A Deluge of A.I. Computing Power Is About to Come Online, Fueling Major Leaps (Gift Article)

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A new American Heart Association scientific statement concludes that up to about 400 milligrams a day, or roughly three to five cups of plain coffee, is safe for most adults and may be linked to lower risks of cardiovascular disease. The benefits appear to depend heavily on the source and preparation, with coffee and tea…

Stripe wants a foothold in AI, and it is willing to pay dearly for it. The payments company is in talks to buy OpenRouter for about $10 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported. That is a staggering price for a startup valued at just $1.3 billion in May. The talks are preliminary, and could still…

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk believes artificial intelligence could fundamentally reshape the global economy within the next decade, predicting that “money won’t matter in 2036” if AI and robotics make goods and services overwhelmingly abundant. Speaking to _The Economis_t editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes, Musk argued that the value of money depends on the availability…

Unplanned downtime is one of the most expensive line items in manufacturing — industry analyses routinely put the cost in the hundreds of thousands of dollars per hour for high-throughput plants, and far more in sectors like automotive. That single number is why iiot implementation has moved from buzzword to boardroom: connecting machines, capturing their…

On July 27, $PHLX Semiconductor Index (.SOX.US)$ the index fell nearly 5% intraday and closed down 2.23%. $NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$ dropped nearly 5%, $SanDisk (SNDK.US)$ plunged more than 11% (already down over 40% from its year-to-date high), $SK hynix (SKHY.US)$ declined over 7%, falling below its IPO price for the first time. $Micron Technology (MU.US)$ 、…