2022-10-06
Aaaaaaaand just like that a @DeepMind AI system called AlphaTensor finds a way to make GPUs and TPUs 10-20% faster at matrix multiplication (the ultimate workhorse calculation) https://www.technologyreview.com/ ...
MIT Technology Review
DeepMind uses its AlphaTensor AI to solve a matrix multiplication problem by building a 3D TensorGame board game, beating a record that has stood for 50+ years
2022-01-24
We live in an age of wonders, some of which are not big or obvious https://twitter.com/...
Wall Street Journal
How advances in semiconductor fabrication equipment are being applied to producing nano-scale microelectromechanical systems, or MEMS
2021-12-24
Reminds me of Bezos's warning that his company was incubating several multibillion $$$ failures, 'cause that was the appropriate scale for a business its size https://twitter.com/...
Bloomberg
Internal docs show Amazon is struggling to retain Alexa device users; in some years between 2018-2021, 15%-25% of new users were no longer active after one week
2021-12-23
Reminds me of Bezos's warning that his company was incubating several multibillion $$$ failures, 'cause that was the appropriate scale for a business its size https://twitter.com/...
Bloomberg
Internal docs show Amazon is struggling to retain Alexa device users; in some years between 2018-2021, 15%-25% of new users were no longer active after one week
Each holiday season since 2015, Amazon.com Inc. has counted on selling a lot of its Alexa voice-controlled smart speakers.
2021-07-23
Wait, aren't big greedy tech companies and the privatization of research the antitheses of open science and the public good? https://www.technologyreview.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...
The Verge
DeepMind says it used AI to create a “transformative” map of human proteins; some compare the potential impact of the work to that of the Human Genome Project
more or less all proteins known to science.” https://www.technologyreview.com/ ... Brian Heligman / @briantheligman : I feel like this is both a huge accomplishment but also likely...
2021-07-21
“you can now buy a GaN charger for $20 to $70 that is better in every way than the ones that came with your gadgets.” https://www.wsj.com/... #MorefromLess THREAD time!
Wall Street Journal
A look at gallium nitride chips, which could replace silicon chips in a growing range of electronics and be produced in conventional fabs, unlike graphene chips
Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @wsj , @amcafee , @raju , @wsj , and @gyude_moore Tweets: @wsj : Meet gallium, the weird metal that melts in your hand and is powe...
2021-04-22
Has no one told all these investors and entrepreneurs that today's dominant tech platforms have created a KILL ZONE of innovation around themselves? https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Wall Street Journal
PitchBook: US startups raised $69B in Q1 2021, up 41% from the previous record in Q4 2018, as the average late stage valuation tripled to $1.6B from last year
2019-10-02
I am unlikely to come across a phrase today that makes me more optimistic than “budding, fiercely competitive drone industry” https://www.wsj.com/...
Wired
UPS says its drone service is the first of its kind to be recognized by the FAA as a commercial airline, but each new site it operates in must be approved
Alex Davies / Wired :