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Elegant mathematics bending the future of design

Have you ever rolled a piece of paper into a cylinder, or tried to wrap aluminum foil around an object without making it crumple? Imagine being able to simply turn a piece of flat material into beautiful, strong furniture, lighting or even the buildings and bridges of the future. In the world of architecture and product design this idea of building complex 3D shapes using flat materials has always been a fascinating challenge. Flat sheets made from materials such as paper, metal, or plastic are

Samsung is giving away free 65-inch TVs right now - here's how to get one

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DeepSeek hints latest model will be supported by China’s ‘next generation’ homegrown AI chips

Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek has hinted that China will soon have homegrown "next generation" chips to support its AI models, while announcing an update to one of its large language models. In a comment under a post on its official WeChat account, DeepSeek said the "UE8M0 FP8" precision format of its newly released model V3.1 is tailored for the next-generation domestically built chips that will be launched soon. FP8, or 8-bit floating point, is a data processing format tha

Nvidia in talks with U.S. to sell a more advanced chip to China, Jensen Huang says

Nvidia is in talks with the U.S. government about shipping a new, more advanced chip to China, CEO Jensen Huang said on Friday. Earlier this week, Reuters reported the U.S. tech giant is developing a new artificial intelligence chip for China, dubbed the B30A, that will be more powerful than the H20 — the only semiconductor Nvidia is allowed to sell in the country at present. The U.S. has grown concerned in the past few years that advanced American chips could be used in Chinese military applic

I found the best app for Material 3 Expressive widgets; here’s how to use it

Zac Kew-Denniss / Android Authority Google is implementing a big redesign of Android with Material 3 Expressive. This updated design language will spread across apps and Android itself with the upcoming Android 16 QPR1 update. And despite updating most of its apps, Google is overlooking widgets again with this release, keeping the same old Material You design for several of them, while Apple and other Android OEMs like Samsung have taken widget design more seriously. But if, like me, you’d lik

DaVita says ransomware gang stole data of nearly 2.7 million people

Kidney dialysis firm DaVita has confirmed that a ransomware gang that breached its network stole the personal and health information of nearly 2.7 million individuals. DaVita serves over 265,400 patients across 3,113 outpatient dialysis centers, 2,660 in the United States, and 453 centers in 13 other countries worldwide. The company reported revenues of over $12 billion in 2024 and of $3.3 billion for the second quarter of 2025. In April, the healthcare provider revealed in a filing with the U

This compact wall unit made me ditch my MacBook Pro charger for good

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How I'm bringing back physical media - and the 5 home theater gadgets helping me do it

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Stop Letting Pee Runs Control Your Nights -- Here's How to Fight Back

Few things interrupt your sleep more than having to crawl out of a warm bed to use the bathroom. That quick trip can be enough to break up your rest, and once you're awake, falling back asleep isn't always easy. At the same time, you don't want to lie there feeling uncomfortable either. When it happens several times a night, the effects can build up fast. Interrupted sleep often leaves you groggy the next morning and can make it harder to get through the day. If you find yourself waking up to

Nvidia’s Huang says TSMC among all-time greats: Buying its stock is ‘very smart’

Jensen Huang, co-founder and CEO of Nvidia Corp., speaks during a news conference in Taipei on May 21, 2025. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Friday showered praise on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. on a visit to Taiwan, saying that anybody looking to take a stake in the company would be "very smart." This comes at a time when the U.S. administration has signaled interest in acquiring stakes in tech companies, especially those in receipt of funding under the U.S. CHIPS Act. Huang, who said

Everything Is Correlated

“Why summaries of research on psychological theories are often uninterpretable”, Meehl (also discussed in Cohen’s paper “The Earth is Round (p < 0.05)”): Problem 6. Crud factor: In the social sciences and arguably in the biological sciences, “everything correlates to some extent with everything else.” This truism, which I have found no competent psychologist disputes given 5 minutes reflection, does not apply to pure experimental studies in which attributes that the subjects bring with them are

