Month: February 2025
Nvidia confirms ‘rare’ RTX 5090 and 5070 Ti manufacturing issue
It’s true: Nvidia has just confirmed it shipped some RTX 5090, RTX 5090D, and even some RTX 5070 Ti graphics chips that were missing render units, as TechPowerUp originally reported — and that you’ll be able to get a replacement if your card was affected. Nvidia GeForce global PR director Ben Berraondo tells The Verge: … Read more
Appendices on Our Dark Matter Study
Table of Links Acknowledgements 1 Introduction to thesis 1.1 History and Evidence 1.2 Facts on dark matter 1.3 Candidates to dark matter 1.4 Dark matter detection 1.5 Outline of the thesis 2 Dark matter through ALP portal and 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Model 2.3 Existing constraints on ALP parameter space 2.4 Dark matter analysis 2.5 Summary … Read more
Dark Matter Study: Examining Several Models of WIMP
Table of Links Acknowledgements 1 Introduction to thesis 1.1 History and Evidence 1.2 Facts on dark matter 1.3 Candidates to dark matter 1.4 Dark matter detection 1.5 Outline of the thesis 2 Dark matter through ALP portal and 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Model 2.3 Existing constraints on ALP parameter space 2.4 Dark matter analysis 2.5 Summary … Read more
Dark Matter Analysis: A Lifetime Study
Table of Links Acknowledgements 1 Introduction to thesis 1.1 History and Evidence 1.2 Facts on dark matter 1.3 Candidates to dark matter 1.4 Dark matter detection 1.5 Outline of the thesis 2 Dark matter through ALP portal and 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Model 2.3 Existing constraints on ALP parameter space 2.4 Dark matter analysis 2.5 Summary … Read more
Who Wants to Work in a Factory?
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Reddit is experiencing outages again
Following some apparent outages yesterday, Reddit is dealing with more issues Friday evening. When logged in on my desktop browser, Reddit won’t load at all — I just run into error pages. In an incognito window, the site loads, though it seems to load slower than usual. I was also able to load the site … Read more
Paxlovid: You’d have expected more
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SEC drops investigation into NFT marketplace OpenSea
OpenSea founder Devin Finzer announced that the SEC is closing its investigation into the NFT platform, calling it “a win for everyone” in the industry.
A Short History of English Waymarks
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10 Mistakes Beginning AI Practitioners Make That You Should Avoid
A survey from Gartner shows how over 85% of AI startups fail. One of the biggest reasons is a lack of expertise, which surprisingly isn’t just about numbers. The industry now suffers from a lack of professionals who can implement AI tasks effectively. As an AI practitioner, you’re expected to understand machine learning, AI algorithms, … Read more
Altcoins begin to Send, SEC to drop Coinbase Lawsuit, KAITO & IP soar!
BTC nears $100k, ETH continues to outperform. Altcoins start to send as meme activity fades. SEC lawsuit vs Coinbase set to be dropped. 1m BTC reserve may offset $21T debt: VanEck. US will buy 4.2m BTC for reserves: Saylor. Arizona BTC reserve bill heads to Senate. Utah BTC reserve bill to be voted on in … Read more
Elon Musk’s AI said he and Trump deserve the death penalty
Elon Musk’s OpenAI rival, xAI, says it’s investigating why its Grok AI chatbot suggested that both President Donald Trump and Musk deserve the death penalty. xAI has already patched the issue and Grok will no longer give suggestions for who it thinks should receive capital punishment. People were able to get Grok to say that … Read more
The Most Effective Way to Run a Sprint Retrospective
I’ve been running Sprint Reviews for the last 15 years, and I truly believe them to be useful when done well. When Sprint Reviews are not done well, however, they are at best a waste of time and at worst give you a reduction in morale. Pre-requisites For Sprint Retrospectives to be effective, you have … Read more
Meta, X approved ads containing violent anti-Muslim, antisemitic hate speech ahead of German election, study finds
Social media giants Meta and X approved ads targeting users in Germany with violent anti-Muslim and anti-Jew hate speech in the run-up to the country’s federal elections, according to new research from Eko, a corporate responsibility nonprofit campaign group. The group’s researchers tested whether the two platforms’ ad review systems would approve or reject submissions … Read more
Xonsh – A Python-powered shell
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Franklin Templeton Joins Growing Pile of Solana ETF Applicants
Asset manager Franklin Templeton is seeking SEC approval for funds based on the performance of Solana, the sixth-largest coin by market cap.
Grok resets the AI race
Elon Musk. Just a few weeks after everyone freaked out about DeepSeek, Elon Muskâs Grok-3 has again shaken up the fast-moving AI race. The new model is ending the week at the top of the Chatbot Arena leaderboard, while the Grok iOS app is at the top of the App Store, just above ChatGPT. Even … Read more
Court filings show Meta staffers discussed using copyrighted content for AI training
For years, Meta employees have internally discussed using copyrighted works obtained through legally questionable means to train the company’s AI models, according to court documents unsealed on Thursday. The documents were submitted by plaintiffs in the case Kadrey v. Meta, one of many AI copyright disputes slowly winding through the U.S. court system. The defendant, … Read more
India’s SuperGaming Launching B3 Gamechain via Ethereum’s Base Network
The B3 gaming network on Ethereum layer-2 Base will host a dedicated chain built by Indian game publisher SuperGaming.
Bybit CEO Labels Pi Network a Scam, Citing Official Police Warning
Bybit CEO Ben Zhou said Thursday that his exchange will not list the Pi Network’s PI token, which was controversially released on Thursday, citing a Chinese police warning from 2023 that alleged the project was a scam targeting elderly people, leaking their personal information and leading to the loss of their pensions. “There are multiple … Read more
Brian Armstrong says Coinbase spent $50M fighting SEC lawsuit – and beat it
Coinbase on Friday said the SEC has agreed to drop the lawsuit against the company with prejudice, meaning it cannot be filed again. The move, which is still subject to the approval of the SEC’s Commissioners, is yet another signal that the Trump administration plans to be more friendly to crypto than the SEC was … Read more