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Inside Microsoft Ignite: How Microsoft and NVIDIA are redefining the AI stack
Presented by Microsoft and NVIDIA As the world’s leading platform providers and champions for advancing AI globally, NVIDIA and Microsoft continue to deliver unequaled value for organizations investing in and deploying AI. The companies’ collaborative efforts at the 2025 Microsoft Ignite conference offered tangible proof, introducing practitioners and decision-makers... Read more
Scotts Valley Tribe advances temporary Vallejo casino amid legal disputes
The Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians is moving ahead with plans to open a temporary casino in Vallejo, California, possibly as soon as January 2026. According to the Daily Republic, the site would be located on tribal land near the intersection of I-80 and Highway 37. The casino... Read more
Forget the Chatbots. AI’s True Potential Is Cheap, Fast and on Your Devices
When I tap the app for Anthropic’s Claude AI on my phone and give it a prompt — say, “Tell me a story about a mischievous cat” — a lot happens before the result (“The Great Tuna Heist”) appears on my screen. My request gets sent to the cloud — a... Read more
Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answer and Help for Dec. 29 #666
Looking for the most recent Strands answer? Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. Today’s NYT Strands puzzle is a fun one, and the subject is pretty clear. Some of... Read more
The Dollar Is Facing an End to Its Dominance
2026 will be the year when US dollar dilution—the quiet erosion of its global dominance as countries trade and pay in alternatives—starts to build momentum. The more Washington uses the dollar as a weapon, the more the world builds ways to circumvent it. America’s share of global trade has... Read more
Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Dec. 29
Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? I, for one, did not know there was a... Read more
Billion-Dollar Data Centers Are Taking Over the World
When Sam Altman said one year ago that OpenAI’s Roman Empire is the actual Roman Empire, he wasn’t kidding. In the same way that the Romans gradually amassed an empire of land spanning three continents and one-ninth of the Earth’s circumference, the CEO and his cohort are now dotting... Read more
Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers for Dec. 29 #932
Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today’s NYT Connections puzzle had another of those crazy purple categories, but once you get it,... Read more
People Who Drink Bottled Water on a Daily Basis Ingest 90,000 More Microplastic Particles Each Year
Sarah Sajedi was visiting Phi Phi Island, Thailand, when she was dazzled by the beautiful scenery of the Andaman Sea. However, when she looked down at her feet, she saw that the white sandy beach was covered with plastic debris, most of which was from plastic bottles. After many... Read more
Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints, Answers for Dec. 29 #462
Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. Today’s Connections: Sports Edition has an especially difficult purple category, where you need to play with the spelling of... Read more