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Nvidia started offering the A100 replacement, the A800, to Chinese customers. The A100 is based on the Ampere architecture and is widely used in AI, data analytics and HPC. The United States introduced a new policy on export restrictions last month, and the A100 was included in the list of export restrictions. The A800 has […]

Changpeng Zhao, CEO of Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, announced on Tuesday that he had signed a letter of intent to acquire rival FTX. Before news of the acquisition was announced, relations between the two exchanges were tense, with Changpeng Zhao saying that Binance would begin liquidating FTT tokens held on its books. Binance

The GNU Project’s documentation system typesetting package Texinfo has released a major update, v7.0. The main new features are support for output formats LaTeX and EPUB 3, as well as numerous other changes such as improved HTML output format support, fixed character encoding issues, and enhanced DocBook output. LaTeX is a TeX-based typesetting system known

Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry’s Energy Conservation Committee discussed gaining the ability to remotely turn off air conditioners/heaters in private homes earlier this month. The committee believes that Japan is trying to rely on renewable energy sources such as solar energy, whose power generation is affected by the daily climate, making it difficult

Sony is preparing to completely ditch plastic packaging. The plan is set to start in 2023, starting with small products such as smartphones for the first time, and plastic packaging will gradually be replaced by materials such as cardboard boxes and bamboo. Large-scale products such as Sony TVs will also abandon plastic packaging. At present,

A team from the Max Planck Institute for Animal Behavior found that the brains of European mole rats shrink by 11% before winter and grow back by 4% by summer. Such brain-shrinking mammals are known for reversibly shrinking their brains through a process known as Denier’s phenomenon. The European mole is the latest known species.

Astronomers have discovered the closest black hole to Earth to date, using data from the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Gaia space probe. This new method based on the properties of binary star systems is expected to detect more dormant black holes in the future. In June 2022, ESA published the third complete Gaia observational dataset

India lifted 415 million people out of poverty in the 15 years from 2005-06 to 2019-21, according to a report released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Monday. India’s poverty rate fell from 55.1% in 2005-06 to 16.4% in 2019-21. Of the 415 million people lifted out of poverty, 275 million were lifted

British researchers used satellite-captured images to confirm that the Tonga volcano, which erupted in January, produced the highest plume ever recorded. This is also the first time the plume of a volcanic eruption has been seen extending through the lower atmosphere into the mesosphere. On January 15, an underwater volcano in the Tonga archipelago in

For the first time, British researchers have transfused lab-grown blood into humans in a clinical trial to see how it behaves in humans. The majority of blood transfusions still rely on blood donations, and the study looked at rare, hard-to-obtain blood types. For patients like sickle cell anemia who require regular blood transfusions, the blood

The past eight years have been on track to be the warmest eight years on record, driven by rising concentrations of greenhouse gases and a build-up of heat. This year’s extreme heatwaves, droughts and devastating floods have affected millions of people and caused billions in damage, according to the World Meteorological Organization’s State of the

Consumers usually read product reviews when shopping online. Surveys show that as many as 90% of consumers decide whether to buy a product based on online reviews. This is the business motive behind manipulating reviews to create fake reviews. For as many as 30% of fake online reviews, it is difficult for consumers to distinguish

Pfizer has released preliminary findings on the new booster, saying its updated Covid-19 booster significantly increased antibodies against the virus in adults. The most prevalent strains of the new coronavirus around the world are Omicron and its subspecies. Pfizer and its partner BioNTech reported a 13-fold increase in antibody levels in people 55 and older