Tag: chips
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In Israel-Hamas war, the dead become bargaining chips : NPR
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Issam Aruri, a Palestinian who runs the Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center, works on cases where Israel is holding the bodies of Palestinians who died while attacking Israel. Both Israel and Hamas hold the bodies of the dead from the other side to use as leverage in negotiations. Ayman Oghanna for NPR hide…
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The Tropicana will cash out its chips in April
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The house does not always win. Starting April 2, the Tropicana Las Vegas will shut its doors to make way for a new baseball stadium and resort, nearly 67 years after the casino opened its doors. The 44,000-square-foot casino and 1,400-room hotel will be demolished and replaced with a 30,000-seat ballpark, the future home of…
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What OpenAI’s latest batch of chips says about the future of AI
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OpenAI has received a coveted order of H100 chips and is expecting more soon, CEO Sam Altman said in a Nov. 13 interview with the Financial Times, adding that “next year looks already like it’s going to be better” in regards to securing more chips. One could say that the level of attention on AI…
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U.S. curbs export of more AI chips, including Nvidia H800, to China
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The U.S. Department of Commerce announced Tuesday that it plans to prevent the sale of more advanced artificial intelligence chips to China in the coming weeks. The U.S. government says the new rules are intended to close loopholes that popped up after last year’s restrictions on AI chip exports went into effect. Shares of chip…
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Chicken and chips put a taste for democracy to the test
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Free fried chicken and an endorsement from an unbeaten former world boxing champion have formed part of the intriguing choreography of election campaigning in Zimbabwe. Nonetheless, finger-licking crowds and cheers for US boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr have not distracted from fundamental concerns about the polls themselves and fears of vote rigging in the first…
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Dezeen Agenda features a toilet made from wood chips
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The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features a toilet made from wood composite, which its designers says generates fewer emissions than ceramic toilets. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. Finnish design company Woodio has designed a wall-mounted toilet that is formed from wood composite. According to Woodio, its production process generates 99 per…
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The Chips Act Becomes Industrial Social Policy
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Government subsidies are never free, and now we are learning the price U.S. semiconductor firms and others will pay for signing on to President Biden’s industrial policy. They will become the indentured servants of progressive social policy. Democrats last year snookered Republicans into passing their $280 billion Chips Act, which includes $39 billion in direct…
