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Episode Summary: AWS Morning Brief for the week of August 4th, 2025, with Corey Quinn. Amazon Aurora MySQL database clusters now support up to 256 TiB of storage volume Introducing v2 of Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java)Introducing Extended Support for Amazon ElastiCache version 4 and version 5 for Redis OSSAmazon DocumentDB Serverless is now available AWS Lambda response streaming now supports 200 MB response payloadsHow Zapier runs isolated tasks on AWS Lambda and upgrades functions at scaleAmazon Application Recovery Controller now supports Region switchAnnouncing general availability of Amazon EC2 G6f instances with fractional GPUsAmazon Promotes Malphas to Senior Vice President of Bad Decisions, Unveils 17th Leadership PrincipleAmazon CloudFront introduces new origin response timeout controlsOptimize traffic costs of Amazon MSK consumers on Amazon EKS with rack awarenessAmazon Bedrock now available in the US West (N. California) RegionNew AWS whitepaper: AWS User Guide to Financial Services Regulations and Guidelines in Australia Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling adds AWS Lambda functions as notification targets for lifecycle hooks
The hardest thing for any growing company to do is manage the transition from hypergrowth to the dual tracks of growth and stability. AWS is entering their Hybrid phase, or the transition from Day 1 to Day 2. How will it go?SHOW: 946SHOW TRANSCRIPT: The Cloudcast #946 TranscriptSHOW VIDEO: https://youtube.com/@TheCloudcastNET CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK: http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotwCHECK OUT OUR NEW PODCAST: "CLOUDCAST BASICS"SHOW SPONSORS:[DoIT] Visit doit.com (that's d-o-i-t.com) to unlock intent-aware FinOps at scale with DoiT Cloud Intelligence.[VASION] Vasion Print eliminates the need for print servers by enabling secure, cloud-based printing from any device, anywhere. Get a custom demo to see the difference for yourself.SHOW NOTES:Amazon Q2 (July 2025) ResultsReviewing Amazon/AWS Q2 2025 Results (CNBC)AWS QoQ Earnings Growth Rates (2014-2025)Andy Jassy defends Amazon/AWS AI strategyAmazon Q2 2025 Earnings Call TranscriptUpdate from Andy Jasay Amazon Generative AI (Amazon Internal)HOW WILL AWS HANDLE DAY 1 AND DAY 2?Has AWS missed the Generative AI transformation?Not investing in GPUs at the same rate as their cloud market shareDon't have a Top 5 Frontier LLMDon't have a productivity suite to attach AI to (on-going revenue)Don't have a leading coding-assistant appDon't have an immediate “acquisition” target (e.g. Anthropic valuation near $150B)AWS isn't breaking out their AI revenuesAWS's growth has plateaued over the last 6 quarters (around 17%), while Azure, GCP have been growing at 1.5 to 2x, specifically around AI revenues. AWS is up to 18% of Amazon revenue, and current AWS (CPU-based) is driving the majority of Amazon profits. Jasay is trying to make AI an add-on to the AWS “building block” modelGenAI buying (at this point) looks similar to Shadow IT going to public cloud – it's not centrally controlledIs AWS focused on GenAI, or moving the other 80-85% of on-premises to their cloud? Can they manage both priorities at the same time? Can you achieve the same levels of growth if non-GenAI startups aren't getting funding at the same levels as pre-2022?FEEDBACK?Email: show at the cloudcast dot netTwitter/X: @cloudcastpodBlueSky: @cloudcastpod.bsky.socialInstagram: @cloudcastpodTikTok: @cloudcastpod
Send us a text00:00 - Intro00:52 - Figma Surges 250% on NYSE Debut to $56b02:10 - Anthropic Triples Valuation to $170b in New Round03:01 - Ramp Jumps 40% to $22.5b in 45 Days04:23 - iCapital Raises $820m to $7.5b Valuation05:28 - BitGo Files IPO at $3.43b Secondary Valuation06:05 - Substack Boosts 70% to $1.1b on $100m Raise06:51 - Shein Posts $10b Q1 Revenue Amid Valuation Pressure08:09 - Klarna Eyes $15b IPO with $11.8b Secondary Valuation09:26 - OpenAI Doubles Revenue to $12b Annualized at $326b10:58 - Groq Projects $500m 2025 Revenue at $6b Valuation12:34 - Lovable Hits $100m ARR in 8 Months13:51 - xAI Scales to 1m GPUs for 20,000 ExaFLOPS
Marx, an analyst of real businesses? You must be crazy. Well, before you arrive at that conclusion, consider the following: Procurement time, lead time, inventory management, freight costs, and supply chain management: these are terms commonly encountered by business analysts and participants alike on an everyday basis. Contemporary corporations, such as Amazon and Walmart, have developed elaborate interconnected networks of warehouses and logistics management systems that reduce the 'turnover time' (the two-day delivery method) and facilitate the circulation of capital. Any analyst of the world capitalist system cannot help but notice how geopolitical tensions over supply chains, semiconductors, GPUs, and rare earths tie into the circuits of contemporary global capitalism. A serious analyst of capitalism must, therefore, pay close attention to the "CIRCULATION" of Capital. But what is the circulation of Capital? How does the world capitalist system connect retailers and financiers with networks of direct-producers ---- Marx's exploited classes in Volume 1--- and suppliers that are spread out across the entire planet? What does Marx's theory say about the 'subsumed classes', or the classes in society that do not directly participate in the production of surplus-value, but facilitate or provide conditions of existence to it? How do we incorporate bankers, merchants, and financiers into the circuit of capital? Volume 1 of Capital deals with the PRODUCTION of surplus-value to demonstrate how MORE value is extracted from workers than they receive in wages. The core of capitalist accumulation is thus the stolen value of workers. But what happens once this value is stolen? Does the capitalist keep all of it? Does he make distributions out of it? To whom are these distributions made and why? These questions are at the heart of Capital Volume 2. With this aim, this week the dialectic goes to work to explore the amazing world of Marx's Capital, Volume II: The Circulation of Capital. About The Dialectic at Work is a podcast hosted by Professor Shahram Azhar & Professor Richard Wolff. The show is dedicated to exploring Marxian theory. It utilizes the dialectical mode of reasoning, that is the method developed over the millennia by Plato and Aristotle, and continues to explore new dimensions of theory and praxis via a dialogue. The Marxist dialectic is a revolutionary dialectic that not only seeks to understand the world but rather to change it. In our discussions, the dialectic goes to work intending to solve the urgent life crises that we face as a global community. Follow us on social media: X: @DialecticAtWork Instagram: @DialecticAtWork Tiktok: @DialecticAtWork Website: www.DemocracyAtWork.info Patreon: www.patreon.com/democracyatwork
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Sriram Krishnan was never interested in policy. But after seeing a gap in AI knowledge at senior levels of government, he decided to lend his expertise to the tech-friendly Trump administration. Senior White House Policy Advisor on AI Sriram Krishnan joins Elad Gil and Sarah Guo to talk about America's AI Action Plan, a recent executive order that outlines how America can win the AI race and maintain its AI supremacy. Sriram discusses why winning the AI race is important and what that looks like, as well as the core goals of the Action Plan that he helped to author. Together, they explore how AI is the latest iteration of American cultural exportation and soft power, the bottlenecks in upgrading America's energy infrastructure, and the importance of America owning the “full stack” from GPUs and models to agents and software. Sign up for new podcasts every week. Email feedback to show@no-priors.com Follow us on Twitter: @NoPriorsPod | @Saranormous | @EladGil | @skrishnan47 | @sriramk Chapters: 00:00 – Sriram Krishnan Introduction 01:00 – Sriram's Role in Government 03:43 – Impetus for the America AI Action Plan 06:14 – What Winning the AI Race Looks Like 10:36 – Algorithms and Cultural Bias 12:26 – Main Tenets of the America AI Action Plan 19:13 – Infrastructure and Energy Needs for AI 22:56 – Manufacturing, Supply Chains, and AI 24:52 – Ensuring American Dominance in Robotics 26:30 – Translating Policy to Industry and the Economy 29:30 – Should the US Be a Technocracy? 32:33 – Understanding the Argument Against Open Source Models 36:07 – Conclusion
What if the biggest challenge in AI isn't how fast chips can compute, but how quickly data can move? In this episode of Eye on AI, Nandan Nayampally, Chief Commercial Officer at Baya Systems, shares how the next era of computing is being shaped by smarter architecture, not just raw processing power. With experience leading teams at ARM, Amazon Alexa, and BrainChip, Nandan brings a rare perspective on how modern chip design is evolving. We dive into the world of chiplets, network-on-chip (NoC) technology, silicon photonics, and neuromorphic computing. Nandan explains why the traditional path of scaling transistors is no longer enough, and how Baya Systems is solving the real bottlenecks in AI hardware through efficient data movement and modular design. From punch cards to AGI, this conversation maps the full arc of computing innovation. If you want to understand how to build hardware for the future of AI, this episode is a must-listen. Subscribe to Eye on AI for more conversations on the future of artificial intelligence and system design. Stay Updated: Craig Smith on X:https://x.com/craigss Eye on A.I. on X: https://x.com/EyeOn_AI (00:00) Why AI's Bottleneck Is Data Movement (01:26) Nandan's Background and Semiconductor Career (03:06) What Baya Systems Does: Network-on-Chip + Software (08:40) A Brief History of Computing: From Punch Cards to AGI (11:47) Silicon Photonics and the Evolution of Data Transfer (20:04) How Baya Is Solving Real AI Hardware Challenges (22:13) Understanding CPUs, GPUs, and NPUs in AI Workloads (24:09) Building Efficient Chips: Cost, Speed, and Customization (27:17) Performance, Power, and Area (PPA) in Chip Design (30:55) Partnering to Build Next-Gen Photonic and Copper Systems (32:29) Why Moore's Law Has Slowed and What Comes Next (34:49) Wafer-Scale vs Traditional Die: Where Baya Fits In (36:10) Chiplet Stacking and Composability Explained (39:44) The Future of On-Chip Networking (41:10) Neuromorphic Computing: Energy-Efficient AI (43:02) Edge AI, Small Models, and Structured State Spaces
