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‘Open source will win’: Allen Institute for AI CEO Ali Farhadi on the new era of artificial intelligence

GeekWire

Ali Farhadi, CEO of the Allen Institute for AI, recording an episode of the GeekWire Podcast at the non-profit institute’s Seattle headquarters on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) It has been a wild few weeks and an eventful few months in AI:DeepSeek, OpenAI, Stargate, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Salesforce, Google, Elon Musk, and much more.

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SanDisk's new Gen5 SSD offers blistering 14,000 MB/s speeds at just 7W

TechSpot

SanDisk, the flash storage division of Western Digital, unveiled a pair of new SSD platforms at an investor event last week. These are designed to strike a balance between performance and value.

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Arm Shocks the Semiconductor Industry by Announcing It May Sell Its Own Chips

Tech Republic Data Center

Arm could compete with its customers, including Qualcomm. Meta has already inked a deal with Arm.

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The iconic Nokia N97 gets resurrected as a retro-inspired gaming handheld

TechSpot

Fast forward to today, and a gaming company is trying to rekindle that Nokia nostalgia with a new handheld console. Sugar Cubes has just released the N97 Elite, and yeah, it shares plenty of vibes with the original N97 only this time, it's designed for portable gaming.

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How AI Is Revolutionizing Contact Centers: 2025 Strategy + ROI Playbook

In 2025, contact centers aren’t just changing—they’re being rebuilt by AI. This no-fluff, executive-ready guide shows you how to capitalize on the transformation. Inside: proven ROI calculators, workforce optimization tactics, deflection strategies, and a 90-day AI deployment plan. Built for CIOs, COOs, CX leaders, and contact center strategists, it goes beyond buzzwords into play-by-play implementation.

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Lessons from Taiwan: How digital tools can help governments regain the people’s trust

GeekWire

Audrey Tang, who served as Taiwans first minister of digital affairs, flashes a Star Trek Vulcan greeting at Town Hall Seattle.(Photo 2025 Danny Ngan / dannyngan.com) This is a story about how digital tools helped government officials regain the trust of the electorate — but it’s not a science-fiction tale about a future Reunited States of America.

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Stephen Curry's new shooting partner is a robot that never gets tired

TechSpot

Silver introduced these innovations in a sneak peek at the 2025 NBA All-Star Technology Summit. The three bots are already being used by the Golden State Warriors for practices and training sessions, with Silver even calling them the "latest NBA All-Stars.

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Western Digital targets 100TB disk drives with HAMR and HDMR advancements

TechSpot

Western Digital unveiled an ambitious roadmap for advanced storage technologies at a recent investor day meeting. It plans to leverage two advanced storage technologies in the coming years: heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) and heat dot magnetic recording (HDMR), which are expected to improve data storage efficiency and density in hard.

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