Trillium: Google’s TPU Powerhouse Behind Its New AI Models

Google's sixth-generation tensor processing unit (TPU) stole the company's I/O developer conference stage with its higher-than-ever computing performance.

JEDEC Confirms CAMM2 Memory For Desktop PCs: DDR6 Up To 17.6 Gbps & LPDDR6

DDR6 & LPDDR6 memory will feature super-fast speeds of up to 17.6 Gbps while the CAMM2 DRAM standard is headed to desktops.

TSMC to Expand CoWoS Capacity by 60% Yearly Through 2026

Six essential elements of the project discovery phase

Embarking on a new software development project is similar to setting sail on uncharted waters. While the destination might be

Electric ‘Ripples’ in the Resting Brain Tag Memories for Storage

New experiments reveal how the brain chooses which memories to save and add credence to advice about the importance of rest.

Copper becomes the “the new industrial kingpin” thanks to AI, green energy,

Copper is on the verge of a reign similar to oil's historic dominance, but fueled by entirely new forces. A

China’s ‘truly outstanding’ heat-resistant aluminium alloys are 6 times str

Scientists use nanoparticles to supercharge the mechanical properties of aluminium alloys.

Pinecone launches its serverless vector database out of preview

Pinecone, the vector database startup founded by Edo Liberty, the former head of Amazon's AI Labs, has long been at the forefront of helping businesses

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llama3 implementation one matrix multiplication at a time - naklecha/llama3-from-scratch

From $1B to bankrupt: How private equity killed Beautycounter, the beloved

After selling to the Carlyle Group, the brand went from $1 billion to broke. Inside its rise and fall—and possible rise again.

Abacus AI Releases Smaug-Llama-3-70B-Instruct: The New Benchmark in Open-So

Artificial intelligence (AI) has revolutionized various fields by introducing advanced models for natural language processing (NLP). NLP enables computers to understand, interpret, and respond to human language in a valuable way. This field encompasses text generation…

Hidden vs. Disabled In UX

Should you hide or disable a feature? You’ve probably been there before. Here are some considerations for hiding versus disabling, along with possible alternatives to improve UX. An upcoming part of [Smart Interface Design Patterns](https://smart-interface-design-patterns.com).

Rare things become common at scale

Software doesn't scale through architecture and automation alone. New, more difficult problems appear that didn't exist before, causing new downstream consequences.

RAG: Still Relevant in the Era of Long Context Models

While RAG will remain a staple of production applications, Gemini 1.5 Pro and similar models will help enterprise data science teams.

An Overview of Hugging Face Diffusers

Getting Started with HuggingFace Diffusers: A Beginner's Journey into the World of Generative Images

Companies Need On-Premise HPC – And For More Than AI, Too

Generative AI and the various capacity and latency needs it has for compute and storage is muscling out almost every other topic when conversations turn

Vietnamese Daikon and Carrot Pickles (Do Chua)

Julienned carrots and daikon in a salty-sweet vinegar brine are the perfect quick condiment for grilled meat, sandwiches, or classic Vietnamese banh mi.

DOJ Mulls Hitting Live Nation With a Terrible Swift Sword

If the Justice Department sues Live Nation and Ticketmaster, it will be armed with antitrust arguments. But the defendants will have defenses ready.

The Ultimate Gulf Coast Seafood Crawl

Work your way up the shoreline at these longtime waterside spots, where you can dive into fried-shrimp baskets, fish tacos, and maybe a Stingarita or two.

Visualizing algorithms for rate limiting

Smudge.ai is a Chrome extension that gives you ChatGPT-powered shortcuts in your right-click menu.

The Lunacy of Artemis (Idle Words)

For the first time since the 1960's, it looks doubtful whether the US space agency is even capable of getting us to the Moon.

Cyber Security: A Pre-War Reality Check

This article is part of a series on (European) innovation and capabilities. This is a lightly edited transcript of my presentation today at the ACCSS/NCSC/Surf seminar ‘Cyber Security and Society’. I want to thank the organizers for inviting me to their conference & giving me a…

SystemVerilog: Ultimate Guide

In the realm of hardware design and verification, SystemVerilog stands as a titan among languages, beckoning engineers and developers with its robust capabilities. Originating from the fusion of Verilog with hardware verification languages, SystemVerilog’s evolution has…

Complicated Sticks

Potential in place of purpose is what separates an iPad from an iPod, blockchains from databases, and generative AI from text editors. The more complex the product, the more potential it has to have potential. The more it can distract from it's own lack of usefulness.