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Send us a textCHAPTERS00:00 – Anthropic $150b valuation (now $170b!!!)15:13 – xAI + Valor for GPUs29:55 – Figma IPO valuation set at $15-$16bPARTICIPANTSNick Fusco = CEO at PM Insights, a pre-IPO secondary market pricing company…X - @TheFuscoKid…LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/nickfuscoEvan Cohen = Founder/COO of withVincent.com, a media company focused on alternative investments…X - @evvcohen…LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/evcohenClint Sorenson = Chief Investment Officer at WealthShield, an outsourced CIO and investment research company…X - @clint_sorenson…LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/csorensoncfacmtAaron Dillon = Managing Director of AG Dillon Funds, pre-IPO stock investing for RIAs…X - @AaronGDillon…LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/aarondillonnyc
"China's approach is very pragmatic. People have been saying DeepSeek did it out of necessity. There's obviously a GPU constraint and hardware constraint in China, something they're working around. In many ways, the engineering genius and engineering innovation is what set DeepSeek apart. It challenged a global narrative around needing more GPUs and more money to get better AI. It was about throwing capital at the problem. It was a different approach because the capital ecosystem in China itself is very different. People talk about proof of concept - you have to prove your concept first in China to get funding. For many startups, they weren't getting much funding before the DeepSeek moment. To your point, no one really knew it would have a strong ROI, so only the BATs that had money and understood the technology were backing it." - Grace Shao, Founder of AI Proem Newsletter Fresh out of the studio, Grace Shao, founder of AI Proem Newsletter and former CNBC and CGTN journalist, joins us to explore the rise of generative AI in China and how it's reshaping the global technology narrative. She began the story of her career journey and started with the conversation reflecting on how the DeepSeek moment revitalized China's internet sector after years of regulatory challenges and geopolitical tensions. Grace unpacks the pragmatic Chinese approach to AI development, explaining how companies like ByteDance, Alibaba, and Tencent are leveraging their unique ecosystems and data advantages while startups embrace open-weight models to prove innovation over imitation. She discusses why the "China versus US AI arms race" narrative misses the point, the strategic reasons behind companies relocating to avoid geopolitical sensitivities, and how distribution challenges are separating winners from losers in the consumer AI space. Addressing the broader implications, Grace explores the real opportunities in robotics, vertical AI applications, and why collaboration rather than competition should define the industry's future. Closing the conversation, she shares her vision for bridging cultural understanding between East and West and what success looks like for the next generation of AI development. Episode Highlights: [00:00] Quote of the Day by Grace Shao, Founder of AI Proem [01:21] Introduction: Grace Shao from AI Proem [04:29] China's tech moves incredibly fast. [08:09] China's generative AI landscape: BATs, Startups & Research Labs [09:23] Most AI startups have financial ties with Alibaba or Tencent [10:02] Chinese AI approach more pragmatic: commercialize quickly versus philosophical AGI pursuit [12:23] Alibaba's approach to LLMs with Qwen [15:00] Tencent's WeChat integration with DeepSeek vs Tencent Yuanbao [18:03] ByteDance pivots to multimodal LLM models [21:31] DeepSeek moment revitalized China's internet sector after rough 2022-2024 period [27:28] DeepSeek and Kimi embrace open-weight models for talent and adoption [29:46] Open sourcing as strategic decision for China LLMs [33:19] US capital pullout from China forced companies like Manus overseas to Singapore [37:17] Robotics in China: Unitree Robotics, UBTech and Galbot [42:05] Chinese startups focus on vertical integration rather than competing on LLMs [43:51] Healthcare and agricultural AI applications extremely advanced in China [44:13] This isn't an arms race; framing as competition misses the point [45:49] China and US should collaborate on AI safety and regulation for future generations [49:00] Closing Profile: Grace Shao, Founder of AI Proem Newsletter: https://aiproem.substack.com/ Personal Site: https://www.proemcommunications.com/aboutgraceshao LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gmzshao/ Podcast Information: Bernard Leong hosts and produces the show. The proper credits for the intro and end music are "Energetic Sports Drive." G. Thomas Craig mixed and edited the episode in both video and audio format. Here are the links to watch or listen to our podcast. Analyse Asia Main Site: https://analyse.asia Analyse Asia Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1kkRwzRZa4JCICr2vm0vGl Analyse Asia Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/analyse-asia-with-bernard-leong/id914868245 Analyse Asia YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AnalyseAsia Analyse Asia LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/analyse-asia/ Analyse Asia X (formerly known as Twitter): https://twitter.com/analyseasia Analyse Asia Threads: https://www.threads.net/@analyseasia Sign Up for Our This Week in Asia Newsletter: https://www.analyse.asia/#/portal/signup Subscribe Newsletter on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=7149559878934540288
Guest: Dr. Tom Coughlin, President, Coughlin Associates, IEEE Past President (2025) Website: https://tomcoughlin.com FMS Conference: https://futurememorystorage.com/ Episode Summary: Join us for an enlightening conversation with Dr. Tom Coughlin, a seasoned digital storage analyst and consultant with over 40 years in the industry. Tom, the President of Coughlin Associates and former IEEE President, shares unparalleled insights into the foundational technologies shaping our digital world. We delve into the crucial role of memory in AI's development, the surprising realities of storage demand, and the fascinating world of breakthrough memory technologies. Discover why memory often gets overlooked in AI discussions, critical considerations for data privacy, and the global impact of the IEEE. Tom also previews the upcoming Future of Memory and Storage (FMS) conference and offers invaluable career advice for tech entrepreneurs. Key Discussion Points: Behind-the-Scenes of Storage Innovation: Tom shares a surprising story about the 25-year research journey behind HAMR technology now rolling out in HDDs. Evolving Storage Demands: Learn how SSDs have become primary data center storage and replaced HDDs in personal computers and consumer applications. Understand HDDs' shift to colder storage in data centers—this is their growth market, and much of the world's data lives on HDDs. Discover magnetic tape's vital role in archiving and backing up cloud data. Explore new archive storage technologies being developed, such as optical recording and DNA storage. Memory's Critical Role in AI: Memory, particularly DRAM, is playing a big role in training AI models. Approaches are emerging that reduce the need for expensive DRAM (especially in HBM) for inference applications, using storage technologies like SSDs (e.g., Kioxia's AiSAQ for tuning LLMs). er optical storage or DNA for long-term data storage and preservation. Why Memory is Overlooked in AI: Insights into why people tend to focus more on processing (GPUs) than on the data itself, despite memory and storage advances being as impressive as those in GPUs. Data Privacy & Security in Storage: Essential considerations include having copies of data on immutable storage for ransomware recovery, using AI for anomaly detection on networked systems to prevent malware, and proper encryption use in storage systems for data security. The Global Impact of IEEE: Learn about IEEE as the world's largest technical professional organization with nearly half a million members in over 190 countries. IEEE puts on over 2,000 conferences and events each year and publishes a good percentage of the world's technical literature. IEEE standards enable interoperability and industries, with a recent focus on sustainability and ethical AI practices to solve global problems and benefit humanity. Future of Memory and Storage (FMS) Conference: Dr. Coughlin, the general chair, provides details on the 2025 FMS (August 4-7, 2025, at the Santa Clara Convention Center). The conference will feature keynotes by major players in the digital storage and memory industry and sessions covering all major technologies and applications. FMS is the largest independent event focused on digital storage and memory. Highlight Speakers at FMS: Keynote talks include representatives from Kioxia, Fadu, Micron, Silicon Motion, SK hynix, Samsung, Neo, Sandisk, Max Linear, VergeIO, and Kove. There will also be a special session on AI, memory, and storage organized by NVIDIA, and Dr. Coughlin will give a talk on his experiences as IEEE President in 2024. Many parallel sessions will feature speakers from important industry players. Major Disruption in Digital Storage: Dr. Coughlin predicts that just managing the massive amounts of data generated by AI and IoT will be a huge challenge. He also foresees a growing need for technology to ensure data provenance, to identify false information and curate data for AI training. Career Advice for Tech Professionals: Dr. Coughlin advises aspiring tech professionals to be part of their industry and join technical professional organizations like the IEEE. This provides opportunities to develop professional networks and learn important skills like working with others and communicating through volunteer leadership. Learn More About Dr. Tom Coughlin and FMS: Future of Memory and Storage (FMS) Conference: https://futurememorystorage.com/ Tom Coughlin's Work: https://tomcoughlin.com Disclaimer: The information provided in these show notes is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial, investment, or technical advice. Views expressed by the guest are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the podcast host or its affiliates..do not necessarily reflect the views of Finalis Inc. or Finalis Securities LLC, Member FINRA/SIPC.. Listeners should conduct their own research and consult with qualified professionals before making any decisions.
