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Canadian music is in danger

Canadian music has shaped global culture for decades—but today, it may be facing a serious crisis. From industry shifts to ...

Google's new TurboQuant algorithm speeds up AI memory 8x, cutting costs by 50% or more

Within 24 hours of the release, community members began porting the algorithm to popular local AI libraries like MLX for ...

Verdicts against social media companies carry consequences. But questions linger

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Two landmark jury verdicts against social media companies have arrived at the front of a wave of ...

Google’s TurboQuant AI-compression algorithm can reduce LLM memory usage by 6x

Google Research recently revealed TurboQuant, a compression algorithm that reduces the memory footprint of large language ...
The Guardian

I traded Spotify with an MP3 player for a week. Life outside the algorithm was rough

No algorithm, no endless playlists, no podcasts on demand. Just a handful of albums, wired headphones and a lot of silence Sign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, ...
MIT Technology Review

The Download: a blockchain enigma, and the algorithms governing our lives

Plus: Mark Zuckerberg is preparing to give evidence in a social media addiction trial This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in ...
Wired

TikTok Data Center Outage Triggers Trust Crisis for New US Owners

The technical failure coincided with TikTok’s ownership transition, leading users to question whether videos criticizing ICE raids in Minnesota were being intentionally censored. TikTok is currently ...
Computer Weekly

Chiba University unveils algorithm to reduce blockchain delay in IoT networks

Researchers from Chiba University have developed a lightweight peer-selection algorithm that significantly reduces data propagation delays without increasing resource usage on internet of things (IoT) ...