LINCOLN—It had the makings of a classic trap game. The Huskers were coming off an emotional road trip. They were leaving for another away match against a ranked opponent the following day. NU was breaking in a new TeraFlex court and the fans were participating in a stripe out. Not to mention, several players attended a Tate McRae concert in …
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Save $200: As of Sept. 27, this Sky Blue 13-inch M4 MacBook is 20% off on Amazon, coming in at $799, down from the $999 list price. This weekend, this Sky Blue 13-inch MacBook Air with an M4 chip is on sale, and it’s a powerhouse. The laptop features a 13.6-inch Liquid Retina display, 16GB Unified Memory, 256GB SSD storage, …
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Microsoft is making advances with a new way to cool microchips that it says could lead to more energy-efficient data centers in the future. It’s a method called microfluidics that involves liquid coolant flowing directly into the silicon. After lab tests, Microsoft found that this strategy can remove heat up to three times better than cold plates currently used in …
Read More »Qualcomm has unveiled its new Snapdragon X Series chips for laptops, in addition to its new system-on-a-chip for flagship phones. The Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme chip meant for “ultra-premium” Windows 11 laptops are designed to handle “complex, expert-level workloads” and to enable fast AI processing, as well as a multi-day battery life. Meanwhile, the Snapdragon X2 Elite chips come in …
Read More »ATHENS, Greece (AP) — With a pristine white exterior, the Greece tax authority’s new headquarters looks out of place on a clogged industrial artery outside Athens. A former shopping mall and ice rink, the building has been overhauled into an ultramodern digital center that has led the rescue of the nation’s ailing finance and tax sector. It is teeming with …
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The $34,230 SV+ loses the panoramic roof and the interior V2L outlets, and you’ll have to manually open and close the tailgate at the back. And the alloy wheels are an inch smaller, which increases the range to 288 miles (464 km). But it keeps the heated front seats and the twin 14.3-inch displays (one for your instruments, one for …
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Probe generation Probes, also referred to as ‘masks’ in the LexicHash paper, consist of a fixed number (m = 20,000 by default) of k-mers (k ≤ 32, k = 31 by default), which capture DNA sequences by prefix matching. A probe consists of two parts—the p-bp prefix and the remaining bases. To enable probes to match all possible reference and query sequences by prefix matching, all …
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A computer that uses light rather than digital switches for calculations could help reduce the energy demands of artificial intelligence (AI), according to a new study. The scientists who invented the computer describe it as a new computing paradigm. Microsoft researchers developed a prototype analog optical computer (AOC) that can perform some tasks that an AI might be used for, …
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TL;DR The EU durability and energy efficiency ratings for the Pixel 10 series have been released. The Pixel 10 Pro appears to be the most energy-efficient out of the bunch. All three models received an “A” grade for durability. There’s only about one week left separating us from the launch of the Pixel 10 series. Although leaks have spoiled plenty …
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News Highlights: Arm neural technology is an industry first, adding dedicated neural accelerators to Arm GPUs, bringing PC-quality, AI powered graphics to mobile for the first time – and laying the foundation for future on-device AI innovation Neural Super Sampling is the first application, an AI-driven graphics upscaler that enables potential for 2x resolution uplift at 4ms per frame Developers …
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