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Merz' „Made for Germany“-Runde soll hunderte Milliarden Investitionen mobilisieren, während Musk mit xAI schon die nächste Milliardenfinanzierung und ein noch größeres GPU-Cluster ankündigt. Anthropic ringt um Golf-Kapital, OpenAI baut mit Oracle eine neue Serverfarm und warnt zugleich vor KI-gestütztem Stimmenbetrug. Gerüchten zufolge steht GPT-5 kurz vor dem Launch. Alphabet meldet starkes Wachstum in Cloud und Werbung, Google testet immer aggressivere KI-Overviews, eine Studie zeigt deren Einfluss auf Klicks. SAP, ServiceNow und Tesla legen Zahlen vor – mit sehr unterschiedlichen Reaktionen. Unterstütze unseren Podcast und entdecke die Angebote unserer Werbepartner auf doppelgaenger.io/werbung. Vielen Dank! Philipp Glöckler und Philipp Klöckner sprechen heute über: (00:00:00) Merz' „Made for Germany“-Investitionsgipfel (00:10:50) xAI (00:20:00) Anthropic sucht Geld aus den Golfstaaten (00:23:50) OpenAI & Oracle: 2 Mio. GPUs (00:31:30) Alphabet Earnings (00:57:30) ServiceNow Earnings (00:58:00) Tesla Earnings Shownotes Auch viele Tech-CEOs sagen Milliarden-Investitionen zu – golem.de Made for Germany: Gipfel mit Friedrich Merz - Entstehung – sueddeutsche.de Musk-Verbündete wollen bis zu 12 Milliarden Dollar für xAI-Chips aufbringen – wsj.com Elon Musk: Ziel von @xAI – x.com Geleaktes Memo: Anthropic-CEO strebt Investitionen aus Golfstaaten an – wired.com Oracle liefert OpenAI 2 Millionen KI-Chips für Rechenzentren – bloomberg.com OpenAI plant Start von GPT-5 im August – theverge.com Alphabet profitiert von KI und Cloud-Nachfrage – bloomberg.com Barry Schwartz über X: Weniger Klicks auf Links bei AI Overviews – x.com Googles neues Web-Guide-Suchexperiment nutzt KI – techcrunch.com Byrne Hobart auf X – x.com Robo-Taxis to Cover About 'Half the U.S. Population' by End of 2025: Musk – barrons.com wann Tesla den Besitzern erlauben wird, ihre Autos im Robotaxi-Dienst einzusetzen – x.com David Sacks über X: "Bundesregierung kauft kein WokeAI." – x.com The Platform Group: Das riskante Spiel manager-magazin.de Spahn – instagram.com Starlink-Satelliteninternet weltweit ausgefallen – theverge.com Trump fordert Zwangseinweisung Obdachloser – washingtonpost.com US-finanzierte Verhütungsmittel werden in Frankreich verbrannt – reuters.com
Episode 78: Steve gives an update about B850 testing, Tim talks about a new phone that he's bought, and then we chat about whether we've been too negative about the current state of PC graphics cards.CHAPTERS00:00 - Intro00:50 - Steve's B850 Testing Struggles16:44 - Tim Bought a Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 727:41 - Are We Too Negative About PC GPUs?1:21:17 - Updates From Our Boring LivesSUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCASTAudio: https://shows.acast.com/the-hardware-unboxed-podcastVideo: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqT8Vb3jweH6_tj2SarErfwSUPPORT US DIRECTLYPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/hardwareunboxedLINKSYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Hardwareunboxed/Twitter: https://twitter.com/HardwareUnboxedBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hardwareunboxed.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Kony is the Founder and CEO at GAIB.In this episode, we discover how GAIB is transforming access to AI infrastructure by turning GPU compute into tokenized, yield-generating assets on Ethereum, blending DeFi innovation with real-world demand for neocloud financing.------
On The Digital Executive podcast, Pratik Balar, co-founder and tech lead at NodeOps, shares his vision for how decentralized compute systems are reshaping the future of AI and cloud services. He explains how DPN 2.0—short for Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks—offers scalable, cost-effective, and privacy-focused alternatives to traditional cloud computing by leveraging blockchain and global participation. Balar emphasizes that enabling anyone to contribute compute power—such as GPUs or storage—through token incentives can dramatically reduce costs while enhancing performance and resilience. His mission centers on building open, trustless infrastructure that empowers developers without sacrificing reliability, even during challenges like DDoS attacks or cloud outages.Balar also unpacks the technical and philosophical hurdles of building at scale, from maintaining node-to-node connectivity to ensuring data integrity in decentralized environments. He outlines NodeOps' developer-first features, including YAML-based template deployments, an in-browser AI sandbox, and dynamic geographic resource replication—tools that lower the barrier to entry for those new to Web3. With advanced capabilities like port tunneling, RPC APIs, and integrated package managers, NodeOps is focused on simplifying deployment while maintaining high security and performance. Balar believes that decentralization isn't just a technical choice, but a movement toward greater openness, privacy, and global accessibility in cloud infrastructure.Subscribe to the Digital Executive Newsletter for curated strategies, expert perspectives, and industry trends. Sign up now here.
Microsoft finally kills Movies & TV show service in the Microsoft Store. This was the final vestigial minder of Zune that remained. There was Groove Video and Xbox Video, too. Microsoft previously killed eBook (2019) and music (2017) sales. At this point, you would have to be insane to buy content from Microsoft, sorry... but you can get to some of your content on other services via Movies Anywhere - and use the Movies & TV app for now in Windows, which is no longer bundled. Windows 11 It's Week D and you can't tell your Copilot+ PC features from your Windows 11 features without a scorecard A peek at next month's Patch Tuesday - Also, preview updates for 23H2, Windows 10 Copilot+ PCs only: Settings agent, Click to Do improvements, Photo relight in Photos app, Sticker generator and Object select in Paint Everyone: Copilot Vision (U.S. only) in Copilot, Edge Game Assist, Quick Machine Recovery Microsoft explains how PC transfer feature will work in Windows Backup later this year Describe image action for Click to Do (for AMD/Intel), image descriptions in Narrator (AMD/Intel), performance log improvements (!), Click to Do search bar test, Lock screen improvements, privacy improvements head to Dev and Beta channels Bug fixes in Canary, back to the usual waste of time Brave will automatically block Recall WhatsApp is going PWA, killing UWP app Focusrite finally releases drivers for Windows 11 on Arm/Snapdragon X, removing the final major compatibility issue on that platform Linux (sort of) crosses the 5 percent usage milestone Surface/Copilot+ PC Copilot+ PC is a failure as a brand because Microsoft focused on negligible on-device AI features It should have pushed reliability, performance, efficiency and battery life All Copilot+ PC features should come to at least those with GPUs, but really all customers Microsoft failed at AI, and failed with consumers, and so now it's going to tell us what consumers want from AI - a comedy Microsoft announces Surface Laptop for Business with 5G but the real "with" is Intel Inside Intel layoffs are even worse than expected and more are coming Microsoft has a problem and it starts with "C" and ends with "opilot" Microsoft SharePoint has a notably bad security flaw DuckDuckGo adds some neat customization features to Duck.ai and DuckDuckGo lets you hide all AI from search Xbox and gaming The Xbox platform unification continues: Xbox now testing cross-device play history - Not just console games on console, PC games on PC Just kidding! The Outer Worlds will cost $69.99, not $79.99 Tips & Picks Tip of the week: You hate Big Tech, but who can you trust? App pick of the week: Proton Lumo RunAs Radio this week: Copilot Studio with April Dunnam Brown liquor pick of the week: Benromach 10 Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to Windows Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: threatlocker.com/twit 1password.com/windowsweekly
Microsoft finally kills Movies & TV show service in the Microsoft Store. This was the final vestigial minder of Zune that remained. There was Groove Video and Xbox Video, too. Microsoft previously killed eBook (2019) and music (2017) sales. At this point, you would have to be insane to buy content from Microsoft, sorry... but you can get to some of your content on other services via Movies Anywhere - and use the Movies & TV app for now in Windows, which is no longer bundled. Windows 11 It's Week D and you can't tell your Copilot+ PC features from your Windows 11 features without a scorecard A peek at next month's Patch Tuesday - Also, preview updates for 23H2, Windows 10 Copilot+ PCs only: Settings agent, Click to Do improvements, Photo relight in Photos app, Sticker generator and Object select in Paint Everyone: Copilot Vision (U.S. only) in Copilot, Edge Game Assist, Quick Machine Recovery Microsoft explains how PC transfer feature will work in Windows Backup later this year Describe image action for Click to Do (for AMD/Intel), image descriptions in Narrator (AMD/Intel), performance log improvements (!), Click to Do search bar test, Lock screen improvements, privacy improvements head to Dev and Beta channels Bug fixes in Canary, back to the usual waste of time Brave will automatically block Recall WhatsApp is going PWA, killing UWP app Focusrite finally releases drivers for Windows 11 on Arm/Snapdragon X, removing the final major compatibility issue on that platform Linux (sort of) crosses the 5 percent usage milestone Surface/Copilot+ PC Copilot+ PC is a failure as a brand because Microsoft focused on negligible on-device AI features It should have pushed reliability, performance, efficiency and battery life All Copilot+ PC features should come to at least those with GPUs, but really all customers Microsoft failed at AI, and failed with consumers, and so now it's going to tell us what consumers want from AI - a comedy Microsoft announces Surface Laptop for Business with 5G but the real "with" is Intel Inside Intel layoffs are even worse than expected and more are coming Microsoft has a problem and it starts with "C" and ends with "opilot" Microsoft SharePoint has a notably bad security flaw DuckDuckGo adds some neat customization features to Duck.ai and DuckDuckGo lets you hide all AI from search Xbox and gaming The Xbox platform unification continues: Xbox now testing cross-device play history - Not just console games on console, PC games on PC Just kidding! The Outer Worlds will cost $69.99, not $79.99 Tips & Picks Tip of the week: You hate Big Tech, but who can you trust? App pick of the week: Proton Lumo RunAs Radio this week: Copilot Studio with April Dunnam Brown liquor pick of the week: Benromach 10 Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to Windows Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: threatlocker.com/twit 1password.com/windowsweekly
