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OpenAI Partners with Broadcom to Build Custom AI Chips Amid Expanding Hardware Push

Yesterday at 18:33 PM, via iAfrica

OpenAI announced on Monday that it is partnering with Broadcom to design and develop custom artificial intelligence (AI) computer chips, expanding its growing network of hardware alliances to meet surging global demand for AI processing power. The companies did not disclose financial details but said the new AI accelerator racks will begin deployment in late […]

World

Ecuador: The Andean reinvention of cumbia

Yesterday at 21:45 PM, via NPR

Photographers and storytellers Karla Gachet and Ivan Kashinsky document cumbia music in Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina and the United States.

World

Ecuador: La reinvención andina de la cumbia

Yesterday at 21:45 PM, via NPR

Uno de los géneros más escuchados en las Américas, los fotógrafos Karla Gachet e Iván Kashinsky documentan la cumbia en Colombia, México, Ecuador, Perú, Argentina y Estados Unidos.

Sport

Orlando Pirates warned about muti in Congo

Yesterday at 22:37 PM, via The South African

Betway Premiership giants Orlando Pirates have been warned about muti before meting Saint-Eloi Lupopo in the CAF Champions League.

Education

Uganda: Mafabi Promises Equal Pay for Teachers, Free Education for Their Children

Yesterday at 19:45 PM, via AllAfrica

[Nile Post] Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) presidential candidate Nathan Nandala Mafabi has pledged to end the salary gap between science and arts teachers if elected president, promising equal pay for all educators and free education for their children from primary to university level.

Education

Majority of special education staff in US education department laid off – report

Yesterday at 19:38 PM, via The Guardian

Layoffs ‘decimating’ office responsible for protecting rights of infants, children and youth with disabilities, says worker

The majority of staff in the education department handling special education has been laid off, according to multiple reports.

Friday’s total of 466 layoffs across the education department also impacted the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, which...

Science/Tech

Britain Issues First Online Safety Fine To US Website 4chan

Today at 01:20 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Britain said on Monday it had issued U.S. internet forum site 4chan with a $26,644 fine for failing to provide information about the risk of illegal content on its service, marking the first penalty under the new online safety regime. Media regulator Ofcom said 4chan had not responded to its request for a copy of its illegal harms risk...

Science/Tech

Google’s Nano Banana AI-Image Editing Is Coming to Search, NotebookLM and Photos

Today at 00:40 AM, via Slashdot

Google’s viral Nano Banana AI image editor is being woven into Search, NotebookLM, and Photos. Engadget reports: Perhaps the most notable integration here is with NotebookLM. Nano Banana is being used to drastically change up Video Overviews, offering up six new styles like watercolor and anime. It also now generates contextual illustrations based on sources and there’s a new option for...

Science/Tech

Dutch Government Takes Control of China-Owned Chipmaker Nexperia

Today at 00:00 AM, via Slashdot

“Dutch authorities have temporarily nationalized Nexperia, owned by Chinese company Wingtech, over fears of critical product unavailability,” writes longtime Slashdot reader evil_aaronm. Reuters reports: The Hague invoked never-before-used powers under a Dutch law known as the “Availability of Goods Act.” The decision led to a 10% fall in Wingtech’s shares in Shanghai on Monday. The Dutch...

Science/Tech

Software Update Bricks Some Jeep 4xe Hybrids Over the Weekend

Yesterday at 23:20 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Owners of some Jeep Wrangler 4xe hybrids have been left stranded after installing an over-the-air software update this weekend. The automaker pushed out a telematics update for the Uconnect infotainment system that evidently wasn’t ready, resulting in cars losing power while driving and then becoming stranded. Stranded Jeep owners have been...

Health

The Climate Question

Yesterday at 08:00 AM, via BBC News

Most of the world will be living in cities by 2050. How can we improve their design?