Tiiny AI shrinks a "supercomputer"
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Pocket-sized box promises to run 120 billion parameter models

Tiiny AI reckons it has cracked the code for shoving an AI supercomputer into a device so small it could vanish into your jacket lining.

Secretary of state picks a fight with a serif
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Microsoft's default Calibri is too "woke"

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio tightened his grip on the culture war by ordering diplomats to ditch Calibri typefaces for Times New Roman, apparently unaware that the venerable serif has spent decades carrying some of the most “woke” books ever printed.

Australia’s teen social media ban sparks chaos on day one
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Prime minister shrugs off the mess as kids flaunt their workarounds

Australia’s under-16 social media ban had barely landed before the country’s feeds filled with teenagers loudly proving they could dodge it, prompting Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to defend the scheme as fair dinkum.

Intel boss tangled in deals that fatten his own portfolio
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Lip-Bu Tan’s investment web puts Troubled Chipzilla in an awkward spotlight

Troubled Chipzilla’s chief Lip-Bu Tan is under fire as revelations pile up about deals that seem to bulk up his personal fortune. At the same time, he presides over a company that Washington wants to drag back to industrial prominence.

Nvidia cooks up chip-tracking tech
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GPU giant moves to stop its kit wandering into banned markets

Nvidia has cooked up location-verification software that can reveal which country its chips are running in as it scrambles to stop its AI hardware from being smuggled into places where Washington has slapped export bans.