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Repealing the #CHIPSAct could dramatically shrink #US chip market share, analysts sayWhat’s at Stake as Trump Looks to Scrap the CHIPS...
https://hachyderm.io/@BenjaminHC...Repealing the #CHIPSAct could dramatically shrink #US chip market share, analysts say
What’s at Stake as Trump Looks to Scrap the CHIPS Act
CHIPS Act spurred nearly $450B in commitments to build factories on US soil, amounting to almost $10 of private sector investment for every $1 spent by gov. Even so, Trump has complained that program is a waste of taxpayer money, telling Congress it’s a “horrible, horrible thing” imploring lawmakers to repeal.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-07/what-is-the-chips-act-why-does-trump-want-to-end-it
https://archive.ph/9ASrH
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Global #seaice hit record low in FebruaryThe combined area of #ice around north and south poles hit new daily minimum in early February and...
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The combined area of #ice around north and south poles hit new daily minimum in early February and stayed below previous record for rest of the month, reports EU's Copernicus #ClimateChange Service. "One of the consequences of a warmer world is melting sea ice," said deputy director, Samantha Burgess. "The record or near-record low sea ice cover at both poles has pushed global sea ice cover to an all-time minimum."
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/06/global-sea-ice-hit-all-time-minimum-in-february-scientists-say
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#AMD #Ryzen 9 #9950X3D Delivers Excellent Performance For #Linux Developers, Creators & Technical ComputingGenerationally 9950X3D came...
https://hachyderm.io/@BenjaminHC...#AMD #Ryzen 9 #9950X3D Delivers Excellent Performance For #Linux Developers, Creators & Technical Computing
Generationally 9950X3D came out 25% faster than 7950X3D overall making it still a very nice generational upgrade with being able to leverage the same #AM5 motherboard and DDR5 system memory.
Heavy hitting gains for 9950X3D in AI workloads like OpenVINO, TensorFlow, and Llama.cpp. HPC / technical computing workloads, and more all benefited handsomely from 3D #VCache.
https://www.phoronix.com/review/amd-ryzen-9-9950x3d-linux
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#Intel’s #Battlemage ArchitectureBattlemage is organized much like its predecessor. #Xe Cores act as a basic building block, 4 Cores...
https://hachyderm.io/@BenjaminHC...#Intel’s #Battlemage Architecture
Battlemage is organized much like its predecessor. #Xe Cores act as a basic building block, 4 Cores grouped into a Render Slice. Xe Cores are split into XVEs, or Xe Vector engines. Intel merged pairs of Alchemist XVEs into ones that are twice as wide, completing a transition towards larger execution unit partitions. Compute is easier to utilize, cache latency improves, and weird scaling issues with global memory atomics are resolved.
https://chipsandcheese.com/p/intels-battlemage-architecture
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#DeepSeek Proves It: #OpenSource is the Secret to Dominating #Tech Markets (and Wall Street has it wrong) What news and commentariat are...
https://hachyderm.io/@BenjaminHC...#DeepSeek Proves It: #OpenSource is the Secret to Dominating #Tech Markets (and Wall Street has it wrong)
What news and commentariat are missing is massive opportunity DeepSeek has opened for open source and, the open movement. Too much is framed as #US vs #China and race for #AI. Too much is framed on DeepSeek training a powerful model on fraction of compute for fraction of cost means all large companies spending big bucks on #NVIDIA gear and training will be undercut.
https://www.linuxfoundation.org/blog/deepseek-proves-it-open-source-is-the-secret-to-dominating-tech-markets-and-wall-street-has-it-wrong
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#Euclid #telescope captures #EinsteinRing revealing warping of #space, showing light from a distant #galaxy bent into a perfect circle by...
https://hachyderm.io/@BenjaminHC...#Euclid #telescope captures #EinsteinRing revealing warping of #space, showing light from a distant #galaxy bent into a perfect circle by the gravity of another galaxy sitting between Earth and the source, #ESA said.
Phenomenon, spotted around galaxy #NGC6505 some 590M light-years from Earth, reveals the warping of space predicted by Einstein's theory of relativity. The background galaxy, located 4.42B light-years away, appears as a complete ring of light around NGC 6505.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/feb/10/euclid-telescope-captures-einstein-ring-revealing-warping-of-space
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#DeepSea #Fish of Nightmares Strays Into Shallow WatersWhile on shark research expedition, about 2,000m off coast of Tenerife in the...
