Author: Zach_Wilson
China is spending billions on eight national datacenter hubs
China’s “East Data West” computing project is apparently in full swing, with $6.1 billion already invested on eight datacenters across the nation, which aims to complete the project by 2025. The project was announced in February 2022 with the aim to complete eight national computing hubs and 10 national datacenter…
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Oprah, Sam Altman, and MKBHD walk into a TV show about AI and it’s not a joke
Oprah Winfrey is taking her signature interview style to the world of AI and bringing some of the biggest names in tech and policy with her for a new TV special. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Bill Gates, former CEO of Microsoft, FBI Director Christopher Wray, and more are all set…
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Brazil bans X: all the latest news
X reverses course on Brazil. Elon Musk’s lawyers have reportedly undercut his free-speech theatrics related to ye old Twitter’s refusal to block accounts as ordered by the country’s highest court. According to Reuters, X’s lawyers said the following in a letter addressed to Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes on Monday: “As already…
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A new leak might have revealed the top-tier GPU in the RDNA 4 line will be the AMD RX 8700 XT
Another day in the tech world with even more rumors to show for it, and this new batch regarding the oft-discussed AMD RDNA 4 is quite delicious if proven to be true. It seems that, according to a brand new leak delivered to us by well-known hardware leaker Golden Pig…
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Brazil’s X ban is sending lots of people to Bluesky
X is currently banned in Brazil following an order from a Supreme Court justice, and Brazilian users seem to be turning to Bluesky, an alternate social network, in droves. “Brazil, you’re setting new all-time-highs for activity on Bluesky!” the official Bluesky account says in a post. “There will almost certainly…
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Judge orders X ban in Brazil
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes told the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) to limit access to X within 24 hours and has given Apple and Google five days to remove X from their mobile app stores. The country will also impose daily fines of $50,000 Brazilian real (~$8,900 USD)…
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