Jack Ma-Backed Ant Touts AI Breakthrough Using Chinese Chips - Slashdot
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: Jack Ma-backed Ant Group used Chinese-made semiconductors to develop techniques for training AI models that would cut costs by 20%, according to people familiar with the matter.slashdot.org
Thanks to the new #Warframe Flare/Temple I’ve had pretty much the whole of Bowie’s catalog cycling through my head for days and…
Yeah. Fine. Good. Carry on.
🇨🇳 China responds to rumors regarding its potential involvement in peacekeeping forces in Ukraine.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Zhao Lijian, denied reports that Chinese officials are discussing participation in a peacekeeping mission in Ukraine after the war ends.
"I want to emphasize that this information is completely false," he stated.
🚨 The US is negotiating with Ukraine on a possible buyout of all Ukrainian power plants by American companies, Reuters. Meanwhile, territorial “issues” and possible demarcation lines in Ukraine are being discussed. Talks are ongoing for 9 hours.
🇷🇺 Playing for Time: What the Kremlin Wants in U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine As negotiations resume in Saudi Arabia, Moscow aims to delay peace while securing more Ukrainian territory—hoping Washington won’t challenge the final borders.
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Playing for Time: What the Kremlin Wants in New Talks with the U.S. on Ukraine
As high-level delegations from the U.S. and Russia arrive in Saudi Arabia for the second round of bilateral talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine, Moscow’s envoys will have one goal on their mind: buying time.Pyotr Kozlov (The Moscow Times)
❌ DON’T:
• Double-check who you’ve added to the thread. That’s a deep state beta cuck behavior.
• Use proper channels like the NSC, SCIFs, or email. Those systems were designed by cowards, commies and Biden staffers.
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Memo: Updated Operational Security Guidance for Epic Warfighting
From: Office of Strategic Communications & War Vibes™ aka "Pete and The Lads" To: The Boys Subject: Updated Operational Security Guidance for Epic Warfighting Date: March 25, 2025 Classification: Totally Chill (Unless Someone Screenshots It) [ R…Slobstack Staff (Slobstack)
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Kids pay the price as Russia swaps proven cystic fibrosis drug for untested one
Russia switched children with cystic fibrosis to a drug never tested on humans. Parents say it’s making them sicker — and Putin’s friends richer.Meduza
USPS head Louis DeJoy steps down as Trump officials consider Postal Service overhaul
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/24/nx-s1-5338948/usps-head-louis-dejoy-steps-down-as-trump-officials-consider-postal-service-overhaul?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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#ImpeachTrump and remove him.
And then #ImpeachVance and remove him too.
"Lobbyist And Government Contractor Bought JD Vance’s Home For $170,000 Over Asking Price"
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Lobbyist And Government Contractor Bought JD Vance’s Home For $170,000 Over Asking Price
The buyer, a Trump appointee during his first term, denies any political motive—calling the $1.9 million deal purely market-driven.Zach Everson (Forbes)
Greenlanders make their own MAGA hat 🤣
Brilliant!
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Greenlanders Created Their Own Version Of A MAGA Hat, And The Internet Is Absolutely Loving It
"This is a red hat that I could see myself wearing."Matt Stopera (Yahoo News)
I'm working on a base and these slide in modules, each one can hold a Raspberry Pi. I've got a few different models so there are two different carriers.
I've currently got two (about to be four) Pi SBCs doing things on my home network so I figured it would be worth organizing them a bit.
And the idea is that these can slide in/out of place if needed.
#3Dprinting #RaspberryPi #homeLab
I may add a front plate that can screw into place to hold the slide-in modules in place.
It's parametric so it generates a bunch of holes, though I don't need to use them all.
I thought about making a fancy clip-in mechanism but I got tired.
#OpenSCAD #3DPrinting #RaspberryPi
Say what you want about AI, but ChatGPT plays an amusing game of Mornington Crescent.
Mind you, when I got it to try One Song to the Tune of Another, it started spurting Bohemian Rhapsody lyrics and then stopped itself for copyright reasons!
New: "Lobbyist And Government Contractor Bought JD Vance’s Home For $170,000 Over Asking Price"
me, for @Forbes
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Lobbyist And Government Contractor Bought JD Vance’s Home For $170,000 Over Asking Price
The buyer, a Trump appointee during his first term, denies any political motive—calling the $1.9 million deal purely market-driven.Zach Everson (Forbes)
JD Vance would “hate bailing out Europe again”?
Also, they wanted to make sure to protect Saudi oil facilities when bombing.
