Month: August 2026
Buc-ee’s dodges John Oliver to sue another small business
Buc-ee’s became something of a viral sensation during the World Cup, but it has a troubling history of suing small gas stations and convenience stores. On a recent episode of Last Week Tonight, John Oliver literally begged the company to sue him for selling merch featuring his squirrel mascot, Mr.…
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Claude Vs ChatGPT: How These AI Assistants Differ
In a practical breakdown of how Claude and ChatGPT AI models differ, one tends to fall short when it comes to quality responses and overall user experience. Source
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‘AI success will be defined not by how much infrastructure organizations own, but by how productively they use it’: Nvidia lays out its thoughts on how storage has become the next frontier of AI
Nvidia open sources its cuFile APIs and storage stack into a new GitHub organization with Google, Intel, and Meta as founding maintainers, and formally launched Storage-Next with 40-plus flash and storage vendors Nvidia’s key unveiling is its SCADA framework, which moves the storage control path onto the GPU, allowing parallel…
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Musician and entrepreneur Tom Vek is building a digital music player, but don’t call it retro
Tom Vek burst onto the scene in 2005 with his album We Have Sound, which garnered a solid 7.6 from the tastemakers of the day over at Pitchfork. His undeniably catchy brand of dancy indietronica landed him an appearance on The OC and placement on the Grand Theft Auto IV…
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Mario Kart 64 in VR is not for the queasy
There are worse ways to kill time than Mario Kart 64 in VR -just don't eat beforehand. Source
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‘Playing around with your favourite artist’s song is an ultimate expression of fandom’: Spotify is taking another step into participatory music tools with its upcoming AI remix feature — but it signals red flags for industry professionals
Spotify wants to introduce new ways for listeners to engage with the artists they love the most, all while expressing their own creativity. The streamer’s audio mixing feature for playlists has sky-rocketed in popularity, introducing a new way for listeners to modify their playlists. Now Spotify is working on a…
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