Microsoft finally kills Movies & TV show service in the Microsoft Store. This was the final vestigial minder of Zune that remained. There was Groove Video and Xbox Video, too. Microsoft previously killed eBook (2019) and music (2017) sales. At this point, you would have to be insane to buy content from Microsoft, sorry... but you can get to some of your content on other services via Movies Anywhere - and use the Movies & TV app for now in Windows, which is no longer bundled. Windows 11 It's Week D and you can't tell your Copilot+ PC features from your Windows 11 features without a scorecard A peek at next month's Patch Tuesday - Also, preview updates for 23H2, Windows 10 Copilot+ PCs only: Settings agent, Click to Do improvements, Photo relight in Photos app, Sticker generator and Object select in Paint Everyone: Copilot Vision (U.S. only) in Copilot, Edge Game Assist, Quick Machine Recovery Microsoft explains how PC transfer feature will work in Windows Backup later this year Describe image action for Click to Do (for AMD/Intel), image descriptions in Narrator (AMD/Intel), performance log improvements (!), Click to Do search bar test, Lock screen improvements, privacy improvements head to Dev and Beta channels Bug fixes in Canary, back to the usual waste of time Brave will automatically block Recall WhatsApp is going PWA, killing UWP app Focusrite finally releases drivers for Windows 11 on Arm/Snapdragon X, removing the final major compatibility issue on that platform Linux (sort of) crosses the 5 percent usage milestone Surface/Copilot+ PC Copilot+ PC is a failure as a brand because Microsoft focused on negligible on-device AI features It should have pushed reliability, performance, efficiency and battery life All Copilot+ PC features should come to at least those with GPUs, but really all customers Microsoft failed at AI, and failed with consumers, and so now it's going to tell us what consumers want from AI - a comedy Microsoft announces Surface Laptop for Business with 5G but the real "with" is Intel Inside Intel layoffs are even worse than expected and more are coming Microsoft has a problem and it starts with "C" and ends with "opilot" Microsoft SharePoint has a notably bad security flaw DuckDuckGo adds some neat customization features to Duck.ai and DuckDuckGo lets you hide all AI from search Xbox and gaming The Xbox platform unification continues: Xbox now testing cross-device play history - Not just console games on console, PC games on PC Just kidding! The Outer Worlds will cost $69.99, not $79.99 Tips & Picks Tip of the week: You hate Big Tech, but who can you trust? App pick of the week: Proton Lumo RunAs Radio this week: Copilot Studio with April Dunnam Brown liquor pick of the week: Benromach 10 Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to Windows Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: threatlocker.com/twit 1password.com/windowsweekly
Microsoft finally kills Movies & TV show service in the Microsoft Store. This was the final vestigial minder of Zune that remained. There was Groove Video and Xbox Video, too. Microsoft previously killed eBook (2019) and music (2017) sales. At this point, you would have to be insane to buy content from Microsoft, sorry... but you can get to some of your content on other services via Movies Anywhere - and use the Movies & TV app for now in Windows, which is no longer bundled. Windows 11 It's Week D and you can't tell your Copilot+ PC features from your Windows 11 features without a scorecard A peek at next month's Patch Tuesday - Also, preview updates for 23H2, Windows 10 Copilot+ PCs only: Settings agent, Click to Do improvements, Photo relight in Photos app, Sticker generator and Object select in Paint Everyone: Copilot Vision (U.S. only) in Copilot, Edge Game Assist, Quick Machine Recovery Microsoft explains how PC transfer feature will work in Windows Backup later this year Describe image action for Click to Do (for AMD/Intel), image descriptions in Narrator (AMD/Intel), performance log improvements (!), Click to Do search bar test, Lock screen improvements, privacy improvements head to Dev and Beta channels Bug fixes in Canary, back to the usual waste of time Brave will automatically block Recall WhatsApp is going PWA, killing UWP app Focusrite finally releases drivers for Windows 11 on Arm/Snapdragon X, removing the final major compatibility issue on that platform Linux (sort of) crosses the 5 percent usage milestone Surface/Copilot+ PC Copilot+ PC is a failure as a brand because Microsoft focused on negligible on-device AI features It should have pushed reliability, performance, efficiency and battery life All Copilot+ PC features should come to at least those with GPUs, but really all customers Microsoft failed at AI, and failed with consumers, and so now it's going to tell us what consumers want from AI - a comedy Microsoft announces Surface Laptop for Business with 5G but the real "with" is Intel Inside Intel layoffs are even worse than expected and more are coming Microsoft has a problem and it starts with "C" and ends with "opilot" Microsoft SharePoint has a notably bad security flaw DuckDuckGo adds some neat customization features to Duck.ai and DuckDuckGo lets you hide all AI from search Xbox and gaming The Xbox platform unification continues: Xbox now testing cross-device play history - Not just console games on console, PC games on PC Just kidding! The Outer Worlds will cost $69.99, not $79.99 Tips & Picks Tip of the week: You hate Big Tech, but who can you trust? App pick of the week: Proton Lumo RunAs Radio this week: Copilot Studio with April Dunnam Brown liquor pick of the week: Benromach 10 Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to Windows Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: threatlocker.com/twit 1password.com/windowsweekly
Microsoft finally kills Movies & TV show service in the Microsoft Store. This was the final vestigial minder of Zune that remained. There was Groove Video and Xbox Video, too. Microsoft previously killed eBook (2019) and music (2017) sales. At this point, you would have to be insane to buy content from Microsoft, sorry... but you can get to some of your content on other services via Movies Anywhere - and use the Movies & TV app for now in Windows, which is no longer bundled. Windows 11 It's Week D and you can't tell your Copilot+ PC features from your Windows 11 features without a scorecard A peek at next month's Patch Tuesday - Also, preview updates for 23H2, Windows 10 Copilot+ PCs only: Settings agent, Click to Do improvements, Photo relight in Photos app, Sticker generator and Object select in Paint Everyone: Copilot Vision (U.S. only) in Copilot, Edge Game Assist, Quick Machine Recovery Microsoft explains how PC transfer feature will work in Windows Backup later this year Describe image action for Click to Do (for AMD/Intel), image descriptions in Narrator (AMD/Intel), performance log improvements (!), Click to Do search bar test, Lock screen improvements, privacy improvements head to Dev and Beta channels Bug fixes in Canary, back to the usual waste of time Brave will automatically block Recall WhatsApp is going PWA, killing UWP app Focusrite finally releases drivers for Windows 11 on Arm/Snapdragon X, removing the final major compatibility issue on that platform Linux (sort of) crosses the 5 percent usage milestone Surface/Copilot+ PC Copilot+ PC is a failure as a brand because Microsoft focused on negligible on-device AI features It should have pushed reliability, performance, efficiency and battery life All Copilot+ PC features should come to at least those with GPUs, but really all customers Microsoft failed at AI, and failed with consumers, and so now it's going to tell us what consumers want from AI - a comedy Microsoft announces Surface Laptop for Business with 5G but the real "with" is Intel Inside Intel layoffs are even worse than expected and more are coming Microsoft has a problem and it starts with "C" and ends with "opilot" Microsoft SharePoint has a notably bad security flaw DuckDuckGo adds some neat customization features to Duck.ai and DuckDuckGo lets you hide all AI from search Xbox and gaming The Xbox platform unification continues: Xbox now testing cross-device play history - Not just console games on console, PC games on PC Just kidding! The Outer Worlds will cost $69.99, not $79.99 Tips & Picks Tip of the week: You hate Big Tech, but who can you trust? App pick of the week: Proton Lumo RunAs Radio this week: Copilot Studio with April Dunnam Brown liquor pick of the week: Benromach 10 Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to Windows Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: threatlocker.com/twit 1password.com/windowsweekly
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Microsoft finally kills Movies & TV show service in the Microsoft Store. This was the final vestigial minder of Zune that remained. There was Groove Video and Xbox Video, too. Microsoft previously killed eBook (2019) and music (2017) sales. At this point, you would have to be insane to buy content from Microsoft, sorry... but you can get to some of your content on other services via Movies Anywhere - and use the Movies & TV app for now in Windows, which is no longer bundled. Windows 11 It's Week D and you can't tell your Copilot+ PC features from your Windows 11 features without a scorecard A peek at next month's Patch Tuesday - Also, preview updates for 23H2, Windows 10 Copilot+ PCs only: Settings agent, Click to Do improvements, Photo relight in Photos app, Sticker generator and Object select in Paint Everyone: Copilot Vision (U.S. only) in Copilot, Edge Game Assist, Quick Machine Recovery Microsoft explains how PC transfer feature will work in Windows Backup later this year Describe image action for Click to Do (for AMD/Intel), image descriptions in Narrator (AMD/Intel), performance log improvements (!), Click to Do search bar test, Lock screen improvements, privacy improvements head to Dev and Beta channels Bug fixes in Canary, back to the usual waste of time Brave will automatically block Recall WhatsApp is going PWA, killing UWP app Focusrite finally releases drivers for Windows 11 on Arm/Snapdragon X, removing the final major compatibility issue on that platform Linux (sort of) crosses the 5 percent usage milestone Surface/Copilot+ PC Copilot+ PC is a failure as a brand because Microsoft focused on negligible on-device AI features It should have pushed reliability, performance, efficiency and battery life All Copilot+ PC features should come to at least those with GPUs, but really all customers Microsoft failed at AI, and failed with consumers, and so now it's going to tell us what consumers want from AI - a comedy Microsoft announces Surface Laptop for Business with 5G but the real "with" is Intel Inside Intel layoffs are even worse than expected and more are coming Microsoft has a problem and it starts with "C" and ends with "opilot" Microsoft SharePoint has a notably bad security flaw DuckDuckGo adds some neat customization features to Duck.ai and DuckDuckGo lets you hide all AI from search Xbox and gaming The Xbox platform unification continues: Xbox now testing cross-device play history - Not just console games on console, PC games on PC Just kidding! The Outer Worlds will cost $69.99, not $79.99 Tips & Picks Tip of the week: You hate Big Tech, but who can you trust? App pick of the week: Proton Lumo RunAs Radio this week: Copilot Studio with April Dunnam Brown liquor pick of the week: Benromach 10 Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to Windows Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: threatlocker.com/twit 1password.com/windowsweekly
