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The newest AI boom pitch: Host a mini data center at your home

Such a distributed computing network makes sense in that “computation for AI inference can and should be distributed at the ‘edge,’ deployed on smaller...

FDA chief resigns after Trump admin forced approval of fruity e-cigs

Earlier this month, The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump had called Makary over a weekend to scold him for not moving fast enough...

Linux bitten by second severe vulnerability in as many weeks

Both privilege escalation vulnerabilities stem from bugs in the kernel’s handling of page caches stored in memory, allowing untrusted users to modify them. They...

Audi has a new Q9 flagship coming soon: Here’s its interior

MUNICH—Later this summer, Audi will unveil its new flagship model. In the past, that role had been filled by the A8, but that was...

Do you take after your dad’s RNA?

Until recently, however, most evidence linking small sperm RNAs to environmental challenges and subsequent effects in offspring has been correlational. Attempts to pin down...

Huge landslide created a 500-meter-high tsunami in a major tourist area

The impact of 63.5 million cubic meters of rock hitting the fjord released forces large enough to be registered globally. The seismic waves that...

The new Wild West of AI kids’ toys

The main antagonist of Toy Story 5, in theaters this summer, is a green, frog-shaped kids’ tablet named Lilypad, a genius new villain for...

Manufacturing qubits that can move

Like any other manufactured chip, the wiring that connects the quantum dots is locked into place during the chip’s manufacture. Since different error correction...

Trump reportedly plans to fire FDA Commissioner Marty Makary

President Trump has signed off on a plan to fire Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary, though insiders caution that the plan is...

ABC refuses to capitulate to Trump admin, fights FCC probe into The View

Anna Gomez, the FCC’s only Democrat, said the public will remember “who complied in advance and who fought back. I’m glad Disney is choosing...

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