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CATL says Chinese 'EIVs' surging as affordable, smart EV options

CATL says Chinese 'EIVs' surging as affordable, smart EV options

Via: Nerm_L  •  News Viners  •  1 Comments  •  3 weeks ago

Nothing like a little self promotion.  (CATL stands for Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited, a Chinses company that is the world's largest manufacturer of lithium-ion EV batteries.)
DeepSeek hints that China has mastered the art of ‘kaizen’ — the west should be worried

DeepSeek hints that China has mastered the art of ‘kaizen’ — the west should be worried

Via: Nerm_L  •  News Viners  •  6 Comments  •  3 weeks ago

Financial wizards who get rich by exploiting innovation love myths that justify their existence.  The space pen is a distraction, the myth is Kaizen.  Kaizen is a Japanese philosophy for continuous...
Iraqi refugee charged with burning Koran shot dead in Sweden, five arrested

Iraqi refugee charged with burning Koran shot dead in Sweden, five arrested

Via: Nerm_L  •  News Viners  •  2 Comments  •  3 weeks ago

Sweden?  The story sounds like a left-wing operatic incident staged on an east coast university campus.  It's got everything the American left-wing loves; refugees, ethnic hate, moral outrage,...
How DeepSeek changed the future of AI—and what that means for national security

How DeepSeek changed the future of AI—and what that means for national security

Via: Nerm_L  •  News Viners  •  1 Comments  •  3 weeks ago

JFC and the 12 grody roadies!  American Big Tech is trying to blame Xi Jinping for farting in public.  But DeepSeek did not invent a new AI.  The Mixture of Experts (MoE) type of model is not new...
Democrats pounce as Trump retreats on federal spending freeze

Democrats pounce as Trump retreats on federal spending freeze

Via: Nerm_L  •  News Viners  •  2 Comments  •  3 weeks ago

Democrats are desperate to find issues that divide the country.  Schumer and Jeffries are prepared to go to war over the Federal funding freeze.  That Trump already rescinded.  And has already...
Donald Trump offers US federal workers buyouts to resign

Donald Trump offers US federal workers buyouts to resign

Via: Nerm_L  •  News Viners  •  13 Comments  •  3 weeks ago

Oh, look, Elon Musk is turning into Al Gore.  Can we expect Musk to start talking about PAYGO, GOCO, lock boxes, and inconvenient truths? Trump has turned the clock back to the Clinton...
Optics & Photonics News - Energy-Efficient Bitcoin Mining through Light

Optics & Photonics News - Energy-Efficient Bitcoin Mining through Light

Via: Nerm_L  •  News Viners  •  1 Comments  •  4 weeks ago

A bit of nerdy geeky discussion on optical computing coupled with Bitcoin mining.  (Note the article is almost 2 years old and I've not tried to find an update on the research.) Optical computing...
PsiQuantum Is Closing In On Fault-Tolerance And A Million Qubits

PsiQuantum Is Closing In On Fault-Tolerance And A Million Qubits

Via: Nerm_L  •  News Viners  •  1 Comments  •  4 weeks ago

While Elon Musk is drinking crypto-koolaid on the rocks, developers are trying to bring optical quantum computing to commercial fruition.  This effort is located in the US so the money aspect of...
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