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Expert on Financial Bubbles Weighs in on AI Industry

Expert on Financial Bubbles Weighs in on AI Industry

Spoiler: it's not good.Boom or Bust?It's been a rough week for the tech industry. If the AI bubble hasn't already burst, investors are certainly waking up to the idea that what they've poured their money into may be, in fact, a bubble.Either way, the numbers are bad: the seven biggest tech giants, including Microsoft, Google, and Nvidia, have collectively lost more than $650 billion in market capitalization as of Monday, according to The Wall Street Journal, though they have now begun to rebound somewhat.What this means for the future of AI is unclear, but history may offer us a few…
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How short-lived advanced grenade launchers tried — and failed — to field a high-tech version of the conventional rifle attachment

How short-lived advanced grenade launchers tried — and failed — to field a high-tech version of the conventional rifle attachment

Could high-tech advanced grenade launchers replace conventional rifles for the infantrymen in the battlefields of the near future? Advanced grenade launchers combine a rifle and grenade launcher in one weapon with the rifle acting as backup. This idea can be traced back to 1970, and from then until now, there have been numerous incarnations of the concept.Even just strapping a grenade launcher to a rifle is nothing new – the M203 single-shot grenade launcher attachment for the M16 and M4 has served for decades. However, the difference between the M203 and advanced grenade launchers is substantial.Typically, advanced launchers use smaller…
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Simultaneous and Meshfree Topology Optimization with Physics-informed Gaussian Processes

Simultaneous and Meshfree Topology Optimization with Physics-informed Gaussian Processes

[Submitted on 7 Aug 2024] View a PDF of the paper titled Simultaneous and Meshfree Topology Optimization with Physics-informed Gaussian Processes, by Amin Yousefpour and 3 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:Topology optimization (TO) provides a principled mathematical approach for optimizing the performance of a structure by designing its material spatial distribution in a pre-defined domain and subject to a set of constraints. The majority of existing TO approaches leverage numerical solvers for design evaluations during the optimization and hence have a nested nature and rely on discretizing the design variables. Contrary to these approaches, herein we develop a…
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Borderlands’ single-digit Rotten Tomatoes rating can make you taste the bloody hatred

Borderlands’ single-digit Rotten Tomatoes rating can make you taste the bloody hatred

We’re less than a day away from the premiere of the Borderlands movie based on the violent, treasure-hunting comedy adventure games from Gearbox Software. Unfortunately, the vast majority of its reviews are wishing it never went beyond its gaming phase.Rotten Tomatoes rounded up 34 reviews of Eli Roth’s adaptation of the Borderlands games and so far, it’s earned a freshness rating of 3 percent. Only one of the included critics have given the movie a positive review.So what are the rest of the critics actually saying about this movie? Well, their words are unkind and that’s being generous.“...a quick internet…
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Black Hat 2024: AWS Patches Vulnerability in Cloud Services

Black Hat 2024: AWS Patches Vulnerability in Cloud Services

Black Hat and DEF CON are two of the major security conferences in the U.S., drawing large crowds of cyber and AI decision-makers to Las Vegas. Black Hat USA 2024 runs from Aug. 3-8, with most of the briefings occurring on Aug. 7 and 8; DEF CON 32 runs from Aug. 8-11. We’re rounding up the enterprise business tech news from Black Hat and DEF CON that is most relevant for IT and tech decision-makers. How to hold generative AI accountable A major topic of conversation and research at Black Hat this week will be how to hold generative AI…
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Pitney Bowes to Liquidate Ecommerce Unit in Bankruptcy

Pitney Bowes to Liquidate Ecommerce Unit in Bankruptcy

Shipping firm Pitney Bowes Inc. agreed to liquidate much of its ecommerce business in bankruptcy as part of a deal with Hilco Global.Under the agreement, affiliates of Hilco agreed to buy a controlling stake in the ecommerce business and then sell it off piecemeal, according to a statementBloomberg Terminal from Pitney Bowes. The ecommerce entities filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Thursday, listing debts and assets of as much as $500 million each. Source link lol
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Automatic identification of the area covered by acorn trees in the dehesa (pastureland) Extremadura of Spain

Automatic identification of the area covered by acorn trees in the dehesa (pastureland) Extremadura of Spain

[Submitted on 7 Aug 2024] View a PDF of the paper titled Automatic identification of the area covered by acorn trees in the dehesa (pastureland) Extremadura of Spain, by Ojeda-Maga~na Benjamin and 6 other authors View PDF Abstract:The acorn is the fruit of the oak and is an important crop in the Spanish dehesa extremeña, especially for the value it provides in the Iberian pig food to obtain the "acorn" certification. For this reason, we want to maximise the production of Iberian pigs with the appropriate weight. Hence the need to know the area covered by the crowns of the…
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How to add shadcn to existing project

How to add shadcn to existing project

If you are a web developer, chances are you heard about shadcn/ui, one of the most popular component libraries based of Radix UI. In this post we'll explore how to add shadcn to existing project. Depending on how your project is setup and what framework you are using, adding shadcn to your existing project will vary. When using shadcn Typescript is recommended when using this library. Nevertheless, JavaScript version is also available. To add shadcn to your project first you will have to install Tailwind CSS if your project is not using it, since shadcn components are styled with it.…
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NACL: A General and Effective KV Cache Eviction Framework for LLMs at Inference Time

NACL: A General and Effective KV Cache Eviction Framework for LLMs at Inference Time

arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners that adhere to them. Have an idea for a project that will add value for arXiv's community? Learn more about arXivLabs. Source link lol
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How the cast of ‘Saturday Night’ compares to the real-life people they’re playing

How the cast of ‘Saturday Night’ compares to the real-life people they’re playing

Jason Reitman's upcoming film "Saturday Night" chronicles how the first episode of "SNL" came together.The movie stars Gabriel LaBelle as "SNL" creator Lorne Michaels and Cory Michael Smith as Chevy Chase."Saturday Night" hits theaters on October 11. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you're on the go. download the app By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. You can opt-out at any time by visiting our Preferences page or by clicking "unsubscribe" at the bottom of the email. A new film centered on the creation of NBC's…
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