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While on shark research expedition, about 2,000m off coast of Tenerife in the #CanaryIslands, which are part of #Spain. Marine biologists said they captured the first images of a live adult black seadevil #anglerfish.
One positive for nervous swimmers planning a trip to the Canary Islands: The fish is only about six inches long. It also has a less scary alternative name: humpback anglerfish.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/science/black-seadevil-anglerfish.html
https://archive.ph/pdj2I
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January #earthquake shook $165M off #TSMC’s revenue forecastTSMC also revealed “a certain number of wafers in process were impacted and...
https://hachyderm.io/@BenjaminHC...January #earthquake shook $165M off #TSMC’s revenue forecast
TSMC also revealed “a certain number of wafers in process were impacted and had to be scrapped due to the earthquake and aftershocks.”
Bean-counters’ best guess, based on a preliminary assessment, is that earthquake-related losses will be approximately $161.5 million – or about 0.6 percent of revenue.
TSMC promises production schedule will get back on track
https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/11/tsmc_taiwan_earthquake_financial_impact/
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#Humpback #Whale Song Follows #ZipfsLaw, A Fundamental Law Of Human #LanguageAnd some #whales exhibit Menzerath’s law even more strongly...
https://hachyderm.io/@BenjaminHC...#Humpback #Whale Song Follows #ZipfsLaw, A Fundamental Law Of Human #Language
And some #whales exhibit Menzerath’s law even more strongly than humans.
#MenzerathsLaw and Zipf’s focus on this kind of streamlining. Menzerath’s is all about how longer words or vocalizations are more efficient if made up of shorter elements (like syllables or notes), while Zipf’s law states that common and shorter elements will be used more often in efficient language than longer, rarer ones.
https://www.iflscience.com/humpback-whale-song-follows-zipfs-law-a-fundamental-law-of-human-language-77978
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#Rivian Will Sell Its Cute #EV #Vans to Businesses That Aren’t Amazon NowAnyone from huge companies like AT&T to local plumbing...
https://hachyderm.io/@BenjaminHC...#Rivian Will Sell Its Cute #EV #Vans to Businesses That Aren’t Amazon Now
Anyone from huge companies like AT&T to local plumbing companies can now buy Rivian's modular electric van.
Rivian will now sell its commercial van to any fleet, starting at $79,900
https://www.thedrive.com/news/rivian-will-sell-its-cute-ev-vans-to-businesses-that-arent-amazon-now
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Feds Halt the National #ElectricVehicle Charging ProgramThe US government has ordered states to retract their plans to build hundreds of...
https://hachyderm.io/@BenjaminHC...Feds Halt the National #ElectricVehicle Charging Program
The US government has ordered states to retract their plans to build hundreds of federally funded #EVcharging stations, according to a memo obtained by WIRED.
The #NEVI program, established by 2021’s Infrastructure Law, attempted to build chargers along thousands of miles of federal highway, with a focus on places that might not otherwise be able to financially support a charger.
https://www.wired.com/story/feds-halt-national-electric-vehicle-charging-program/
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How the XB-1 #aircraft went supersonic without a #sonicboomIn this case, the #BoomSupersonic #XB1 took advantage of a #physics phenomenon...
https://hachyderm.io/@BenjaminHC...How the XB-1 #aircraft went supersonic without a #sonicboom
In this case, the #BoomSupersonic #XB1 took advantage of a #physics phenomenon called the Mach cutoff. Because sound moves more slowly at higher altitudes, an aircraft breaching the sound barrier at those heights will produce a boom that cannot reach the ground – if the boom moves downward, the increasing speed of sound will deflect it, pushing its shock waves upward instead. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2467745-how-the-xb-1-aircraft-went-supersonic-without-a-sonic-boom/
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Hurricane #Elon: #DOGE cuts could cause meteorologists to miss next ‘nightmare’ stormTrump chaotic approach to so-called efficiency in...
https://hachyderm.io/@BenjaminHC...Hurricane #Elon: #DOGE cuts could cause meteorologists to miss next ‘nightmare’ storm
Trump chaotic approach to so-called efficiency in federal workforce has wreaked havoc upon civil service, including at #NWS & #NOAA
All signs point to dismemberment of national meteorological and hydrological service that had been envy of world. Whether it is by hitting it with sledgehammer or delivering death by a thousand cuts, NOAA and NWS staff are already spread thin and demoralized
https://thebulletin.org/2025/03/hurricane-elon-doge-cuts-could-cause-meteorologists-to-miss-the-next-nightmare-storm/
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#AMD #EPYC9845 Makes For A Persuasive Upgrade With Performance & Energy Efficiency ReviewEPYC 9845 is AMDs top-end SKU for 400 Watts or...