The beauty of concrete

Why are buildings today simple and austere, while buildings of the past were ornate and elaborately ornamented? The answer is not the cost of labor.

Con-Culture Experts On the History and Future of Scamming

2018’s ‘Summer of Scam’ was just the latest in a strong American tradition.

Bumble, Apple, and the art of the advertising apology

The five types of advertising apologies, explained.

How to Apéro Like the French

Rebekah Peppler shines a spotlight on a beloved French tradition that you can try at home.

Competitive Open-Source EDA Tools

A technical paper titled “Basilisk: Achieving Competitive Performance with Open EDA Tools on an Open-Source Linux-Capable RISC-V SoC” was published by researchers at ETH Zurich and University of Bologna. Abstract: “We introduce Basilisk, an optimized application-specific…

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The Amazing Psychology of Japanese Train Stations

The nation’s famed mastery of rail travel has been aided by some subtle behavioral tricks.

Mastering Python: 7 Strategies for Writing Clear, Organized, and Efficient

Optimize Your Python Workflow: Proven Techniques for Crafting Production-Ready Code

The Case for Spoilers: Why Some People Are Happier Knowing How the Story En

Think of them more as “enhancers” than “spoilers.” Knowing what will happen in a movie, TV show or book can provide a tantalizingly pleasing feeling, help you understand the plot and give you a sense of control during chaotic times.

How cuddly robots could change dementia care

Researchers are using AI and technological advancements to create companion robots

“Unprecedented” Google Cloud event wipes out customer account and its backu

UniSuper, a $135 billion pension account, details its cloud compute nightmare.

The Mystery of S., the Man with an Impossible Memory

A famous case study helped spark a myth about a man who could not forget. But the truth is more complicated.

7 Stories of the World’s Rarest Animals

And the people trying to save these endangered species.

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Maximizing Value: How to Leverage Psychology to Raise Your Prices

Clients often ask me, "How can we charge more?" The answer is simple: Make the value you offer crystal clear.In economics this is called value exchange.Many brands provide the value, but they don't communicate it clearly, consistently, or in language that resonates with their…

Exit Strategy: The Case for Single-Stair Egress

Forum: Reforming U.S. building codes to permit single-stair apartment buildings would facilitate cost-effective and higher-density housing.

The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world

Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change.

Read 20 Short Stories From Nobel Prize-Winning Writer Alice Munro (RIP) Fre

Note: Back in 2013, when Alice Munro won the Nobel Prize in Literature, we published a post featuring 20 short stories written by Munro.

Lala’s Little Nugget in Austin, Texas

At this Austin dive bar, it's been Christmas every day for more than 50 years.

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Beyond CSS Media Queries

Juan Diego Rodriguez explains why media queries still occupy a vital role in responsive layouts; only they are now one tool in a larger toolbox with modern techniques that are best when used together.

How to Ask for the Feedback You Really Need

When we ask for feedback on our work, we often get poor-quality feedback that’s not useful or that makes us feel attacked or defensive. Part of the reason is in how we’re asking for feedback. Most requests are too generic, too open, and too late. The result is that you’re more…

A ‘plague’ comes before the fall: lessons from Roman history

Just 50 years after the Roman Empire grew to its largest size, a mysterious and crippling pandemic known as the Antonine plague brought it to its knees. Research on climate change and in other areas is shedding light into how the plague, which preceded centuries of decline…

How to Put a Data Center in a Shoebox

Imec’s plan to use superconductors to shrink computers

One Cerebras Wafer Beats An Exascale Super At Molecular Dynamics

We think that waferscale computing is an interesting and even an inevitable concept for certain kinds of compute and memory. But inevitably, the work you

In the Game of Spy vs. Spy, Israel Keeps Getting the Better of Iran

Repressing dissent, putting innocent people in prison, flubbing operations abroad—Iran just can’t seem to get out of its own way.