Technology

AI’s overlooked storage opportunity

The AI infrastructure discussion is typically framed around the cost of data centers, the power requirements, and the compute needed to train and run models, including GPUs and high-performance storage. That’s hardly surprising given the…

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South Africa: Crime and Courts - Woman Nabbed As DJ Warras Murder Probe Heats Up

[Scrolla] Police arrested a 40-year-old woman in KwaZulu-Natal who they say helped locate DJ Warras before he was shot dead in Johannesburg. Major court cases involving Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, Cat Matlala and Shebe Maburna are also…

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Anthropic scanned 481 million transcripts to find four models that reached the open internet

Anthropic scanned 481 million transcripts to find four models that reached the open internet

Anthropic has published an account of four cybersecurity evaluations in which its models gained unauthorised access to the open internet, and disclosed that finding them required scanning roughly 481 million transcripts. The assessment was…

As Russians prepare to vote, anxiety over the war deepens

Straits Times

As Russians prepare to vote, anxiety over the war deepens

MOSCOW, Sept 10 - Yuri decided to stick shatter-resistant film onto the windows of his Moscow home in August after a drone blast blew shards of glass into his friend's apartment, causing minor injuries to those inside.

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Nintendo’s latest Switch 2 update adds VRR support in TV mode

The Verge

Nintendo’s latest Switch 2 update adds VRR support in TV mode

Nintendo always promised that the Switch 2 would support variable refresh rate (VRR) when docked, but the console launched without this key feature. A new 23.0.0 firmware update now adds VRR support to the Switch 2 when it's docked and in…

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Christy Chen on why today’s chatbots aren’t built to help you know yourself

Christy Chen on why today’s chatbots aren’t built to help you know yourself

Christy Chen, founder of Cit Labs, argues that AI chatbots fail at emotional support not because the technology is incapable but because the models were optimized for engagement, trained on text that performs support rather than delivers…

Gander Welcomed Americans in 2001. Now, U.S.-Canada Tensions Hit Home

The New York Times

Gander Welcomed Americans in 2001. Now, U.S.-Canada Tensions Hit Home

The Newfoundland town welcomed thousands of frightened airline passengers on Sept. 11, but 25 years later, mixed emotions run through anniversary plans amid an escalating trade war.

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Startup Founder Interview: SparkVox Turns Founder Recordings Into LinkedIn Content They Sound Like

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Startup Founder Interview: SparkVox Turns Founder Recordings Into LinkedIn Content They Sound Like

Welcome to HackerNoon ’s Writing Prompts! Would you like to take a stab at answering some of these questions? The link for the template is HERE. 1. What is your company in 2-5 words? "Your recordings become LinkedIn authority." 2. Why is…

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God told them to sell crypto. Their investors lost everything.

God told them to sell crypto. Their investors lost everything.

This article was produced in partnership with Type Investigations and with support from the Fund for Investigative Journalism. When Eli Regalado first heard God speak to him, he wondered whether he was hallucinating. Now he likens the…

Playground Games says Fable's story will last between '15-20 hours' or double that with other open-world content, and…

Playground Games says Fable's story will last between '15-20 hours' or double that with other open-world content, and…

Fable 's main story takes between 15 and 20 hours to complete Associate game director Will Kennedy confirms additional side content can also take between 15 and 20 hours However, the game's life systems are "limitless" Playground Games has…

Our Favorite GoPro 360 Camera Is Now 40 Percent Off

Wired

Our Favorite GoPro 360 Camera Is Now 40 Percent Off

The GoPro Max 2 is almost half off at Amazon and other retailers, along with other great action camera deals.

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Healthcare AI’s next test is integration

Healthcare AI’s next test is integration

The entrance of major AI companies into healthcare is a meaningful and welcome development, accelerating the technical foundation available to the industry. Their models are increasingly capable of processing long clinical records…