadu on January 30, 2025 Rating: 5
Eight Israeli and Thai hostages released from Gaza Eight Israeli and Thai hostages released from Gaza Reviewed by swadu on January 30, 2025 Rating: 5
Three military-run states leave West African bloc - what will change? Three military-run states leave West African bloc - what will change? Reviewed by swadu on January 29, 2025 Rating: 5
Sources: the Trump administration is exploring additional curbs on the sale of chips to China to cover Nvidia's scaled-down H20, designed for the Chinese market (Bloomberg) Sources: the Trump administration is exploring additional curbs on the sale of chips to China to cover Nvidia's scaled-down H20, designed for the Chinese market (Bloomberg) Reviewed by swadu on January 29, 2025 Rating: 5
Far-right vote on asylum rocks German parliament Far-right vote on asylum rocks German parliament Reviewed by swadu on January 29, 2025 Rating: 5
DeepSeek: How China's 'AI heroes' overcame US curbs to stun Silicon Valley DeepSeek: How China's 'AI heroes' overcame US curbs to stun Silicon Valley Reviewed by swadu on January 28, 2025 Rating: 5
Trump to sign order eliminating DEI from military Trump to sign order eliminating DEI from military Reviewed by swadu on January 27, 2025 Rating: 5
Meta says Meta AI will now use account info from across Meta's apps to give personalized suggestions; users can also ask Meta AI to "remember" specific things (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch) Meta says Meta AI will now use account info from across Meta's apps to give personalized suggestions; users can also ask Meta AI to "remember" specific things (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch) Reviewed by swadu on January 27, 2025 Rating: 5
S Korean president charged with insurrection over martial law attempt S Korean president charged with insurrection over martial law attempt Reviewed by swadu on January 26, 2025 Rating: 5
A bear case for Nvidia: competition from hardware startups, inference-heavy "reasoning" models, DeepSeek's training and inference efficiency breakthroughs, more (Jeffrey Emanuel/YouTubeTranscript ...) A bear case for Nvidia: competition from hardware startups, inference-heavy "reasoning" models, DeepSeek's training and inference efficiency breakthroughs, more (Jeffrey Emanuel/YouTubeTranscript ...) Reviewed by swadu on January 26, 2025 Rating: 5
A look at the growing prevalence of LLM-written posts that have been backdated and attributed to human authors on Physics Forums, which was founded in 2001 (Hall of Impossible Dreams) A look at the growing prevalence of LLM-written posts that have been backdated and attributed to human authors on Physics Forums, which was founded in 2001 (Hall of Impossible Dreams) Reviewed by swadu on January 26, 2025 Rating: 5
Survivors return as world remembers Auschwitz 80 years after liberation Survivors return as world remembers Auschwitz 80 years after liberation Reviewed by swadu on January 26, 2025 Rating: 5
Pete Hegseth confirmed as US defence secretary in tie-breaking vote Pete Hegseth confirmed as US defence secretary in tie-breaking vote Reviewed by swadu on January 25, 2025 Rating: 5
After pouring tens of millions into Trump's campaign, the crypto industry has been paid back handsomely during his first week back, with EOs, rule changes, more (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC) After pouring tens of millions into Trump's campaign, the crypto industry has been paid back handsomely during his first week back, with EOs, rule changes, more (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC) Reviewed by swadu on January 25, 2025 Rating: 5
Rather than weakening China's AI capabilities, US sanctions appear to be driving startups like DeepSeek to innovate by prioritizing efficiency and collaboration (Caiwei Chen/MIT Technology Review) Rather than weakening China's AI capabilities, US sanctions appear to be driving startups like DeepSeek to innovate by prioritizing efficiency and collaboration (Caiwei Chen/MIT Technology Review) Reviewed by swadu on January 25, 2025 Rating: 5
IDF said bombed apartments were Hezbollah base - but most killed were civilians IDF said bombed apartments were Hezbollah base - but most killed were civilians Reviewed by swadu on January 24, 2025 Rating: 5
An interview with Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis on why he doesn't believe we will have AGI in 2025, putting Google's assistants in smart glasses, and more (Alex Kantrowitz/Big Technology) An interview with Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis on why he doesn't believe we will have AGI in 2025, putting Google's assistants in smart glasses, and more (Alex Kantrowitz/Big Technology) Reviewed by swadu on January 24, 2025 Rating: 5
Similarweb: RedNote's DAUs in the US fell by 54% on January 20 when the TikTok ban was put on hold, after reaching a high of 32.5M DAUs on the day of the ban (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) Similarweb: RedNote's DAUs in the US fell by 54% on January 20 when the TikTok ban was put on hold, after reaching a high of 32.5M DAUs on the day of the ban (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) Reviewed by swadu on January 24, 2025 Rating: 5
At Davos, Trump blasts EU for targeting Apple, Google, and Meta, describing regulatory cases as "a form of taxation", and references Apple's €13B Irish tax bill (Bloomberg) At Davos, Trump blasts EU for targeting Apple, Google, and Meta, describing regulatory cases as "a form of taxation", and references Apple's €13B Irish tax bill (Bloomberg) Reviewed by swadu on January 23, 2025 Rating: 5
Watch: 'I do', say Thai couples as country legalises same-sex marriage Watch: 'I do', say Thai couples as country legalises same-sex marriage Reviewed by swadu on January 23, 2025 Rating: 5
Samsung announces the $800 Galaxy S25 with a 6.2" screen and the $1K 6.7" Galaxy S25 Plus, with 12GB of RAM, Snapdragon 8 Elite, "Qi2 Ready", and more (Dominic Preston/The Verge) Samsung announces the $800 Galaxy S25 with a 6.2" screen and the $1K 6.7" Galaxy S25 Plus, with 12GB of RAM, Snapdragon 8 Elite, "Qi2 Ready", and more (Dominic Preston/The Verge) Reviewed by swadu on January 22, 2025 Rating: 5
Parrot Analytics estimates Severance season 1 earned $200M+, with ~50% coming in the year following the finale; Ted Lasso generated $609.4M from Q3'20 to Q3'24 (Max Goldbart/Deadline) Parrot Analytics estimates Severance season 1 earned $200M+, with ~50% coming in the year following the finale; Ted Lasso generated $609.4M from Q3'20 to Q3'24 (Max Goldbart/Deadline) Reviewed by swadu on January 21, 2025 Rating: 5
US trades Taliban prisoner for two American detainees US trades Taliban prisoner for two American detainees Reviewed by swadu on January 21, 2025 Rating: 5
Donald Trump promises 'golden age' in first speech as 47th US President Donald Trump promises 'golden age' in first speech as 47th US President Reviewed by swadu on January 20, 2025 Rating: 5
A memecoin named Official Barron Trump hit a $460M market cap before falling 95%; a Pump.fun user behind it has debuted other unofficial coins called "official" (Tim Copeland/The Block) A memecoin named Official Barron Trump hit a $460M market cap before falling 95%; a Pump.fun user behind it has debuted other unofficial coins called "official" (Tim Copeland/The Block) Reviewed by swadu on January 20, 2025 Rating: 5
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