(I did NOT vote for these people.)
#USA #USGov #trump #vance #Yemen #houthis #europe
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Attached: 2 images Holy crap — Look what JD Vance said in that supposedly classified (?) convo on Signal. Check out the emoji responses.Mastodon 🐘
The medium is the message.
I have seen other posts from you that confirm your active resistance, but a post that carries no context is a post without context, and that is the context that I'm responding to.
Crimea is Ukraine.
Goodnight Mastodon. ♥️
Wait, wait, wait.
So when power takes an autocratic form, people avoid telling the boss bad news? Because there's no checks and balances and thus no incentive? And thus amplifying every single existing danger that the government should mitigate?
I'm shocked, just shocked. Who would have guessed? When has this ever happened before?🙄
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#Trump #politics #fascism #history #USPolitics
‘They Had WHAT?’ Trump Seemingly Learns About Massive Security Breach During Press Conference
President Donald Trump said he knew nothing of members of his administration discussing sensitive war plans in a group text that errantly included Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic when asked about the bombshell report on Monday.Kipp Jones (Mediaite)
Apparently, Google is pro-encryption.
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"While the data is stored locally by default, you have the option of creating encrypted backups in the cloud. If you did that, you should be able to restore the data."
Oops: Google says it might have deleted your Maps Timeline data
Google Maps switched to local-only Timeline storage in December.Ryan Whitwam (Ars Technica)
The core stage of NASA's Space Launch System is now integrated with the rocket's twin boosters.
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As preps continue, it’s looking more likely NASA will fly the Artemis II mission
The core stage of NASA’s Space Launch System is now integrated with the rocket’s twin boosters.Stephen Clark (Ars Technica)
PPS Is The Hottest USB-C Feature You Didn’t Know About
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PPS Is The Hottest USB-C Feature You Didn’t Know About
USB Power Delivery is widely considered to be a good thing. It’s become relatively standard, and is a popular way for makers to easily power their projects at a number of specific, useful vol…Hackaday
'rising turmoil'
#MotherNature #LoveNature #Environment #eco #ProtectNature #ClimateChange #SaveOurPlanet
#MastoArt #WaterColour #AbstractArt #Krita
it's new video time. things are heating up. but not too much.
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The clever feature that makes cheap heaters safe — and why they're actually dangerous
It's best to know what you actually need to be worried about.Technology Connextras (the second channel where I put stuff sometimes)https://www.youtube.com/@T...YouTube
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ATSC 3 Update: The CTA Takes on the NAB on Tuner Mandate Request
See more in this series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCZHp4d1HnItSSUpA-DskfKKKrQ_LQYwP - The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) fired back at a...YouTube
Fedi.Directory – Interesting accounts on Mastodon & the Fediverse
Interesting accounts to follow on Mastodon and the Fediversefedi.directory
Qwen2.5-VL-32B: Smarter and Lighter
The second big open weight LLM release from China today - the first being [DeepSeek v3-0324](https://simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/24/deepseek/). Qwen's previous vision model was Qwen2.5 VL, [released in January](https://simonwillison.Simon Willison’s Weblog
Don't come to the US.
If you absolutely have to for some reason, this guide might be beneficial for boarder crossings.
But really, just stay away.
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I normally agree with you, but this stance is indefensible.
LLM training is not "fair use" - it is use for commercial purpose.
If you support LLM training on copyrighted materials, you are supporting theft, plain and simple.
I fully support curbs to "AI" companies' use of copyrighted materials. And forcing them to show their receipts of where they got their material for training sets.
La Chine, l’Inde, la Russie et le Pakistan pourraient s’ingérer dans la campagne
« Une haute responsable du renseignement affirme que la Chine, l’Inde, la Russie et le Pakistan pourraient tenter de s’ingérer dans la campagne électorale fédérale actuelle. »
Jim Bronskill
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#OMGraphs #GraphPolice #GrafiekPolitie
I step out of the room for a couple of minutes to bring the garbage bins up from the curb and when I return, I have two little scammers trying to trick me into giving them treats, twice.
#cats #catsofmastodon #fedicats #CatsOfInfoSec
It's been a very productive year, in addition to Pixelfed and Loops, we shipped a few smaller initiatives.
SocialWeb.Network - Your Gateway to Decentralized Social
Comprehensive resources for decentralized social web protocols including ActivityPub, AT Protocol, Nostr, and more.socialweb.network
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in reply to Slashdot • • •Ant toots still contribute to global warming.
They may be small, but they add up.
They tout their own horn.