輝達 huī dá - NVIDIA, a major American technology company known for graphics processing units (GPUs)設立 shè lì - to establish or set up總部 zǒng bù - headquarters電腦展 diàn nǎo zhǎn - COMPUTEX執行長 zhí xíng zhǎng - CEO or executive director黃仁勳 Huáng Rénxūn - Jensen Huang, co-founder and CEO of NVIDIA宣布 xuān bù - to announce北投士林科技園區 (北士科) Běi tóu Shì lín Kē jì Yuán qū (Běi shì kē) - Beitou Shilin Technology Park, a tech district in Taipei業務 yè wù - business operations評估 píng gū - to evaluate or assess輝達星座 huī dá xīng zuò - NVIDIA Constellation, the name of NVIDIA's planned Taiwan headquarters; "星座xīng zuò" literally means "constellation"人才 rén cái - talent or skilled people星星 xīng xing - stars辦公大樓 bàn gōng dà lóu - office building研發中心 yán fā zhōng xīn - R&D center (Research and Development Center)創新中心 chuàng xīn zhōng xīn - innovation center人工智慧 rén gōng zhì huì - artificial intelligence (AI)領域 lǐng yù - field or area of expertise加分 jiā fēn - to give extra credit or enhance; metaphorically, to boost or improve技術 jì shù - technology or technique創新 chuàng xīn - innovation台積電 Tái jī diàn - TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company)鴻海 Hóng hǎi - Foxconn, a major Taiwanese electronics manufacturer廣達 Guǎng dá - Quanta Computer, a Taiwanese tech company合作密切 hé zuò mì qiè - closely cooperate緊密 jǐn mì - tight or close (relationship, cooperation, etc.)機器人 jī qì rén - robot學術單位 xué shù dān wèi - academic institutions培養 péi yǎng - to cultivate or nurture (talent, skills)招募 zhāo mù - to recruit工程師 gōng chéng shī - engineer看重 kàn zhòng - to value or attach importance to強 qiáng - strong or powerful供應鏈 gōng yìng liàn - supply chain晶片 jīng piàn - chip (as in semiconductor chip)組裝 zǔ zhuāng - to assemble伺服器 sì fú qì - server (computer hardware)環節 huán jié - link or part (in a process or system)優秀 yōu xiù - excellent or outstanding高效能運算 gāo xiào néng yùn suàn - high-performance computing (HPC)If you're ready to take your Chinese to the next level, not just memorizing words but actually having meaningful conversations with Taiwanese people about real topics like politics, culture, war, news, economics, and more. I invite you to join a one-on-one trial lesson with me. I'll help you build a clear, personalized plan so you can speak more naturally and truly connect with others in Chinese. Book a one-on-one trial lesson with me !
Today we'll talk about keeping up with an avalanche of audio data and how I built Podscan's transcription infrastructure.This episode of The Bootstraped Founder is sponsored by Paddle.comThe blog post: https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/the-transcription-challenge-building-infrastructure-that-scales-with-the-world/The podcast episode: https://tbf.fm/episodes/404-the-transcription-challenge-building-infrastructure-that-scales-with-the-worldCheck out Podscan, the Podcast database that transcribes every podcast episode out there minutes after it gets released: https://podscan.fmSend me a voicemail on Podline: https://podline.fm/arvidYou'll find my weekly article on my blog: https://thebootstrappedfounder.comPodcast: https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/podcastNewsletter: https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/newsletterMy book Zero to Sold: https://zerotosold.com/My book The Embedded Entrepreneur: https://embeddedentrepreneur.com/My course Find Your Following: https://findyourfollowing.comHere are a few tools I use. Using my affiliate links will support my work at no additional cost to you.- Notion (which I use to organize, write, coordinate, and archive my podcast + newsletter): https://affiliate.notion.so/465mv1536drx- Riverside.fm (that's what I recorded this episode with): https://riverside.fm/?via=arvid- TweetHunter (for speedy scheduling and writing Tweets): http://tweethunter.io/?via=arvid- HypeFury (for massive Twitter analytics and scheduling): https://hypefury.com/?via=arvid60- AudioPen (for taking voice notes and getting amazing summaries): https://audiopen.ai/?aff=PXErZ- Descript (for word-based video editing, subtitles, and clips): https://www.descript.com/?lmref=3cf39Q- ConvertKit (for email lists, newsletters, even finding sponsors): https://convertkit.com?lmref=bN9CZw
Colab is cozy. But production won't fit on a single GPU. Zach Mueller leads Accelerate at Hugging Face and spends his days helping people go from solo scripts to scalable systems. In this episode, he joins me to demystify distributed training and inference — not just for research labs, but for any ML engineer trying to ship real software. We talk through: • From Colab to clusters: why scaling isn't just about training massive models, but serving agents, handling load, and speeding up iteration • Zero-to-two GPUs: how to get started without Kubernetes, Slurm, or a PhD in networking • Scaling tradeoffs: when to care about interconnects, which infra bottlenecks actually matter, and how to avoid chasing performance ghosts • The GPU middle class: strategies for training and serving on a shoestring, with just a few cards or modest credits • Local experiments, global impact: why learning distributed systems—even just a little—can set you apart as an engineer If you've ever stared at a Hugging Face training script and wondered how to run it on something more than your laptop: this one's for you. LINKS Zach on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/zachary-mueller-135257118/) Hugo's blog post on Stop Buliding AI Agents (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/hugo-bowne-anderson-045939a5_yesterday-i-posted-about-stop-building-ai-activity-7346942036752613376-b8-t/) Upcoming Events on Luma (https://lu.ma/calendar/cal-8ImWFDQ3IEIxNWk) Hugo's recent newsletter about upcoming events and more! (https://hugobowne.substack.com/p/stop-building-agents)
Microsoft slashed 9,000 jobs a few weeks ago, with the Xbox division taking a hit including some studio closures. What about that $70 BILLION Activision Blizzard acquisition just a couple of years ago? It sounds like fertile ground for of Raph's largest victory laps to date, after he suggested Microsoft should have ditched Xbox years ago. But first, an update on xAI after last week's ep. Grok 4 has arrived, and its big feature is... AI anime waifus. Uncensored and backed by a million GPUs... what could this possibly mean for the birth rate? And are OpenAI's sycophantic personal assistants really that different from an AI girlfriend at the end of the day? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Scaling AI is more than just stacking GPUs, it's about making every dollar and watt count.Chris Sosa, Director of Engineering at AMD, reveals how they're pushing the limits of AI hardware efficiency.Chris shares:▫️ The biggest bottleneck in scaling AI workloads today▫️ Why idle GPUs drain your budget▫️ The struggle between training vs. inference at scale▫️ How AMD's ROCm stack is changing AI accessibility▫️ His vision for smarter AI orchestration and platformsA must-watch for engineers, AI builders, and tech leaders hungry for insights on the future of AI infrastructure.Follow more of the Liftoff with Keith:- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3cFpLXfYvcUsxvsT9MwyAD- Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/liftoff-with-keith-newman/id1560219589- Substack: https://keithnewman.substack.com/- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/liftoffwithkeith/- Newman Media Studios: https://newmanmediastudios.com/For sponsorship inquiries, please contact: sponsorships@wherewithstudio.com
Join The Full Nerd gang as they talk about the latest PC hardware topics. In this episode the gang chats about the introduction of Nvidia Smooth Motion (driver level MFG) for RTX 40 series GPUs, why Intel's CEO says they aren't a top fab anymore, Zen 6 getting into the hands of partners, and more. And of course we answer your questions live! *This episode is sponsored by Fractal Design and the new Scape wireless gaming headphones. The Scape headphones feature Fractal's signature clean design, rich audio quality, and easy configuration through the browser. Use these links to upgrade your gaming audio today: Scape Dark: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D5HGK3C2 Scape Light: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D5HK6JRS Scape Dark: https://www.newegg.com/p/26-743-003 Scape Light: https://www.newegg.com/p/26-743-004 Links: - Semantic Search: https://next.content.town/p/the-monkey-s-paw-curls-windows-is-finally-using-my-pc-s-ai-processor - Intel isn't on top: https://www.pcworld.com/article/2845779/intel-ceo-says-intel-isnt-a-top-chip-company-any-more.html - Arrow Lake Refresh: https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-arrow-lake-refresh-with-higher-clocks-coming-this-half-of-the-year - Zen 6: https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-zen-6-to-primarily-use-tsmc-n2p-n3p-for-low-end-mobile-skus Join the PC related discussions and ask us questions on Discord: https://discord.gg/SGPRSy7 Follow the crew on X: @AdamPMurray @BradChacos @MorphingBall @WillSmith ============= Follow PCWorld! Website: http://www.pcworld.com X: https://www.x.com/pcworld =============
Take a Network Break! We start with listener follow-up on Arista market share in the enterprise, and then sound the alarm about a remote code execution vulnerability in Adobe Experience Manager. On the news front, Arista buys VeloCloud to charge into the SD-WAN market, CoreWeave acquires a cryptominer to get access to GPUs and electricity... Read more »
Take a Network Break! We start with listener follow-up on Arista market share in the enterprise, and then sound the alarm about a remote code execution vulnerability in Adobe Experience Manager. On the news front, Arista buys VeloCloud to charge into the SD-WAN market, CoreWeave acquires a cryptominer to get access to GPUs and electricity... Read more »
Take a Network Break! We start with listener follow-up on Arista market share in the enterprise, and then sound the alarm about a remote code execution vulnerability in Adobe Experience Manager. On the news front, Arista buys VeloCloud to charge into the SD-WAN market, CoreWeave acquires a cryptominer to get access to GPUs and electricity... Read more »
Chris Adams is joined by Adrian Cockcroft, former VP of Cloud Architecture Strategy at AWS, a pioneer of microservices at Netflix, and contributor to the Green Software Foundation's Real Time Cloud project. They explore the evolution of cloud sustainability—from monoliths to microservices to serverless—and what it really takes to track carbon emissions in real time. Adrian explains why GPUs offer rare transparency in energy data, how the Real Time Cloud dataset works, and what's holding cloud providers back from full carbon disclosure. Plus, he shares his latest obsession: building a generative AI-powered house automation system using agent swarms.
