January 19, 2025

Hardware

Wild Rumors Fly Regarding Elon Musk’s Involvement With An Intel Acquisition

Over the last few months, rumors have swirled regarding multiple potential Intel acquisitions. The latest report out of SemiAccurate, however, claims a new potential buyer (or buyers) have emerged. Though the report by SemiAccurate confirms Intel is an acquisition target, it also expressed uncertainty about whether the information represented a concrete “plan of action or just a CEO tossing ideas out.” The impetus for SemiAccurate’s report was an email that claimed a particular company wanted to

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AI

Zero-Shot Player Tracking in Tennis with Kalman Filtering

Automated tennis tracking without labels: GroundingDINO, Kalman filtering, and court homography Derek Austin · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 8 min read · 9 hours ago — Zero shot tracking of an entire tennis point. Video provided under an MIT License, and animation created by author. With the recent surge in sports tracking projects, many inspired by Skalski’s popular soccer tracking project, there’s been a notable shift towards using automated player tracking for

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AI

How to Log Your Data with MLflow

MLflow, MLOps, Data Science Mastering data logging in MLOps for your AI workflow Jack Chang · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 11 min read · 12 hours ago — Photo by Chris Liverani on Unsplash Preface Data is one of the most critical components of the machine learning process. In fact, the quality of the data used in training a model often determines the success or failure of the entire project. While algorithms

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Robotics

Accelerate Program of Pittsburgh Robotics Factory opens applications for its third cohort – The Robot Report

For the Accelerate Program, the Robotics Factory will invest up to $100,000 in the form of a convertible note in addition to receiving 2% common stock equity from participating companies. | Source: Robotics Factory The Robotics Factory has opened the application window for its Accelerate program. The organization is dedicated to creating, accelerating, and scaling robotics companies in the Pittsburgh region. It said it aims to cultivate the next wave of startups transforming various industries.

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AI

How to Pick Between Data Science, Data Analytics, Data Engineering, ML Engineering, and SW…

Make the right choice for YOU Marina Wyss – Gratitude Driven · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 17 min read · 14 hours ago — Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash If you’re hoping to break into tech or pivot into a new job family, figuring out which career path is right for you isn’t easy — especially when the job titles sound so similar and the roles have a good amount of

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TikTok shuts down in the U.S. (updated)

TikTok just ran out of tiktoks as the countdown ended for the app’s time in the U.S. In the early hours of January 19, the wildly popular short-form video app went dark. The shutdown left me (and millions of other users) in shock as they were greeted with a message saying, “Sorry, TikTok isn’t available right now” or an imag…Read More

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Hardware

AMD’s next-gen RDNA 4 pricing rumor: Radeon RX 9070 XT for $599, RX 9070 for $499

TL;DR: AMD’s upcoming Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 graphics cards are rumored to be priced at $599 and $499, respectively, offering competitive pricing against NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 50 series. The RX 9070 XT is $150 cheaper than the RTX 5070 Ti, while the RX 9070 is $50 cheaper than the RTX 5070. AMD’s RDNA 4 series promises significant improvements in ray tracing performance over previous generations. AMD’s next-gen flagship Radeon RX 9070 XT

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Hardware

Check out this ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 9070 XT get unboxed, RDNA 4 is finally here

TL;DR: The ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 9070 XT graphics card was unboxed by a Ukrainian retailer, revealing its design and features, including 16GB of GDDR6 memory and factory overclocking. The card requires three 8-pin PCIe power connectors. Leaks suggest a January 23 launch for AMD’s new Radeon RX 9000 series “RDNA 4” GPUs. The ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon RX 9070 XT graphics card has been unboxed by a Ukrainian retailer, showing off the flagship

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Hardware

This man just achieved nuclear fusion on his kitchen bench thanks to AI, costs only $3000

TL;DR: A Canadian man, known as Hudzah, achieved nuclear fusion at home for $3000 using Claude AI and OpenAI o1 pro. He built a fusor to detect neutrons, not to achieve full fusion, using materials like hydrocar and deuterium oxide. The project involved creating a low-pressure chamber and electrolyzing deuterium gas. A man has just achieved nuclear fusion at home on his kitchen bench, at a cost of just $3000 using Amazon-powered Anthropic’s Claude AI.

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Hardware

PCIe 7.0 standard launches in 2025: 512GB/sec on x16 port, next-gen Gen7 SSDs enjoy 128GB/sec

TL;DR: The PCI-SIG has released version 0.7 of the PCIe 7.0 specifications for member approval, aiming to finalize it later this year. PCIe 7.0 will double the bandwidth of PCIe 6.0, offering 128GT/s and 512GB/s bi-directionally on an x16 connection. It will use PAM4 signaling, improve power efficiency, and maintain backward compatibility. The Peripheral Component Interconnect Special Interest Group (PCI-SIG) has just announced the release of version 0.7 of the PCIe 7.0 specifications for the

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