2025-02-14
Tiny Chips Could Quietly Replace Expensive Cloud Hardware
Researchers have optimized Layer-7 load balancing using programmable SmartNICs to improve efficiency, cost, and energy use in cloud data centers.
Cloud Giants Spend a Fortune on Load Balancers—This Research Could Change That
Researchers have optimized Layer-7 load balancing using programmable SmartNICs to improve efficiency, cost, and energy use in cloud data centers.
Jerry Lawson was one of Silicon Valley’s first Black engineers and is...
Jerry Lawson was one of Silicon Valley’s first Black engineers and is known as “the father of the game cartridge”. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
How to Become, and Succeed as, an AI PM | The Marily Nika Episode
Listen now | From earning a PhD in AI to becoming an AI PM at Google and Meta, Marily Nika shares the strategies, mindset, and skills you need to become,...
AI Is Mapping Hidden Connections—And It’s Just Getting Started
From recommendation engines to network optimization, link prediction is a versatile tool that brings value.
An Update
Hey, everyone. This week has been a little wonky/distracted for me — I was tending to a sick kid for a couple of days and am trying not to get...
Elon Musk's AI Company Just Sacked an Engineer for Posting About Its Upcoming AI Model
Broke or Woke? Elon Musk's "anti-woke" AI company, xAI, forced one of its engineers to resign after he acknowledged on social media that its forthcoming Grok 3 model exists. That...
AngelQ's Mission to Build Safer AI Technology
AngelQ and Arcee AI release KidRails for LLMs framework to create AI that can respond appropriately to children. KidRail's framework employs a tiered approach that adapts responses based on a...
Tether vs. the US Military. Who Will Win?
Tether’s stablecoin, USDT, almost single-handedly holds the crypto market together. At $140 billion, with tentacles in all crypto apps and exchanges, it's a big fuss. Anything that tanks Tether will...
Wait, Was Elon's Son Just Caught on Camera Telling Trump What Musk Really Thinks of Him?
During an Oval Office press conference, Grimes' and Elon Musk's young son X Æ A-Xii appeared to tell President Donald Trump what his billionaire dad really thinks of him. While...
Unpaid ‘Special Factory Employee’
I’m a sucker for anything Cookie Monster, but this one really slaps. ★
Evidence Is Growing That Ozempic Can Cause Blindness
As drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro continue to skyrocket in usage, doctors are encountering more and more cases linking them to severe eye conditions. In a new study published in...
Is That 0.05% Extra Yield Really Worth the Risk of Staking Your Crypto?
Congratulations, you get 0.05% yield more and farm some points! Sounds great? Sure – until you realize that you’ve just staked risks across multiple layers without even knowing it. But...
Food for Agile Thought #480: AI and Jobs, Adopting the Product Model, Product Meets Revenue, Future of Agility
TL; DR: AI and Jobs — Food for Agile Thought #480 Welcome to the 480th edition of the Food for Agile Thought newsletter, shared with 42,711 peers. This week, we...
Appeasement at Munich
World Wars, Past and Possible
Mid-Feb Already Feels Like Mid-Year: A Recap of 2025’s Major (Around) Tech Events
As we reach mid-February 2025, the pace of events has been so rapid that it feels as though half the year has already passed.
The TechBeat: 30 World-Changing Prompts: OpenAI's AI Singularity, Deep Research Has Arrived (2/14/2025)
How are you, hacker? 🪐Want to know what's trending right now?: The Techbeat by HackerNoon has got you covered with fresh content from our trending stories of the day! Set...
Anyone Can Push Updates to the DOGE.gov Website
"THESE 'EXPERTS' LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN."
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