https://hachyderm.io/@BenjaminHC...#AMD #EPYC9845 Makes For A Persuasive Upgrade With Performance & Energy Efficiency Review
EPYC 9845 is AMDs top-end SKU for 400 Watts or less that allows for 160 dense cores per socket compared to the 128 core EPYC 9754 Bergamo. Effectively the same power level and 25% more -- and better (#Zen5C) cores.
Simply upgrading BIOS and swapping CPU withouta memory upgrade and any increased power/cooling requirements while achieving 1.36x performance is a very persuasive upgrade.
https://www.phoronix.com/review/amd-epyc-9845
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#ElonMusk ally, #MichaelGrimes, a former Morgan Stanley banker, leading #CHIPSAct office purge — only 14% of original staff remain after...
https://hachyderm.io/@BenjaminHC...#ElonMusk ally, #MichaelGrimes, a former Morgan Stanley banker, leading #CHIPSAct office purge — only 14% of original staff remain after dismissals
CHIPS Act is largely disbursed, so we don’t expect any more companies to receive awards through the CHIPS Act. How Washington will disburse the billions of dollars that were already awarded to various companies but haven’t been released yet will ultimately become the work of remaining 22 staffers left in the CHIPS Act office
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/elon-musk-ally-leading-chips-act-office-purge-only-14-percent-of-original-staff-remain-after-dismissals
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#AI #chatbots distort and mislead when asked about current affairs, BBC findsThe researchers asked the four #generativeAI tools to answer...
https://hachyderm.io/@BenjaminHC...#AI #chatbots distort and mislead when asked about current affairs, BBC finds
The researchers asked the four #generativeAI tools to answer 100 questions using #BBC articles as a source. The answers were then rated by BBC journalists who specialise in the relevant subject areas.
About a fifth of the answers introduced factual errors on numbers, dates or statements; 13% of quotes sourced to the BBC were either altered or did not exist in the articles cited.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/11/ai-chatbots-distort-and-mislead-when-asked-about-current-affairs-bbc-finds #LLM
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#France Taps #Nuclear Power in Race for #AI SupremacyMacron aims to dedicate a gigawatt of nuclear power to create one of the world’s...
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Macron aims to dedicate a gigawatt of nuclear power to create one of the world’s largest AI computing facilities
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/france-taps-nuclear-power-for-new-ai-training-cluster-a7804107
https://archive.ph/fRWKH
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Setting The Stage For #OpenSource #Sonar Development https://hackaday.com/2025/01/24/setting-the-stage-for-open-source-sonar-development/
https://hachyderm.io/@BenjaminHC...Setting The Stage For #OpenSource #Sonar Development https://hackaday.com/2025/01/24/setting-the-stage-for-open-source-sonar-development/
10.3.2025 14:26Setting The Stage For #OpenSource #Sonar Development https://hackaday.com/2025/01/24/setting-the-stage-for-open-source-sonar-development/https://hachyderm.io/@BenjaminHC...
#Microsoft Study Finds #AI Makes Human Cognition “Atrophied and Unprepared”Researchers find that the more people use AI at their #job,...
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Researchers find that the more people use AI at their #job, the less critical thinking they use.
As humans increasingly rely on #generativeAI in their work, they use less critical thinking, which can “result in the deterioration of cognitive faculties that ought to be preserved.”
https://www.404media.co/microsoft-study-finds-ai-makes-human-cognition-atrophied-and-unprepared-3/
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#Automakers Sue To Kill #Maine’s Hugely Popular ‘#RightToRepair’ #LawA little over a year ago, Maine residents voted overwhelmingly...
https://hachyderm.io/@BenjaminHC...#Automakers Sue To Kill #Maine’s Hugely Popular ‘#RightToRepair’ #Law
A little over a year ago, Maine residents voted overwhelmingly (83%) to pass a new state right to repair law designed to make #auto repairs easier and more affordable. More specifically, the law requires that automakers standardize on-board diagnostic systems and provide remote access to those systems and mechanical data to consumers and third-party independent repair shops.
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/07/automakers-sue-to-kill-maines-hugely-popular-right-to-repair-law/
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