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Terrence O'Brien

Terrence O'Brien

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    IBM crams 100 billion transistors on a chip the size of a fingernail.

    The company claims its new nanostack tech is the first sub-nanometer chip manufacturing process. IBM also says that nanostack can deliver up to 50 percent more performance, or 70 percent better energy efficiency than its 2nm nanosheet chips. (Though, apparently not both simultaneously.)

    IBM’s nanostack sub-1nm chip being held by a hand with white gloves on.
    Image: IBM
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    Terrence O'Brien
    SZA says musicians who support AI are “disgusting.”

    “I hope u have the life u deserve,” is just vicious.

    According to Variety, she posted a story dismissing AI-supporting musicians after taking to Instagram earlier to claim that 238 of her songs appeared in AI training data, likely referring to the searchable database posted by Atlantic.

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    Terrence O'Brien
    Of course campaign workers are making money on Polymarket using insider information.

    Politicians have been caught betting on their races, and a Google employee was charged with insider trading. So it makes sense that campaign workers are looking to make a little extra cash based on what they know about the candidates they work for. Watch the clip from NPR below.

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    Terrence O'Brien
    Toy Story 5 has the biggest box office opening of the year.

    The latest installment in the Pixar franchise raked in $160 million over the weekend, besting The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’s $131.7 million. It’s also the second largest opening weekend for an animated film ever, only bested by Incredibles 2 and its $182.7 million.

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    Terrence O'Brien
    Happy 20th birthday to Blu-ray.

    On June 20th, 2006, the first Blu-ray titles hit the shelves in America, marking the launch of what will likely be the last major physical media format. Many manufacturers have discontinued players, and major retailers are ditching discs. The Digital Bits has a look back at the earliest days.

    Musician and YouTuber Hainbach on ‘Breath of the Wild’ and Swiss Army Knives

    The experimental composer has a new album, a new plugin, and strong feelings about mattresses.

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