2026-02-24
Despite rapid progress in AI's ability to build complex software and solve advanced physics problems, the ubiquitous format of PDF remains something of a grand challenge. — Read more from @joshdzieza.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/ai-artificia... [image]
The Verge
A look at the challenges some AI developers face in building models to extract trillions of high-quality tokens from PDFs, which are hard to parse, for training
Last November, the House Oversight Committee had just released 20,000 pages of documents from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein …
2025-11-23
The first fab at TSMC's Arizona site uses about 4.75 million gallons of water a day, roughly equivalent to the water used by more than 14,000 homes (about 2 percent of the city's housing). — www.theverge.com/features/825... [image]
The Verge
How a semiconductor investment boom is turning Arizona into “America's Semiconductor HQ”, attracting more than $200B in investments in the last five years
Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images … Arizona's economy was once dominated by the “five C's”: cotton, cattle, citrus, copper, and climate. X: @b_ai_s and @aicapital_io . Bluesk...
2025-09-05
“People see us as credible because we don't attack, because we are just providing information to everyone all the time in a boring way. Sometimes boring is good. Boring is credible.”
The Verge
How Wikipedia became the factual foundation of the web and why it's under attack from Musk, conservative groups, the Trump administration, and other governments
On Aug. 27, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform launched … Bluesky: Josh Dzieza / @joshdzieza : Governments, billionaires, influencers, and political groups are ...
2025-06-05
Brought grandpa to the Switch 2 event [image]
Financial Times
Nintendo launches the Switch 2 globally, with midnight store openings and long queues; analysts expect it to sell 15M to 20M units, in line with its FY guidance
Mario fans queue at midnight store openings after games company apologises for failing to meet pre-order demand