Nvidia plans to make DeepSeek's AI 30 times faster - CEO Huang explains how

New Dynamo software splits AI inference across 1,000 GPUs to boost query throughput - Nvidia's answer to investor concerns that DeepSeek cuts the processing needed.

Source: ZDNet

People in this career are better at seeing through optical illusions

Becoming an expert in medical image analysis may make you better at spotting illusions.

Source: Ars Technica

The Conservatives complicate the politics of net zero for Labour

The Tories’ new stance that the target is ‘impossible’ will deter Labour from anything that looks politically painful

Source: Financial Times

Russia using criminal networks to drive increase in sabotage acts, says Europol

Proxies deploying tactics including migrant smuggling in destabilisation efforts across EU, enforcement agency finds

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Russia and other state actors are driving an increase in politically …

Source: The Guardian

Entire families wiped out as Israel bombs Gaza’s residential areas

Gaza hospitals overwhelmed with casualties as relentless Israeli bombardments leave hundreds dead and many more wounded.

Source: Al Jazeera

Oil prices boosted by rising Middle East tensions

Oil futures rose Tuesday, on track for a third straight gain, as investors monitored rising Middle East tensions following U.S. attacks on Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen over the weekend …

Source: MarketWatch

Sponsors drop San Francisco Pride as festival decries ‘rights backtracking’

Comcast, Anheuser-Busch and others cancel funding as US becomes increasingly hostile toward LGBTQ+ communities

San Francisco Pride, one of the largest LGBTQ+ celebrations in the world, has lost significant funding …

Source: The Guardian

Americans Describe Being Detained as Hostages in a Venezuelan Prison

They were American tourists hoping for a good time, they said. Then they became captives of an autocratic government.

Source: New York Times

Baidu shares jump 10% following release of new open-source AI models

Shares of Chinese tech giant Baidu were trading up 10% in trading in Asia, as investors reacted positively to a spate of AI model releases over the weekend.

Source: CNBC

Germany's Bundestag debates historic financial package

The multibillion-euro package loosens borrowing limits and allows new investments in defense, infrastructure and climate. The plan is backed by the conservative CDU/CSU alliance, center-left SPD and Greens. DW has …

Source: Deutsche Welle

Israeli Strikes on Gaza Kills Over 400, in Breakdown of Cease-Fire

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said he had ordered the aerial attacks after Hamas’s “repeated refusal” to release the remaining hostages it holds. “This is just the beginning,” he said.

Source: New York Times

Economists forecast slowing US growth and increased inflation

Also in today’s newsletter, US’s campaign against the Houthis and the man moving Meta to the right

Source: Financial Times