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Now its COO is questioning whether it's worth it U.S. Seeks to Give Weapons-Grade Plutonium to Start-Ups for Fuel Nvidia is finally ditching its iconic Control Panel after 20 years — new driver updates only ship in the Nvidia App New magnesium alloy boosts solid-state battery life 400-fold Erin Brockovich launches map of over 4,200 data centres in the US, appeals for local communities to report environmental impact and other costs Random People Armed with AI and No Lawyer Are Reportedly Filling Judicial Dockets with Lawsuits Modern Blu-ray drives can now rip GameCube, Wii, and Xbox 360 games to PC — third-party OmniDrive firmware unlocks game rips from physical media on select players Is there a disconnect between what is being sold and what AI is actually capable of doing? 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Tech billionaires used performance drugs in secret. Now they’re selling a revolution. 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Professor who helped write UC Berkeley's new AI policy says it's about preserving 'the value add of a lawyer' Chinese memory maker CXMT enters mainstream consumer memory with Corsair Vengeance DDR5 kit — Chinese-made DRAM emerges as an antidote for crushing shortages Stop trying to make Grok happen — Reuters report suggests government and enterprise customers don’t like xAI's chatbot. Does anybody? 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