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Minimalist TPU Design: A Beginner's Guide to Chip Accelerator Development

2025-08-19

Minimalist TPU Design: A Beginner's Guide to Chip Accelerator Development

This article details a minimalist Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) design inspired by Google's TPU V1 and V2. The TPU features a 2x2 grid of processing elements, pipelining multiply-accumulate operations, bias addition, Leaky ReLU activation, and MSE loss calculations. Its 94-bit instruction set controls data flow horizontally and vertically across the processing element grid, supporting preprocessing and weight matrix transposition. The article thoroughly explains the instruction set, hardware architecture, and the process of adding modules and running tests, aiming to introduce readers to chip accelerator design.

(github.com)

Hardware hardware accelerator

Google's Gemma: A Lightweight Multimodal Model Family

2025-03-12

Google's Gemma: A Lightweight Multimodal Model Family

Google unveiled Gemma, a lightweight family of multimodal models built on Gemini technology. Gemma 3 models process text and images, boast a 128K context window, and support over 140 languages. Available in 1B, 4B, 12B, and 27B parameter sizes, they excel at question answering, summarization, and reasoning, while their compact design enables deployment on resource-constrained devices. Benchmark results demonstrate strong performance across various tasks, particularly in multilingual and multimodal capabilities.

(ollama.com)

AI Lightweight Model

Pitfall! Reimagined: A Modern Take on a Classic Platformer

2025-01-22

The 1982 Atari 2600 classic, Pitfall!, returns as a browser-based experience! This isn't a mere emulation; it's a TypeScript rebuild meticulously crafted from the original's 6507 assembly language source code. While faithfully preserving the sounds and graphics, the remake introduces side-scrolling, mid-air control, refined trap mechanics, and more. Easy, Normal, and Hard modes cater to all skill levels. Whether you're a nostalgic gamer or a newcomer, prepare for a thrilling jungle adventure!

(meatfighter.com)

Game platformer

Delta Emulator Triples Apple's In-App Prices to Push Patreon

2024-12-20

Delta Emulator Triples Apple's In-App Prices to Push Patreon

Delta gaming emulator developer Riley Testut is tripling the price of in-app purchases on Apple's iOS App Store to encourage users to subscribe via Patreon. This move leverages Apple's new policy allowing external payment links while protesting Apple's in-app purchase system. Patreon subscriptions offer additional benefits like iPad and SEGA Genesis support, private Discord access, and more convenient refunds and customer support.

(www.theverge.com)

Game game emulator in-app purchase

tv.garden: Free Global Live TV Streaming

2025-04-02

tv.garden offers free live TV streaming from around the world. Users can easily browse and watch a wide range of channels, including international news, sports, movies, entertainment, and cultural shows, via an interactive 3D globe, sidebar, or a 'Random Channel' button. The platform prioritizes simplicity, reliability, and a seamless viewing experience, and maintains political neutrality, following UN country classifications. Built using open-source tools like Three.js, Video.js, and Luxon, tv.garden sources channels from the IPTV community on GitHub. The platform clarifies it doesn't host any video content and complies with DMCA takedown notices.

(tv.garden)

Tech live TV global channels

7-Minute Workout: Science or Hype?

2025-01-01

A blog post challenges the efficacy and comprehensiveness of the 7-minute scientific workout featured in The New York Times. The author argues that while the program claims to be science-based, it heavily emphasizes leg exercises while neglecting a balanced workout for glutes, back, and core muscles—a particularly concerning omission for sedentary professionals. A more balanced approach, the post suggests, would include more hip-dominant, upper-body pulling, and core extension exercises to counteract the muscular imbalances caused by prolonged sitting.

(elsbethvaino.com)

Tech fitness scientific training

China to Build Thorium Molten-Salt Reactor in 2025

2024-12-30

China to Build Thorium Molten-Salt Reactor in 2025

China plans to commence construction in 2025 on a 10-megawatt demonstration thorium-based molten-salt reactor in the Gobi Desert, aiming for operational status by 2030. Led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, the project utilizes thorium-232, a readily available element, converting it into fissile uranium-233. This technology seeks to reduce reliance on uranium and utilizes waste from rare earth mining, offering potential for energy self-sufficiency. However, challenges remain, notably the risk of nuclear proliferation, requiring robust safety measures.

