How Nvidia is dominating an AI-obsessed earnings season without even reporting yet

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  • Nvidia is dominating earnings season, and it hasn't even reported results yet.
  • Other mega-cap tech giants have been mentioning on earnings calls that they're boosting investment in AI infrastructure.
  • Nvidia offers the popular H100 GPU chip that many companies use, and was specifically name-checked in some instances.

Nvidia is dominating

OpenAI's Sora is inspiring human creators, who say they are optimistic it is a long way from replacing them

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Sora isn't perfect but creatives seem optimistic about incorporating it into their workflow.

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  • OpenAI introduced Sora, a text-to-video model that generates high-quality videos, in February.
  • Early testers have said Sora can enhance their creative process. 
  • Despite its potential, users agree that Sora still requires human oversight. 

Early testers for OpenAI's Sora are breathing a sigh of relief

No bean coffee made from things like date seeds may be in our near future

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Coffee production has several downfalls.

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  • Coffee is so popular that bean-growing crops are devastating the environment.
  • So some companies are using biotechnology to create viable coffee alternatives.
  • Some use beanless coffee made from other ingredients, while others are developing lab-grown coffee.

Your morning cup of joe might be missing a key ingredient in the

The Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks tonight — here’s how to see it

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If you’ve got clear skies and want an excuse to get away from town, the Eta Aquarid meteor shower is roughly at its peak and should be going strong tonight. Made up of remnants of Halley’s Comet that the Earth passes through, this

A speedrunner’s quest to (re)build the perfect N64 controller

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A good video game speedrun is a marvel to witness. You watch players fly through your favorite games, hitting impossible jumps and finding shortcuts you never knew existed. It makes you see a familiar game in a whole new light. If you’ve never watched a speedrun, check out this world-record run through the original Super Mario Bros., and you

The new power figures in hedge funds do not manage money

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Hello! A submersible superyacht sounds like it should belong to a supervillain in an animated movie. But an Austrian company says it's a real possibility, and it's already in talks with potential buyers.

On the agenda:

  • Silicon Valley is betting on a

The global synthetic drugs crisis has hit West Africa, where people are digging up human bones to make a drug called 'kush'

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Two recovering Kush users at a hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on June 22, 2023.

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  • Sierra Leone declared a state of emergency over widespread drug abuse.
  • One drug causing particular concern in the West African nation is the synthetic drug "kush."
  • Locals say the drug is made with ground human bones.

Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, is a bustling African port city on the