2025-05-01
This Acer RTX 4050 notebook is just $600 and, with a cheap RAM upgrade, you'll have a brilliant budget gaming laptop
Plus, you can add a second SSD to host your bulging Steam library.
Some low-stakes misinformation spread like wildfire, and I got it wrong too
Giovanni Colantonio writing for Digital Trends: The Confusion Around $90 Switch 2 Games Proves How Broken the Internet IsThere’s just one problem: *Mario Kart World* does not cost $90, at...
Slowdown After 2028: Compute, RLVR Uncertainty, MoE Data Wall
Published on May 1, 2025 1:54 PM GMTIt'll take until ~2050 to repeat the level of scaling that pretraining compute is experiencing this decade, as increasing funding can't sustain the...
Anthropomorphizing AI might be good, actually
Published on May 1, 2025 1:50 PM GMTIt is often noted that anthropomorphizing AI can be dangerous. People likely have prosocial instincts that AI systems lack (see below). Assuming AGI...
Tesla Is Extremely Upset About Reporting That Its Board Has Been Looking Into Replacing Elon Musk
On Wednesday evening, the Wall Street Journal reported that members of Tesla's board had been actively looking into a replacement for CEO Elon Musk, who had set the company's brand...
Canada Could Forget About the F-35 and Buy the F-47 NGAD Instead
Key Points: This analysis argues that Canada cannot realistically wait for the new US F-47 NGAD fighter to replace its aging CF-18 fleet, despite current political tensions potentially straining the...
The Case for Decentralized Cloud and Blockchain in Fintech Infrastructure
Centralized cloud systems struggle with latency, resilience, and compliance—especially in global Fintech. This article shares real-world tuning strategies using decentralized cloud and blockchain, from geo-aware microservices to dual-layered data flows,...
‘It Can Win a Dogfight’: Why Canada Might Pick the JAS 39 Gripen over the F-35 Fighter
Key Points: Sweden’s JAS 39 Gripen fighter, though lacking actual combat experience, has consistently demonstrated strong capabilities in demanding international military exercises. -Reports highlight its dominance over Chinese Su-27s in...
China Might Have More Than 5,000 Spies in Taiwan
According to estimates, the number of Chinese spies on Taiwan is about 5,000. But the island nation’s former Military Intelligence Bureau Director, Liu Te-liang, says that number is far too...
Scientists Say They May Have Spotted a Huge Hidden Planet Deep in Our Solar System
For over a century, astronomers have wondered if there's an extra planet in our Solar System that we haven't been able to see yet. It seems like we get another...
A clear-eyed look at LLM energy use
Andy Masley: A Cheat Sheet for Why Using ChatGPT Is Not Bad for the EnvironmentIf you want to prompt ChatGPT 40 times, you can just stop your shower 1 second...
Researchers Say the Most Popular Tool for Grading AIs Unfairly Favors Meta, Google, OpenAI
Chatbot Arena is the most popular AI benchmarking tool, but new research says its scores are misleading and benefit a handful of the biggest companies.
Opportunity cost and the systematic value loss in product development
Imagine the following scenario: You offer a product to meet the needs of a specific market niche and you do not work in the software factory model. A client hires...
Nobody told me you could cheese the hell out of Oblivion Remastered's lockpicking minigame and I've only broken 3 lockpicks since discovering it
I'd almost given up on ObRem's painstaking lockpicking until recently.
GAN and Tec Monterrey Forge Alliance To Boost LatAm Startup Ecosystem
Despite tensions between the U.S. government and Latin American countries over migration and tariffs, the business ecosystem within the hemisphere remains committed to cross-border investment. The Global Accelerator Network, commonly...
Here we go…
Jay Peters reporting on yesterday's Epic vs Apple trial decision:Epic Games v. Apple judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers just ruled that, effective immediately, Apple is no longer allowed to collect fees...
Turns out that the earliest versions of Windows 7 took longer to load depending on your choice of desktop wallpaper
It wasn't just you left staring at the Welcome screen for 30 seconds.
The GCAP 6th-Generation Fighter Question We Can’t Answer
Key Points: The UK-Italy-Japan Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) faces immense potential costs in developing its sixth-generation fighter. -Saudi Arabia has expressed keen interest in joining, offering significant funding that...
China Showed the World the J-36 and J-50 Fighters. Where Is SR-72 Darkstar?
Key Points: Unlike China’s public displays of new military aircraft, the US maintains deep secrecy around projects like the SR-72 “Darkstar,” Lockheed Martin’s hypersonic successor to the SR-71. -This secrecy...
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