Sat.Jun 08, 2024

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This is your kid on smartphones

Vox

It seems that every generation laments the state of the youth at some point in their evolution into oldness. But what if — and just hear me out for a second — the kids are actually not all right? There’s quite a bit of data piling up on the mental health of young people and the picture is worrisome. Whether you look at anxiety or depression or suicide or even quality of friendships, the trends are not good, and this seems to be true in many different countries at the same time.

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Intel's new Gaudi 3 accelerators massively undercut Nvidia GPUs as AI race heats up

TechSpot

Pricing for products like these is typically kept hidden from the public, but Intel has bucked the trend and provided some official figures. The flagship Gaudi 3 accelerator will cost around $15,000 per unit when purchased individually, which is 50 percent cheaper than Nvidia's competing H100 data center GPU.

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How this professor teaches AI and thinks about the future of human creativity

GeekWire

Léonard Boussioux, photographed here after recording this week’s GeekWire Podcast, teaches a class called “Generative AI in the Era of Cloud Computing” at University of Washington’s Foster School of Business. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) “You need to use your human intelligence. No AI will take this away from you. … You need to just realize how beautiful this is, to be a human.

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DisplayLink gets 'Pro' upgrade with new Synaptics DL-7000 chip

TechSpot

DisplayLink docks provide an alternative to pricier Thunderbolt options by using data compression tricks to funnel high-res video streams through plain old USB connections. While you might notice some quality hits with intense gaming, most day-to-day desktop duties are unaffected. The key advantage is that these docks can often push.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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The Exploitation-Exploration dilemma’s fundamental role in intelligence and our lives

Trends in the Living Networks

The Exploitation-Exploration dilemma is deeply relevant, not only to business strategy, but to many aspects of our lives. It is also a fundamental underpinning of intelligence, human and artificial. The dilemma is essentially: should we continue with what we have, or leave that behind to find something better? Explore-exploit’s role in intelligence The exploitation-exploration dilemma lies at the very roots of the evolution of intelligent life.

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AMD teases "really cool" upgrades coming to its 3D V-Cache tech

TechSpot

PC Gamer spoke with Donny Woligroski, AMD's senior technical marketing manager, during Computex 2024 to get the inside scoop on future 3D V-Cache plans. When asked about potential developments for Zen 5, he said AMD is not "resting on laurels" and is "improving what we can do with X3D.

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Retailers fight back against gift card scams with education, technology

TechSpot

For Melody Randall of Queensbury, NY, it started with a voicemail: "Dear customer, this voicemail is to inform you that Spectrum is removing the 40 percent discount offer on your monthly bill. To reactivate this offer right now, please call back the number displayed on your caller ID. Thank you!