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California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang have teamed up on a new generative AI initiative.
  • Nvidia is partnering with California to train residents on AI technology.
  • The initiative, backed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, aims to support job creation and innovation.
  • The effort includes a state worker training program.

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Nepal plans to use unmanned drones to move trash from the top of Mount Everest.
  • Sherpas will soon use drones to remove trash from Mount Everest's slopes.
  • Everest's peak has become a massive garbage dump with 50 metric tons of waste annually.
  • Chinese drone manufacturer DJI developed the "heavy lifter" high-altitude drones.

Mount Everest looks more like a landfill every year as



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AMD has begun releasing updates to patch some — but not all — chips affected by the recently discovered “Sinkclose” security flaw. The vulnerability spotted by researchers at IOActive was revealed in a report from Wired last week, and is said to affect most AMD processors going back to 2006. While AMD’s security team has been working to get some of these systems patched, Tom’s Hardware reports



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Although Apple’s tablet lineup has undergone several shakeups over the last several years, we long considered the ninth-gen iPad to be the best budget iPad you could get. That changed when Apple dropped the price of the 10th-gen iPad to a more sensible $349 and discontinued its entry-level model. But the 2021



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  • Google's AI focus shifted after reorganizing under Alphabet in 2015, the creator of Gmail says.
  • He said the shift prioritized search monopoly over AI innovation, impacting Google's edge.
  • AI's disruptive nature conflicts with ad-driven search profitability, creating inherent tension.

Google should be dominating the AI arms race — right?

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X has introduced new options for sorting replies that should make it easier to see the comments you’re actually interested in. The social media platform announced that replies can now be sorted by most relevant, most recent and most liked. While the average X user may not be getting hundreds of replies to their posts, the reply section on posts from accounts with thousands or millions of followers



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Disney CEO Bob Iger attended D23 on Friday.
  • Disney unveiled a slew of upcoming film projects during its biennial fan event, D23.
  • Many are prequels and sequels based on existing IP, including "Toy Story 5" and "Mufasa: The Lion King."
  • Disney is leaning into fan-favorite IPs after recent projects like "Wish" stumbled at the box office.

After a series of theatrical misfires