(spectrum.ieee.org)

Tech thorium molten-salt reactor nuclear energy nuclear fuel

The Illusion of Intelligence: AI, Interaction, and the Clever Hans Effect

2024-12-15

The Illusion of Intelligence: AI, Interaction, and the Clever Hans Effect

This paper explores the nature of intelligence in AI, particularly large language models (LLMs). It argues that the apparent intelligence of LLMs isn't due to independent reasoning but rather emerges from interaction with users. Drawing parallels between Socratic questioning, the Clever Hans effect, and iterative prompting of LLMs, the author demonstrates that intelligence is a relational phenomenon arising from collaboration, not isolated cognition. LLMs generate responses based on probabilistic relationships within their training data, responding to user prompts like Clever Hans responded to his handler's cues. The value of AI, therefore, lies not in its inherent 'knowledge' but in its ability to facilitate insightful questions and collaborative exploration, ultimately augmenting human creativity and problem-solving.

(aalokbhattacharya.substack.com)

AI Emergent Intelligence

Eight Years at Palantir: Inside the Data Giant's Rise

2025-02-01

Eight Years at Palantir: Inside the Data Giant's Rise

A former Palantir engineer recounts their eight-year journey at the now near-$100 billion data analytics firm. The author details their reasons for joining—challenging industries, top-tier talent, and a unique corporate culture—and their experiences as a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), including working at an Airbus factory to improve aircraft manufacturing. They highlight Palantir's unique FDE model, where engineers embed themselves in client sites to understand business processes and develop solutions. The author also discusses the challenges and importance of data integration, Palantir's unique approach to data security and company culture, and finally explores Palantir's ethical considerations and future prospects.

(nabeelqu.co)

Tech

Read Any Epub in Easy Swedish

2025-03-07

Ereader Easy Swedish lets you upload any epub book and read it in simplified Swedish. Perfect if you're learning Swedish or your favorite book isn't available in Swedish. This free tool, part of a larger Swedish self-learning project, recently received updates fixing the book cover background, adding a feature to show the original text, and importantly, fixing a translation bug that skipped parts of the original text.

(ereader-swedish.fly.dev)

Development Swedish learning Ereader Language learning tool

US ADHD Rates Skyrocket: New Health Secretary Launches 100-Day Investigation

2025-03-01

US ADHD Rates Skyrocket: New Health Secretary Launches 100-Day Investigation

America's new health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is deeply concerned about the soaring rate of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) among American children. One in nine children aged 3-17 has been diagnosed with ADHD, two to three times the rate seen in other Western countries. On his first day in office, President Trump tasked Kennedy with leading a special commission to investigate the reasons behind this alarming trend and other chronic conditions affecting American children within the next 100 days.

(www.economist.com)

Tech US Healthcare

Apple Kills Home Button, Unveils iPhone 16E with A18 Chip & Apple Intelligence

2025-02-19

Apple Kills Home Button, Unveils iPhone 16E with A18 Chip & Apple Intelligence

Apple has officially launched the iPhone 16E, ditching the iconic home button for Face ID and packing in the latest A18 chip and Apple Intelligence AI suite. Starting at $599.99, the 16E boasts a 6.06-inch OLED display, similar in size to the standard iPhone 16, and adopts a design based on the iPhone 14. While foregoing MagSafe and fast wireless charging, it offers USB-C and Qi wireless charging. A single 48MP rear camera and a customizable Action button are included, though the new Camera Control features of the iPhone 16 series are absent. Significantly, the 16E is Apple's first phone with a self-developed modem. Preorders begin Friday, with shipping on February 28th.

(www.theverge.com)

Tech A18 Chip

Say Goodbye to ERB: Crafting Email Templates in Pure Ruby with Phlex

2025-03-03

Say Goodbye to ERB: Crafting Email Templates in Pure Ruby with Phlex

Tired of using ERB for email templates in Rails? This article demonstrates how to use Phlex, a Ruby library, to write HTML email templates in pure Ruby, eliminating the hassle and inefficiency of ERB. The author details the steps to migrate from ERB to Phlex, including creating Phlex views and layouts, and using roadie-rails for inline styles, ultimately achieving the elegant goal of a zero-ERB Rails application. The article also includes complete code examples and test cases to help readers get started quickly.

(camillovisini.com)

Development Email Templates

Matrix.org Upgrading to Next-Gen Authentication

2025-04-02

On April 7th, 2025, at 7 AM UTC, Matrix.org will migrate its authentication system to MAS (Matrix Authentication Service) for next-generation authentication. This will involve up to one hour of downtime but brings a revamped account management interface, improved security (credentials only visible to your server), and a better registration experience. The upgrade utilizes OAuth 2.0/OIDC and paves the way for features like QR code login, opening new possibilities for Matrix applications.

(matrix.org)

Development

Eyes Wide Shut: A Deep Dive into Kubrick's Misunderstood Masterpiece

2024-12-15

Eyes Wide Shut: A Deep Dive into Kubrick's Misunderstood Masterpiece

Stanley Kubrick's final film, Eyes Wide Shut, is a complex and layered work that continues to fascinate and frustrate viewers. Released in 1999, the film explores themes of sex, class, capitalism, and powerful secret societies, weaving together numerous allusions to literature, music, opera, ballet, and mythology. The film's unconventional narrative structure and visual style leave much open to interpretation, making it a rich and rewarding experience for those willing to engage with its complexities.