The Rise of Sovereign AI and Global AI Innovation in a World of US Protectionism // MLOps Podcast #331 with Frank Meehan, Founder and CEO of Frontier One AI.Join the Community: https://go.mlops.community/YTJoinInGet the newsletter: https://go.mlops.community/YTNewsletter// Abstract“The awakening of every single country is that they have to control their AI intelligence and not outsource their data" - Jensen Huang. Sovereign AI is rapidly becoming a fundamental national utility, much like defense, energy or telecoms. Nations worldwide recognize that AI sovereignty—having control over your AI infrastructure, data, and models—is essential for economic progress, security, and especially independence - especially when the US is pushing protectionism and trying to prevent global AI innovation. Of course this has the opposite effect - DeepSeek created by a Hedge Fund in China; India building the world's largest AI data centre (3 GW), and global software teams scaling, learning and building faster than ever before. However most countries lack the talent, financing and experience to implement Sovereign AI for their requirements - and it is our belief at Frontier One, that one of the biggest markets for AI applications, cloud services and GPUs will be global governments. We see it already - with $10B of GPUs in 2024 bought directly by governments - and it's rapidly expanding. We will talk about what Sovereign AI is - both infrastructure and software details / why it is crucial for a nation / how to get involved as part of the MLOps community. // BioCo-Founder of Frontier One - building Sovereign AI Factories and Cloud software for global markets.Frank is a 2X CEO | 2X CMO (with 2X exits + 1 IPO NYSE), Board Director (Spotify, Siri) and Investor (SparkLabs Group) with 20+ years of experience in creating and growing leading brands, products and companies.Chair of Improvability, automating due diligence and reporting for corporates, foundations and Governments with AI.Co-founder and partner at SparkLabs Group - investors in OpenAI, Anthropic, 88 Rising, Discord, Animoca, Andela, Vectara, Kneron, Messari, Lifesum + 400 companies in our portfolio. Investment Committee and LP at SparkLabs Cultiv8 with 56 investments in consumer food and regenerative agriculture companies.Co-founder and CMO - later CEO - of Equilibrium AI (Singapore), building it to one of the leading ESG and Carbon data management platforms globally. Equilibrium was acquired by FiscalNote in 2021, where he joined the senior leadership team, running the ESG business globally, and helping the company IPO in 2022 on the NYSE at $1.1B valuation.Board director at Spotify (2009-2012); Siri (2009-2010 exited to Apple); Lifesum (leading AI health app with 50 million users), seed investor in 88 Rising (Asia's leading independent music label); CEO/CMO and co-founder at INQ Mobile (mobile internet pioneer); and Global Director for devices and products at 3 Mobile.Started as a software developer with Ericsson Mobile in Sweden, after graduating from KTH in Stockholm and the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering, and Master of Science in Fluid Mechanics.// Related Linkshttps://www.frontierone.ai/ and https://www.sparklabsgroup.com~~~~~~~~ ✌️Connect With Us ✌️ ~~~~~~~Catch all episodes, blogs, newsletters, and more: https://go.mlops.community/TYExploreJoin our Slack community [https://go.mlops.community/slack]Follow us on X/Twitter [@mlopscommunity](https://x.com/mlopscommunity) or [LinkedIn](https://go.mlops.community/linkedin)] Sign up for the next meetup: [https://go.mlops.community/register]MLOps Swag/Merch: [https://shop.mlops.community/]Connect with Demetrios on LinkedIn: /dpbrinkmConnect with Frank on LinkedIn: /frankmeehan/
Proudly sponsored by PyMC Labs, the Bayesian Consultancy. Book a call, or get in touch!Intro to Bayes Course (first 2 lessons free)Advanced Regression Course (first 2 lessons free)Our theme music is « Good Bayesian », by Baba Brinkman (feat MC Lars and Mega Ran). Check out his awesome work!Visit our Patreon page to unlock exclusive Bayesian swag ;)Takeaways:INLA is a fast, deterministic method for Bayesian inference.INLA is particularly useful for large datasets and complex models.The R INLA package is widely used for implementing INLA methodology.INLA has been applied in various fields, including epidemiology and air quality control.Computational challenges in INLA are minimal compared to MCMC methods.The Smart Gradient method enhances the efficiency of INLA.INLA can handle various likelihoods, not just Gaussian.SPDs allow for more efficient computations in spatial modeling.The new INLA methodology scales better for large datasets, especially in medical imaging.Priors in Bayesian models can significantly impact the results and should be chosen carefully.Penalized complexity priors (PC priors) help prevent overfitting in models.Understanding the underlying mathematics of priors is crucial for effective modeling.The integration of GPUs in computational methods is a key future direction for INLA.The development of new sparse solvers is essential for handling larger models efficiently.Chapters:06:06 Understanding INLA: A Comparison with MCMC08:46 Applications of INLA in Real-World Scenarios11:58 Latent Gaussian Models and Their Importance15:12 Impactful Applications of INLA in Health and Environment18:09 Computational Challenges and Solutions in INLA21:06 Stochastic Partial Differential Equations in Spatial Modeling23:55 Future Directions and Innovations in INLA39:51 Exploring Stochastic Differential Equations43:02 Advancements in INLA Methodology50:40 Getting Started with INLA56:25 Understanding Priors in Bayesian ModelsThank you to my Patrons for making this episode possible!Yusuke Saito, Avi Bryant, Ero Carrera, Giuliano Cruz, James Wade, Tradd Salvo, William Benton, James Ahloy, Robin Taylor,, Chad
A look inside CoreWeave's neocloud business model, and how the company went from an ETH miner to a $75 billion business. FILL OUT THE SURVEY BY CLICKING HEREWelcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Colin and Will break down CoreWeave's meteoric rise to a $75+ billion valuation and why Bitcoin miners like Core Scientific, Galaxy Digital, and Applied Digital are all racing to partner with AI cloud providers. We explore CoreWeave's neocloud business model, GPU economics vs bitcoin mining profitability, and what this means for the future of the mining industry.Subscribe to our newsletter! **Notes:**• CoreWeave valued at $75B+ (12x revenue multiple)• 72% of Q1 revenue came from Microsoft/OpenAI• CoreWeave manages 250,000+ GPUs globally• $15B+ in contracted revenue securedTimestamps:00:00 Start04:05 Coreweave overview07:40 Neocloud10:28 Other Neocloud providers12:49 Oracle, OpenAI & Stargate16:20 Crusoe17:58 Hyperscaler street cred21:08 Energy pipeline26:53 Revenue32:51 Capex vs revenue38:03 GPU lifespan41:58 Bull vs Bear49:00 Partner concentration
FILL OUT THE SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Colin and Will break down CoreWeave's meteoric rise to a $75+ billion valuation and why Bitcoin miners like Core Scientific, Galaxy Digital, and Applied Digital are all racing to partner with AI cloud providers. We explore CoreWeave's neocloud business model, GPU economics vs bitcoin mining profitability, and what this means for the future of the mining industry. Subscribe to our newsletter! **Notes:** • CoreWeave valued at $75B+ (12x revenue multiple) • 72% of Q1 revenue came from Microsoft/OpenAI • CoreWeave manages 250,000+ GPUs globally • $15B+ in contracted revenue secured Timestamps: 00:00 Start 04:05 Coreweave overview 07:40 Neocloud 10:28 Other Neocloud providers 12:49 Oracle, OpenAI & Stargate 16:20 Crusoe 17:58 Hyperscaler street cred 21:08 Energy pipeline 26:53 Revenue 32:51 Capex vs revenue 38:03 GPU lifespan 41:58 Bull vs Bear 49:00 Partner concentration Article links: https://mattturck.com/coreweave/ https://research.artemis.xyz/p/coreweave-fundamental-deep-dive https://www.mostlymetrics.com/p/coreweave-ipo-s1-breakdown https://research.artemis.xyz/p/coreweave-fundamental-deep-dive https://www.mostlymetrics.com/p/coreweave-ipo-s1-breakdown
On this week's show we take a first look at the proposed HDMI 2.2 specification. We also read your emails and take a look at the week's news. News: YouTube Once Again Dominates TV Usage In May SunBrite Debuts Full Sun 4K Smart TV Series XGIMI Releases MoGo 4 Series Projectors Amazon to Shutter Freevee in September 2025, Merging Content into Prime Video HDMI 2.2 Specification The HDMI 2.2 specification, announced by the HDMI Forum at CES 2025, introduces several advanced features to support higher resolutions, refresh rates, and enhanced audio-visual performance. Below is a summary of the key features included in the HDMI 2.2 specification based on the information we have today: Increased Bandwidth (Up to 96 Gbps): HDMI 2.2 doubles the bandwidth of HDMI 2.1 (from 48 Gbps to 96 Gbps), enabling support for higher resolution and refresh rate combinations, as well as data-intensive applications. This increased bandwidth supports uncompressed and compressed video formats, making it suitable for advanced applications like AR/VR, spatial reality, light field displays, medical imaging, and machine vision. Support for Higher Resolutions and Refresh Rates: Uncompressed Formats 4K at 240 Hz and 480 Hz (4:4:4 chroma sampling, 10-bit and 12-bit color). 8K at 60 Hz and 240 Hz (4:4:4 chroma sampling, 8-bit and 10-bit color). 