U.S. Vice President JD Vance visited Greenland last week to visit American forces at Washington’s northernmost military base and send a clear reminder to the island that the Trump administration is not backing down on its vow to claim the island from Denmark.
Category: 1 April 2025
“INFERENCE” IS THE NEW BATTLEGROUND FOR AI CHIP MAKERS
Nvidia leads the world in making ever more complex and costly chips that train AI models. Now chip makers looking to take a piece of Nvidia’s market share have found a new path to that goal.
DEEPSEEK STICKS TO RESEARCH, NOT REVENUE-SEEKING
Unlike AI Western developers, Chinese company DeepSeek has reacted to its recent fame and soaring sales by focusing even more heavily on research, not chasing greater and greater revenue.
ANOTHER CHINESE DEVELOPER CLAIMS AN AI BREAKTHROUGH
Ant Group, the largest Chinese digital payments and financial services group, claims it has used Chinese-made chips to train a large language model AI at a cost 20 percent below that incurred by Western developers such as Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI.
SPUTNIK SAYS RUSSIA NOT INTERESTED IN GOING BACK TO SWIFT SYSTEM
Russia based Sputnik News reported this past week that the U.S. is currently apparently offering a return to the international banking and payments community to the country, as an incentive to negotiate for peace in the Russia Ukraine conflict.
U.S. REFUSES TO RELEASE DATA ON INITIAL STRIKES ON YEMEN, DESPITE SIGNAL CHAT ERROR
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth told reporters last week that the American strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen earlier this week were precise and successful, but the Pentagon has yet to reveal what targets were hit or the casualty count.
ATTACK, ATTACK, ATTACK: TRUMP TEAM TRIES ITS BEST TO GO ON THE OFFENSIVE AMID SIGNAL CHAT FALLOUT
U.S. President Donald Trump did what he does best when confronted by a recent humiliation or controversy: deny, deny, deny…attack, attack, attack.
HIGH-TECH SCIENCE SPECIAL REPORT: SERVICE ROBOTS ARE HERE TO HELP
Japan, with one of the world’s oldest populations, faces a labor shortage. The lack is particularly acute in restaurants, where servers work hard, pay is low, and grumpy customers must be kept happy.
‘PEACE PRESIDENT’ TRUMP MAKES GOOD ON HIS PROMISE TO KEEP BOMBING YEMEN
The U.S. carried out a new bombing campaign in Yemen in the overnight hours on Saturday—killing at least one—just days after President Donald Trump vowed to target the country for a “long time.”
SOME NEW TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE
The news cycle over the past week has been dominated by reports and analysis of the Signal group chat involving top national security officials discussing aspects of the recent air strikes which have been directed against the Houthis in Yemen.