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Substack rolls out livestreaming for all publishers

After testing live video features in the fall, newsletter platform Substack announced on Tuesday that it is now making livestreaming available to all publishers. This new feature allows creators to engage with their viewers and collaborate with other publishers.  The … Continue reading

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CBRE buys remainder of co-working company Industrious at an $800M valuation

Real estate giant CBRE announced Tuesday that it is acquiring the rest of co-working startup Industrious, in which it already had a sizable investment, at a valuation of over $800 million. Founded in 2013, New York-based Industrious raised a total of … Continue reading

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Biden administration opens up federal land to AI data centers

With less than a week left in office, President Joe Biden is not done leaving his mark on the AI industry. President Biden issued an executive order on Tuesday that will allow private sector AI companies to lease federal sites … Continue reading

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Meta to cut roughly 5% of its workforce based on performance

Meta is reducing its workforce by about 5% through performance-based terminations, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. The company plans to hire new people to fill the roles, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in an internal memo to staff. “I’ve decided to raise … Continue reading

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Apple joins consortium to help develop next-gen AI data center tech

Apple has joined a consortium creating next-gen technology to link together chips in AI data centers. The consortium, the Ultra Accelerator Link Consortium, is developing a standard called UALink, which connects the AI accelerator chips found within a growing number … Continue reading

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With $30 million in new funding, SEEQC thinks chips are key to building useful quantum computing

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang may have said that “very useful quantum computers” are probably still 20 years away, but his company is also hedging its bets beyond classical chips with investments and partnerships in that very space. Now one of … Continue reading

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Data center power demand will double over the next five years

Data centers are expected to continue growing at a breakneck pace, doubling their power demand by 2029, according to a new report from JLL. The industry’s expansion, fueled by the rapid growth of AI alongside the continued expansion of cloud-based … Continue reading

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Massachusetts senator seeks to extend deadline for TikTok ban

Senatory Ed Markey (D-Mass.) is planning to introduce legislation to extend the TikTok ban deadline by 270 days. TikTok has warned of a looming shutdown in just five days, but the new legislation, officially called the Extend the TikTok Deadline Act, would give TikTok … Continue reading

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OpenAI’s AI reasoning model ‘thinks’ in Chinese sometimes and no one really knows why

Shortly after OpenAI released o1, its first “reasoning” AI model, people began noting a curious phenomenon. The model would sometimes begin “thinking” in Chinese, Persian, or some other language — even when asked a question in English. Given a problem … Continue reading

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Steppin is a new app that locks your social media apps unless you get out and walk

App stores are filled with different services that are designed to help you cut down on your screen time and count your steps. A new iOS app called Steppin combines these two ideas to help users do both at the … Continue reading

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