10K at 120 Hz. 12K at 120 Hz. 16K at 60 Hz. Compressed Formats (using Display Stream Compression or similar): Supports higher refresh rates like 4K at 480 Hz, 8K at 240 Hz, and 10K at 120 Hz, which require compression to achieve these rates within the bandwidth constraints. Next-Generation Fixed Rate Link (FRL) Technology: HDMI 2.2 introduces an advanced version of Fixed Rate Link signaling technology, optimized for better support of uncompressed content at high resolutions and refresh rates, ensuring pristine image quality and low latency Ultra96 HDMI Cable: A new cable type, the Ultra96 HDMI Cable, is introduced to support the full 96 Gbps bandwidth and all HDMI 2.2 features. These cables are backward compatible with older HDMI devices but are required to fully utilize HDMI 2.2's capabilities. The Ultra96 cables are part of the HDMI Cable Certification Program, requiring testing and certification with a visible Ultra96 certification label to ensure compliance. Features low electromagnetic interference (EMI) for stable and reliable data transmission. Latency Indication Protocol (LIP): A new feature designed to improve audio and video “‘video synchronization, particularly in multi-hop setups involving devices like AV receivers or soundbars. LIP enhances synchronization over existing methods, reducing issues like lip-sync lag, especially for fast-paced content or gaming. Support for Advanced Color and Chroma Formats: Supports high-quality color spaces like BT.2020 with 10-bit, 12-bit, and 16-bit color depth. Enables uncompressed full chroma formats (e.g., 4:4:4) at high resolutions, ensuring richer colors and pristine image quality. Additional Notes Availability: The HDMI 2.2 specification was announced at CES 2025, with Ultra96 cables expected to be available in Q3/Q4 2025. HDMI 2.2-compliant devices (e.g., TVs, monitors, GPUs) are expected to appear in late 2025 or 2026 Optional Features: Like previous HDMI versions, features such as Variable Refresh Rate (VRR), Auto Low Latency Mode (ALLM), Quick Frame Transport (QFT), and Enhanced Audio Return Channel (eARC) remain optional and depend on device manufacturer implementation. Consumer Guidance: The Ultra96 feature name helps consumers identify cables and devices capable of supporting 64 Gbps, 80 Gbps, or 96 Gbps bandwidth, ensuring optimal performance.
This week on the podcast we go over our review of the Enermax ETS-TD60 Digital CPU Cooler. We also talk about leaked information on the RTX 50 Super refresh, gamers not buying 8GB GPUs, AMD Ryzen processors dominating, and much more!
Ploopy releases a high-resolution Knob, advanced profile management for GPUs on Linux, a new Wi-Fi and Bluetooth module from RasPi, and a glimpse at the future of gaming on ARM.
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Guest: Dinakar Munagala, Co-Founder and CEO of Blaize Revolutionizing AI at the Edge Discussion: Blaze Origin Story: Co-founded by Dinakar Munagala, Blaze emerged recognizing traditional GPUs not ideal for AI Low-power AI needs outside data centers at the 'edge' Blaze specializes in edge processing, enabling AI on devices like cameras and medical tools where real-time decisions are critical Hardware & Software with new chip architecture tailored for low-power, on-device AI Paired with user-friendly software to overcome deployment barriers Real-world use cases include COVID-19 detection from X-rays, early cancer detection from retina scans, and fall monitoring in elder care Human-AI Synergy augmenting professionals—not replacing them—while making AI accessible, scalable, and secure To stream our Station live 24/7 visit www.HealthcareNOWRadio.com or ask your Smart Device to “….Play Healthcare NOW Radio”. Find all of our network podcasts on your favorite podcast platforms and be sure to subscribe and like us. Learn more at www.healthcarenowradio.com/listen
AI just taught me this cool thing... keep on listening to find out what it is! Today we talk about the massive and fast-moving implications of AI. We share the personal experiences with how AI challenges traditional business structures and workflows, requiring users to reimagine how work is done. We also explores how AI may replace many functions within organizations, from marketing to operations, while still lacking in areas like math accuracy and sales conversations. We also talk about Mary Meeker's AI report, noting unprecedented user adoption, the rapid rise of global competitors like China's DeepSeek, and the prediction that LLMs will become personal, customizable, and nearly costless. We need to rethink AI's role in business, its deflationary impact on cost, and how fast-changing technology may render old tools and concepts obsolete. We discuss... How humor and sarcasm could be the final frontier in distinguishing AI from humans. The greatest investment in AI is learning how to use it personally and professionally. How limited human imagination, not technology, is the biggest barrier to innovation with AI. AI's limitations in math were noted, with a warning not to fully trust it as a CFO despite its operational usefulness. AI isn't quite ready for high-touch sales calls but is rapidly closing the gap in other business areas. Global AI adoption is surging, with China's DeepSeek gaining ground quickly through much lower-cost models. Token costs have dropped nearly 100% in two years, and energy efficiency in GPUs has improved drastically. With the penny going out of circulation, it might be time to start saving them as collectibles. AI development curves are moving much faster than traditional SaaS models, making this a truly disruptive moment in tech. Meta's LLaMA has been downloaded 1.2 billion times in 10 weeks, with over 100,000 derivative models created. The performance gap between open-source and closed AI models is shrinking rapidly, with DeepSeek nearly matching OpenAI on benchmarks. The AI ecosystem is becoming decentralized, much like the shift from centralized platforms to blockchain-based alternatives. Decentralization is praised for enabling free speech, innovation, and diversity of thought, unlike centralized control. Most employees are already using AI tools like ChatGPT personally, even if companies haven't officially adopted them. AI is increasing personal productivity, but there's concern it may ultimately compress work rather than improve quality of life. Over 60,000 new AI-related job titles have emerged in just two years, indicating a massive career reshuffle. Without earned knowledge, people can misuse powerful tools like AI, just as they did with nuclear weapons. The future with AI could resemble either Skynet or Star Trek, and no one truly knows which way it will go. There is risk of psychological strain and social dysfunction if people are displaced without purpose. AI tools can now bypass paywalls and summarize articles, challenging traditional media revenue models. The current wealth gap and collapse of the middle class is unprecedented, even before full-scale AI disruption. Decentralized AI (e.g., having your own local models) is seen as essential to maintain independence and avoid manipulation. A growing imbalance of more sellers than buyers suggests further downward pressure on real estate prices. Political pressure is influencing Fed policy, with previous rate cuts seen as potentially timed to impact elections. Global conflict, such as recent Middle East tensions, is having surprisingly little impact on the stock market. Investors should focus on risk management given the unpredictability and detachment from fundamentals. Today's Panelists: Kirk Chisholm | Innovative Wealth Douglas Heagren | ProCollege Planners Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/moneytreepodcast Follow LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/money-tree-investing-podcast Follow on Twitter/X: https://x.com/MTIPodcast For more information, visit the show notes at https://moneytreepodcast.com/ai-just-taught-me-this-cool-thing-723
The future of AI isn't coming; it's already here. With NVIDIA's recent announcement of forthcoming 600kW+ racks, alongside the skyrocketing power costs of inference-based AI workloads, now's the time to assess whether your data center is equipped to meet these demands. Fortunately, two-phase direct-to-chip liquid cooling is prepared to empower today's AI boom—and accommodate the next few generations of high-powered CPUs and GPUs. Join Accelsius CEO Josh Claman and CTO Dr. Richard Bonner as they walk through the ways in which their NeuCool™ 2P D2C technology can safely and sustainably cool your data center. During the webinar, Accelsius leadership will illustrate how NeuCool can reduce energy savings by up to 50% vs. traditional air cooling, drastically slash operational overhead vs. single-phase direct-to-chip, and protect your critical infrastructure from any leak-related risks. While other popular liquid cooling methods carry require constant oversight or designer fluids to maintain peak performance, two-phase direct-to-chip technologies require less maintenance and lower flow rates to achieve better results. Beyond a thorough overview of NeuCool, viewers will take away these critical insights: The deployment of Accelsius' Co-Innovation Labs—global hubs enabling data center leaders to witness NeuCool's thermal performance capabilities in real-world settings Our recent testing at 4500W of heat capture—the industry record for direct-to-chip liquid cooling How Accelsius has prioritized resilience and stability in the midst of global supply chain uncertainty Our upcoming launch of a multi-rack solution able to cool 250kW across up to four racks Be sure to join us to discover how two-phase direct-to-chip cooling is enabling the next era of AI.
