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A history of text games and interactive fiction, from Infocom to 80 Days, and the roles of MUDs, Usenet, and open source in the 50 years of interactive fiction (Anna Washenko/Ars Technica)

A history of text games and interactive fiction, from I...

Anna Washenko / Ars Technica: A history of text games and interactive fiction,...

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In response to plagiarism allegations, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas says the company "is not ignoring" robots.txt, but does rely on third-party web crawlers (Mark Sullivan/Fast Company)

In response to plagiarism allegations, Perplexity CEO A...

Mark Sullivan / Fast Company: In response to plagiarism allegations, Perplexit...

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Huawei announces HarmonyOS Next, to be used in all of its devices, Harmony Intelligence, to integrate AI onto its devices, and Pangu 5.0, a family of four LLMs (Nikkei Asia)

Huawei announces HarmonyOS Next, to be used in all of i...

Nikkei Asia: Huawei announces HarmonyOS Next, to be used in all of its devices...

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Data provider Syntun: total GMV during China's 618 online shopping event fell 7% YoY to $102B, in first-ever drop; Alibaba, JD, and PDD didn't release GMV data (Financial Times)

Data provider Syntun: total GMV during China's 618 onli...

Financial Times: Data provider Syntun: total GMV during China's 618 online sho...

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A look at Singapore's vital role in the global semiconductor industry: the city-state accounts for ~10% of chip output and 20% of chip-equipment production (Reuters)

A look at Singapore's vital role in the global semicond...

Reuters: A look at Singapore's vital role in the global semiconductor industry...

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Research: the number of freelance jobs on platforms like Upwork, in areas where generative AI excels, have dropped by as much as 21% since ChatGPT's debut (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal)

Research: the number of freelance jobs on platforms lik...

Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: Research: the number of freelance jobs...

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As power needs of AI push emissions up, tech companies explore experimental clean energy projects such as atomic fusion and futuristic geothermal power plants (Washington Post)

As power needs of AI push emissions up, tech companies ...

Washington Post: As power needs of AI push emissions up, tech companies explor...

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Analysis: the AI frenzy is expected to drive the global data center energy consumption to 1,580 TWh by 2034, about as much as is used by all of India currently (Bloomberg)

Analysis: the AI frenzy is expected to drive the global...

Bloomberg: Analysis: the AI frenzy is expected to drive the global data center...

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Q&A with AMD executive Forrest Norrod on increasing AI investments, releasing accelerator chips at a faster cadence, AMD's open standards approach, and more (Dylan Martin/CRN)

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Dylan Martin / CRN: Q&A with AMD executive Forrest Norrod on increasing AI inv...

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Court filings show how Zuckerberg and other Meta execs played down risks to young users, while rejecting staff pleas to bolster guardrails and hire more staff (Natasha Singer/New York Times)

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Natasha Singer / New York Times: Court filings show how Zuckerberg and other M...

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How Embracer's layoffs and project cancellations gutted Fishlabs, a promising studio that now lives on as a cross-dev team supporting other Embracer companies (Edwin Evans-Thirlwell/Rock, Paper ...)

How Embracer's layoffs and project cancellations gutted...

Edwin Evans-Thirlwell / Rock, Paper, Shotgun: How Embracer's layoffs and proje...

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How the Internet Archive plans to defend its digital lending practices as it appeals a US court's 2023 ruling; IA says it was forced to remove over 500K books (Ashley Belanger/Ars Technica)

How the Internet Archive plans to defend its digital le...

Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica: How the Internet Archive plans to defend its d...

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A look at Switzerland's push to lead the global race to tokenize assets, as officials try to change perceptions around its diminished banking industry (Bloomberg)

A look at Switzerland's push to lead the global race to...

Bloomberg: A look at Switzerland's push to lead the global race to tokenize as...

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A look at Rebind, a startup that turns Margaret Atwood's and other authors' voices into AI reading companions, and an interview with CEO John Dubuque (Laura Kipnis/Wired)

A look at Rebind, a startup that turns Margaret Atwood'...

Laura Kipnis / Wired: A look at Rebind, a startup that turns Margaret Atwood's...

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Sources detail how Jensen Huang and Nvidia are guarding against slowing chip sales, including offering more cloud services and designing custom server racks (The Information)

Sources detail how Jensen Huang and Nvidia are guarding...

The Information: Sources detail how Jensen Huang and Nvidia are guarding again...

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Decagon, which uses generative AI to replace or augment a company's customer support staff, raised a $35M Series A led by Accel, with participation from a16z (Anna Tong/Reuters)

Decagon, which uses generative AI to replace or augment...

Anna Tong / Reuters: Decagon, which uses generative AI to replace or augment a...