(boydrinksink.com)

Game Eyes Wide Shut Stanley Kubrick Film Analysis

Chirp: Sound-Based Data Transfer App

2025-03-03

Chirp: Sound-Based Data Transfer App

Chirp is an application that transmits data via sound. It uses a simple encoding scheme to convert text into audio frequencies, which are played through speakers and picked up by a microphone. Features include real-time frequency visualization, text-to-sound transmission, and sound-to-text reception, using distinctive start and end signatures. Built with Node.js, React, TypeScript, and Vite, leveraging the Web Audio API for audio processing.

(github.com)

Development acoustic communication data transfer

EU Launches €200 Billion AI Investment Plan to Rival US

2025-02-12

EU Launches €200 Billion AI Investment Plan to Rival US

The European Commission announced a €200 billion investment in AI, with €20 billion allocated to AI gigafactories for collaborative development of complex AI models. This ambitious plan aims to compete with massive US investments like OpenAI's $500 billion initiative. The gigafactories, boasting 100,000 next-generation AI chips each, will provide crucial computing power for companies of all sizes, fostering the growth of trustworthy AI. Funding will leverage existing EU programs and encourage member state contributions, creating the world's largest public-private partnership for AI development.

(www.euronews.com)

Tech gigafactories

Why I Hate Finishing Things

2025-02-27

The author struggles with an inability to finish anything, from software projects to books and household chores. He proposes three hypotheses: 1. Existential dread after completion; 2. The constant emergence of new goals prevents true completion; 3. Possible undiagnosed ADHD. He contrasts his work productivity with his personal project struggles and explores potential solutions, including exposure therapy and coping mechanisms. Ultimately, he suggests it's a combination of factors, prompting reader engagement with a shared question.

(jeremyaboyd.com)

Misc

New LLM Jailbreak Exploits Models' Evaluation Skills

2025-01-12

New LLM Jailbreak Exploits Models' Evaluation Skills

Researchers have discovered a novel LLM jailbreak technique, dubbed "Bad Likert Judge." This method leverages LLMs' ability to identify harmful content by prompting them to score such content and then requesting examples, thus generating outputs related to malware, illegal activities, harassment, and more. Tested on six state-of-the-art models across 1440 cases, the average success rate was 71.6%, reaching as high as 87.6%. The researchers recommend that maintainers of LLM applications utilize content filters to mitigate such attacks.

(www.scworld.com)

Tech LLM security jailbreak

Fellowry: A Crowdsourced GTM Knowledge Base Solving Sales Challenges

2025-01-04

Fellowry is a crowdsourced Go-to-Market (GTM) knowledge base featuring over 200 sales strategies. It's a treasure trove of insights from sales professionals covering cold emailing, cold calling, LinkedIn marketing, and more. Users share tips on crafting effective cold emails, boosting cold call success rates, and leveraging LinkedIn for targeted outreach. Whether you're a sales newbie or a seasoned pro, Fellowry offers valuable perspectives to overcome sales hurdles and improve performance.

(fellowry.com)

Startup sales strategies cold email

AI Spots Distracted Politicians in Belgian Government Livestreams

2025-03-06

AI Spots Distracted Politicians in Belgian Government Livestreams

An AI system is monitoring livestreams of Flemish government meetings in Belgium to detect politicians using their phones. The system, written in Python and using machine learning and facial recognition, automatically captures images of distracted politicians and posts them to Twitter and Instagram, tagging the individual. Launched July 5th, 2021, the software not only analyzes live streams but also reviews past recordings on the government's YouTube channel.

(driesdepoorter.be)

Tech

Backblaze's 1TB File Backup Nightmare: A 100,000 Chunk Limit?

2025-02-04

A user reports Backblaze continuously re-uploading a 1TB+ file, with log errors suggesting a 100,000 chunk limit (10MB each). This contradicts Backblaze's advertised unlimited storage. The user suspects a newly implemented limit, possibly even leading to deletion of existing backups. Support's response has been unhelpful, offering only standard troubleshooting steps.

(wadetregaskis.com)

Tech cloud backup file size limit

Open-Source Game Engine boardgame.io Simplifies Turn-Based Game Development

2024-12-20

Open-Source Game Engine boardgame.io Simplifies Turn-Based Game Development

boardgame.io is an open-source JavaScript game engine designed to simplify the development of turn-based games. By automatically handling complex aspects like state management, multiplayer networking, and AI opponents, developers can focus on writing game logic. The engine supports multiple game phases, lobbies for matchmaking, prototyping capabilities, and various view layer technologies (such as React and React Native). Its powerful plugin system and traceable game logs further enhance development efficiency and player experience.

