Zoox Debuts Wheel‑less Rides in Austin
First @zoox I’ve seen in Austin. The no steering wheel is wild. Talk about burning the bridges. https://t.co/9tJMhXqNdJ
No Detuned GPUs Pushes China to Build XPUs Faster
Agree 100% with Gavin on this one. 1/ Yes China has its own aspirations. The question was how quickly they needed an alternative and the mandates and investment. 2/ NOT selling detuned GPU editions means they’re forced to do the...
Nuvacore AI Emerges, Targeting AI‑optimized Datacenter CPUs
Congrats to @NUVACOREAI coming out of stealth and the @sequoia investment. The value prop makes sense. Agents are driving the need for more and better datacenter CPUs, particularly in the hyperscalers. The company says it wants to overcome the limitations of...
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“Also shutting down the rumor I knew this was wrong that MTIA was dead.” $META $AVGO
Meta's MTIA Silicon Program Still Alive, Volume Expected to Grow
March 9: “The other thing that Hok poured water on was this whole analyst reports about Meta’s MTIA silicon program. I called this before. I said, you know, basically last week, it’s not canceled. It’s alive and well. And as...
18‑Minute Sinus Surgery Aims to Boost Sleep Health
Had four sinus treatments today. Amazingly enough, the surgery took 18 minutes under general with a 27 minute recovery. Here’s what I had done: 1.Septoplasty: straightened the right deviated septum that was blocked 90% 2.Balloon Sinuplasty: dilated sinus outflow tracts, removed infection,...
Tech Giants Spend $100M on Chip Backup Plans
Pat’s Law of Always strikes again. But let’s treat it as 🚨news. Every large technology company is ALWAYS considering alternatives when it comes to differentiated, high dollar everything. Every model maker is considering: -doing their own chips if they aren’t already -if...
Opus 4.6 Suggests Anthropic Trims Web Chat Reasoning
I asked Opus 4.6 Extended + Research Mode: "Has Anthropic been reducing the amount of thinking to its web chat using queries on Opus 4.6?" Here's what it said: https://t.co/gv2ZeTtrfp
Windows Laptops Getting Pricier; Smartphones May Follow
Why this is news I have no idea. All Windows notebook prices are rising. Just wait for the smartphones.
Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme Delivers Impressive PCMag Performance
Qualcomm's Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme is racking up some big performance numbers at PCMag. Can’t wait to see more performance benchmarks and battery as well. https://t.co/w4JkIH4qdo
Anthropic's New AI Lacks Multi‑lab Model Flexibility
I almost uninstalled Perplexity and then Computer hit. The rumor is that Anthropic is building a similar product BUT it won’t be able to jockey between models from different labs.
Cross‑correlating 1.9M Health Data Points Reveals Hidden Cause‑effects
My home brew health app. 1.9M personal health data points. The most valuable thing has been finding cross correlations in all the data between cause and effect. Exercise. Sleep. Diet. Prescriptions. Work. Stress. Flying. Activity. Supplements. Surgeries. Meetings. Workouts. Chelations....
AI Powers 20% of Medical Cases, Processing 1.9M Data Points
I must be the 20% where AI helped in “medical cases” but then again I’m hitting 1.9M data points.
Mock AGI Debate Ends With Victory
This was an exceptionally fun mock debate with @danielnewmanUV on AGI. Like all of our debates I win.
Claude Users Unhappy Over Neglected Infrastructure Investment
The comments under this post are wild. Claude users are NOT happy. I suppose this is what happens when you underinvest in infrastructure.