How Google makes custom chips used to train Apple AI models and its own chatbot, Gemini

Posted on August 23, 2024 by Techme101

Google makes custom AI chips called TPUs, and Apple uses them to train its AI models. CNBC got an exclusive look inside the lab where Google makes its chips.

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How China became the leading car supplier to Mexico and what it means for the U.S.

Posted on August 23, 2024 by Techme101

China was the leading car supplier to Mexico in 2023, exporting $4.6 billion worth of vehicles to the county, according to the Mexican Ministry of Economy.

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After changing its license, Redis drops its biggest release yet

Posted on August 23, 2024 by Techme101

Redis, the company behind the popular in-memory data store, which is often used as a cache, vector database or streaming engine, today announced the launch of Redis 8. With this release, the company is doubling down on Redis as a vector database for AI use cases and launching an AI Copilot the help developers more […]
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Crypto industry accounts for almost half of corporate donations in 2024 election, report says

Posted on August 23, 2024 by Techme101

Crypto companies have been the biggest corporate spenders in the 2024 elections, according to a report from Public Citizen

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Posted on August 23, 2024 by Techme101

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360 One lifts its valuation of India’s National Stock Exchange to $29.9B

Posted on August 23, 2024 by Techme101

360 One Asset, an investor in National Stock Exchange (NSE), has increased its valuation for India’s top stock exchange to $29.9 billion.
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Baidu reports slower growth in robotaxi rides

Posted on August 23, 2024 by Techme101

Chinese tech company Baidu is reporting slower growth in its Apollo Go robotaxi rides than in prior quarters.

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Get in on the ground floor with Tesla’s humanoid by pretending to be one for pay

Posted on August 23, 2024 by Techme101

Tesla is hiring individuals standing between 5’7 and 5’11 to carry up to 30 pounds for seven hours a day to train its Optimus robot.
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DeepMind workers sign letter in protest of Google’s defense contracts

Posted on August 22, 2024 by Techme101

At least 200 workers at DeepMind, Google’s AI R&D division, are displeased with Google’s reported defense contracts — and according to Time, they circulated a letter internally back in May to say as much. The letter, dated May 16, says the undersigned are concerned by “Google’s contracts with military organizations,” citing articles about the tech […]
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NASA to decide Saturday whether astronauts will ride Boeing’s Starliner home — or use SpaceX’s Dragon instead 

Posted on August 22, 2024 by Techme101

NASA officials will announce their final decision on Saturday as to whether two NASA astronauts — Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams — will return to Earth on Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft or hitch a ride home with SpaceX instead — a decision that could have a huge impact across the rapidly evolving space industry. Here’s the […]
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