OpenAI announces New Delhi office as it expands footprint in India

OpenAI has announced plans to open its first office in India, just days after launching a ChatGPT plan tailored for Indian users, as it looks to tap into the country’s rapidly growing AI market. On Friday, the company said it would set up a local team in India and open a corporate office in the capital, New Delhi, in the coming months. The move builds on OpenAI’s recent hiring efforts in the region. In April 2024, the company appointed former Truecaller and Meta executive Pragya Mishra as its p

Nvidia looking to halt H20 chip production after China cracks down on purchases, reports say

An Nvidia chip is seen through a magnifying glass in Beijing, China, on August 1, 2025. Nvidia has asked some of its component suppliers to stop production related to its made-for-China H20 general processing units, as Beijing cracks down on the American chip darling, The Information reported Friday. The directive comes weeks after the Chinese government told local tech companies to stop buying the chips due to alleged security concerns, the report said, citing people with knowledge of the mat

Happy 100000th birthday, Debian

Happy 100000th birthday, Debian To: Debian Developers <[email protected]> Subject: Happy 100000th birthday, Debian From: Andreas Tille <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2025 06:20:44 +0200 Message-id: <[🔎] [email protected]> Mail-followup-to: [email protected] Dear Debian community, Today we celebrate Debian’s 100000th birthday! Before you start wondering about that age — yes, that’s 100000 in binary, or 0x20 years in hexadecimal. And as we all

Nonprofit search engine Ecosia offers $0 for control of Chrome

Germany-based search engine and browser nonprofit Ecosia is the latest party to make an offer for Google's Chrome. Questions about Chrome's fate have been swirling since the news that the Department of Justice would push for Google to sell the browser after the ruling that the company's search engine business constituted a monopoly. Although Google is planning to appeal the decision, that hasn't stopped other big tech businesses from pitching themselves as potential owners of Chrome. Ecosia's p

Ecosia has offered to take ‘stewardship’ of Chrome. And it’s not a bad idea.

“It’s not absurd, right?” Christian Kroll, CEO of Berlin-based nonprofit search engine Ecosia, says of his company’s unsolicited request to be granted a 10-year “stewardship” of Google’s Chrome browser, instead of forcing Google to sell it to a competitor. His idea is most definitely absurd, but also clever. On Thursday, Ecosia announced it had sent a proposal regarding Chrome to Google and to U.S. Judge Amit Mehta. The judge is expected to rule this month on remedies to his 2024 landmark deci

Apple TV+ gets a 30% price hike, but you can save $50 - here's how

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Get a free Pixel 10 Pro or Pixel 10 Pro XL when you trade-in any phone at AT&T

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I always install these 5 free apps on every Windows PC - here's why they're essential

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T-Mobile will give you 4 free Google Pixel phones right now - how the deal works

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The excellent 77-inch LG C5 OLED just dropped to its lowest price ever on Amazon

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Best early Costco Labor Day deals 2025: 15+ sales up to $300 off

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Verizon will give you a free Google Pixel 10 Pro right now - how to qualify

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Google just copied the worst feature of modern iPhones (but not all hope is lost)

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Best early Labor Day TV deals 2025: Save up to 50% on Samsung, LG, and more

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The contrarian physics podcast subculture

This is the story of how a circle of popular science communicators, who built their brands on championing free inquiry, worked to suppress scientific critique. Of how Eric Weinstein, the man who condemns the scientific community for suppressing his and his family’s work, nearly succeeded in cancelling me through intimidation and false threats. And of how Sabine Hossenfelder spins the truth for the sake of audience capture and podcast hosts Brian Keating and Curt Jaimungal prioritize tribe loyalt

I've tested every major foldable phone on the market - here's why Google is suddenly winning

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Best early Walmart Labor Day deals 2025: Sales on Apple, Samsung, LG, and more

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Best early Labor Day smartwatch deals 2025: Sales on Apple, Google, and Samsung watches

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