(github.com)

Development turn-based game

F-35B Ejection: A Pilot's Choice and the Betrayal That Followed

2025-03-31

F-35B Ejection: A Pilot's Choice and the Betrayal That Followed

Marine Colonel Charles "Tre" Del Pizzo was forced to eject from his malfunctioning F-35B fighter jet after multiple systems failed during a training sortie. Despite investigations concluding that the systems failures were primarily responsible and Del Pizzo acted appropriately, he was later relieved of his command, sparking debate about pilot safety, system reliability, and whether the military over-punishes pilots. This article delves into the incident and its aftermath.

(www.postandcourier.com)

Tech pilot safety military investigation

Hoarder: A Self-Hostable Bookmark Manager Powered by AI

2024-12-24

Hoarder: A Self-Hostable Bookmark Manager Powered by AI

Hoarder is a self-hostable bookmarking app that goes beyond simple link saving. It allows you to store links, notes, and images, and uses AI for automatic tagging and full-text search, supporting local models like ollama. Features include OCR, Chrome/Firefox extensions, iOS/Android apps, RSS feed support, a REST API, and full-page archiving to combat link rot. Designed for users who need a better way to manage and retrieve information across multiple platforms, Hoarder is under active development but a demo is available.

(github.com)

Development Bookmark Manager

Plex Announces Price Hikes and Paid Remote Playback

2025-03-19

Plex Announces Price Hikes and Paid Remote Playback

Plex is increasing Plex Pass subscription prices and introducing a fee for remote playback of personal media, effective April 29, 2025. Lifetime subscribers are unaffected, but existing and new monthly/yearly subscribers will see price increases. Remote playback will require either a Plex Pass or a new, cheaper Remote Watch Pass subscription. These changes aim to fund future development and improvements, including a planned integration with Common Sense Media for parental controls. The mobile app activation fee is being removed.

(www.plex.tv)

Misc Remote Playback

MyST Markdown: Open-Source Tools Revolutionizing Scientific Communication

2025-01-05

MyST Markdown: Open-Source Tools Revolutionizing Scientific Communication

MyST Markdown is an open-source, community-driven ecosystem of tools designed to transform scientific communication. It supports authoring blogs, online books, scientific papers, reports, and journal articles, offering powerful features like embedded live graphs, Jupyter integration, PDF export, and compatibility with hundreds of journals. At its core is a flexible Markdown extension that seamlessly integrates code, computational results, and interactive elements, creating dynamic and engaging documents. Whether you're a scientist, engineer, or technical writer, MyST empowers you to share your research and knowledge more effectively.

(mystmd.org)

Development Scientific Writing Open-Source Tools

LLM Benchmark: Pelican on a Bicycle

2024-12-16

Simon Willison created a unique LLM benchmark: generating an SVG image of a pelican riding a bicycle. This unusual prompt aimed to test the models' creative abilities without relying on pre-existing training data. He tested 16 models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, and Meta (Llama on Cerebras), revealing significant variations in the quality of generated SVGs. Some models produced surprisingly good results, while others struggled.

(simonwillison.net)

AI Image Generation

AI's Abstract Art Revolution: Algorithms Modeling Art History?

2025-02-16

AI's Abstract Art Revolution: Algorithms Modeling Art History?

Researchers at Rutgers University have developed CAN, a creative AI system that generates art distinct from its dataset (paintings from the 14th century onwards). Surprisingly, much of CAN's output is abstract. Researchers suggest this is because the algorithm understands art's historical trajectory; to create novelty, it must move beyond previous representational art towards abstraction. This raises the intriguing possibility that AI algorithms not only create images but also model the progression of art history, as if art's evolution from figuration to abstraction were a program running in the collective unconscious. While the question of whether AI can create art remains open, methods like Turing tests can help evaluate AI-generated art.

(www.christies.com)

AI AI Art Abstract Art Art History

A Year After Ditching React: Scholarly's Server-Side Rendering Success

2025-01-22

Scholarly, a rapidly growing company, has maintained a remarkably simple tech stack: Rails, Stimulus, and MySQL, supplemented by Turbo and ActionCable for enhanced interactivity. Their experience after a year of abandoning React demonstrates that this server-side rendering approach significantly improves testing efficiency, application speed, and developer productivity. Compared to complex JS frontends, this lightweight approach reduces code maintenance costs, minimizes risks, and enables the team to deliver value faster, focusing on core business goals.

(kellysutton.com)

Development

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