In this episode, Ben Bajarin and Jay Goldberg discuss the recent Marvell custom semiconductor event, the challenges faced in the custom chip business, and the evolving role of hyperscalers in chip design. They explore the future of ASICs versus GPUs, the growth trajectory of the semiconductor industry, and the impact of software on compute needs. The conversation also delves into chip design innovations, particularly the rise of chiplets, and the changing economics of semiconductor manufacturing.
Smart Agency Masterclass with Jason Swenk: Podcast for Digital Marketing Agencies
Would you like access to our advanced agency training for FREE? https://www.agencymastery360.com/training How do you turn a $99 course, launched before it was even fully built, into a 7-figure coaching business? Today's guest did just that. And he's here to share why scrappier beats slick every time. If you've ever second-guessed launching messy, this episode will feel like validation. Brent Weaver is on the show talking about his start with UGURUS, the valuable learning that can come from starting before everything's in place, and why what came after selling his business wasn't exactly what he had expected. Today we kick off a two-parter with Brent Weaver, the founder of UGURUS, who went from building websites in high school to launching one of the most successful coaching programs for digital agency owners. If you've ever second-guessed your “build it as you go” approach — or wondered whether selling $99 courses online could ever turn into something real—this episode will feel like a shot of validation. In this episode, we'll discuss: Launching and selling without a net. The real reason Brent Weaver sold UGURUS. The unexpected, gut-punch part of selling. Subscribe Apple | Spotify | iHeart Radio Sponsors and Resources Wix: Today's episode of the Smart Agency Masterclass is sponsored by Wix Studio, the all-in-one platform designed to help agencies scale without the headaches. With intuitive tools, robust native business solutions, and low maintenance, Wix Studio lets your team focus on what matters most—delivering exceptional value to your clients. Ready to take your agency to the next level? Visit wix.com/studio and discover how Wix Studio can transform your workflow, boost profits, and strengthen client relationships. Building Something Before It's Built In 2012, Brent's agency was building on a tool called Business Catalyst, which led to a side project called BC Gurus, a blog for Business Catalyst users that eventually turned into a full-fledged business. That little blog became a membership site where his team posted business content on how to grow a Business Catalyst agency and, after selling his agency, was the seed for what eventually became UGURUS, a platform offering training and coaching to help agency owners close more deals and scale their businesses. Just as they were preparing to move forward with the site without the Business Catalyst element, as this tool had been discontinued, Brent found the name UGURUS had just gone up for auction. It all seemed serendipitous as they easily won this auction and the new stage of the business began. Lessons in Launching (and Selling) Without a Net Throughout their journey, Brent and his team learned something that every agency owner needs to hear: you don't need everything figured out before you start. And in fact, if you try to, you'll likely never launch at all. The early success of their $200 self-paced course helped them build an audience. But it wasn't until they started offering deeper, high-ticket coaching that things clicked into place. Selling a few $2,000 seats was way more scalable than chasing thousands of low-ticket customers. They did all of this without the luxury of a huge marketing budget or slick automation. Just hustle, relationships, partnerships, and a whole lot of belief in what they were doing. This is something Brent and Jason have both experienced. They agree it's better to go out, execute with what you have, and get feedback, rather than waiting for the perfect moment. Brent Weaver on Building, Selling, and What Came Next Brent and his team didn't start with a fully polished product. In fact, when they first launched their flagship 10K Bootcamp, they spent all their time selling it before creating it. In their view, if they couldn't sell it, they wouldn't build it. But they sold it. About 30 seats at $2,000 a pop. Of course, it did help that they weren't starting from scratch. They had a list of about 10,000 emails from their time running BC Gurus, which helped immensely. And then they had one week to create the first session. What followed was a whirlwind of late nights and Adobe Connect calls (for those who remember what that was) as Brent stayed one step ahead of each week's live session. It was clunky. It was imperfect. But it worked. Why? Because Brent was committed. He responded immediately to the slightest client dissatisfaction. He personally handled delivery. And he overdelivered wherever possible. That scrappy MVP became the foundation for a business that helped thousands of agencies get out of the feast-and-famine cycle. This kind of growth doesn't happen when you wait for the stars to align. It happens when you ship early, listen hard, and iterate fast. The $22,850 Lead Magnet That Took 6 Minutes to Create Let's talk about lead magnets that actually convert. The first product Brent ever sold was a gloriously titled “the $22,850 Website Proposal.” That wasn't a gimmick. It was a real client proposal that closed a big deal—with cross-sells, recurring revenue, and multi-location projects all baked in. Instead of building something fancy, he stripped out client details, dropped it into a Google Doc, and gave it away. Six minutes of work. Hundreds of thousands of downloads. The lesson? Your most valuable assets are often sitting in a dusty folder, not in your imagination. Proof beats polish every time. The Real Reason Brent Sold UGURUS So why sell a successful business? For Brent, it wasn't burnout—it was the pull toward a bigger vision. After buying out his co-founder and riding the COVID rollercoaster, things just weren't lighting him up anymore. Then came Cloudways—and more importantly, a series of conversations with their CMO, Santi. In a way, he was no longer getting what he wanted from the business, and the more he spoke with Santi, and saw what they were doing with their platform, the more he dreamed about turning that into an agency growth community. Hence, what started as co-branded webinars and strategy calls evolved into shared vision sessions. Eventually, Cloudways pitched an acquisition. The appeal? A chance to bring agency coaching to a massive platform with 13,000+ agency users. Brent saw an opportunity to merge purpose with scale and went all in. When the Buyer Gets Bought Here's the plot twist: just ten months after the acquisition, Cloudways got acquired by DigitalOcean, and suddenly UGURUS was a small fish in a billion-dollar pond. DigitalOcean was focused on AI, GPUs, and hardcore infrastructure—not coaching communities. So eventually, Brent's team and vision were sidelined. He stayed on. He fought for his team. But like he says—when you sell, it's no longer yours. And if the buyer shifts priorities, you've got to live with it. That's the tradeoff. Don't Sell Unless You Know What's Next The hard truth here is don't sell unless you know what you're waking up to the next day. Brent thought he had his next chapter lined up. He had a six-month transition plan. A roadmap. But then came the cultural disconnect. Engineering talk at happy hours. Roadmaps that had nothing to do with agency growth. The adventure he signed up for didn't look like what it became. That's the gut-punch part of selling. You can have a clean exit and still feel like you lost something. That's why clarity before the exit is non-negotiable. Next Time on Part Two: What really happens after the exit? Brent pulls back the curtain on post-sale culture shock, why some big opportunities fizzled, and how his next move with E2M caught even him by surprise. You won't want to miss this. Want to Build an Exclusive, Scalable Agency That Clients Line Up For? Our Agency Blueprint helps you identify growth bottlenecks, build community-driven strategies, and position your agency as a category of one.
A handheld Xbox that's really an ROG Ally with a new Ryzen processor?? An LCD that actually NEEDS bright sunlight like a Game Boy Color?? (Oh, and Josh's legendary food segment.) There's some EVGA sad news mixed in there with a cool new GOG feature and too many security stories.Timestamps:00:00 Intro00:39 Patreon01:20 Food with Josh03:30 ASUS ROG Xbox Ally handhelds have new AMD Ryzen Z2 processors06:51 Nintendo sold a record number of Switch 2 consoles08:37 NVIDIA N1X competitive with high-end mobile CPUs?12:38 Samsung now selling 3GB GDDR7 modules16:27 Apple uses car model years now, and Tahoe is their last OS supporting Intel22:01 EVGA motherboards have issues with RTX 50 GPUs?27:48 Josh talks about a new PNY flash drive30:01 (in)Security Corner54:07 Gaming Quick Hits1:00:46 Eazeye Monitor 2.0 - an RLCD monitor review1:11:53 Picks of the Week1:33:21 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Talk Python To Me - Python conversations for passionate developers
If you're looking to leverage the insane power of modern GPUs for data science and ML, you might think you'll need to use some low-level programming language such as C++. But the folks over at NVIDIA have been hard at work building Python SDKs which provide nearly native level of performance when doing Pythonic GPU programming. Bryce Adelstein Lelbach is here to tell us about programming your GPU in pure Python. Episode sponsors Posit Agntcy Talk Python Courses Links from the show Bryce Adelstein Lelbach on Twitter: @blelbach Episode Deep Dive write up: talkpython.fm/blog NVIDIA CUDA Python API: github.com Numba (JIT Compiler for Python): numba.pydata.org Applied Data Science Podcast: adspthepodcast.com NVIDIA Accelerated Computing Hub: github.com NVIDIA CUDA Python Math API Documentation: docs.nvidia.com CUDA Cooperative Groups (CCCL): nvidia.github.io Numba CUDA User Guide: nvidia.github.io CUDA Python Core API: nvidia.github.io Numba (JIT Compiler for Python): numba.pydata.org NVIDIA's First Desktop AI PC ($3,000): arstechnica.com Google Colab: colab.research.google.com Compiler Explorer (“Godbolt”): godbolt.org CuPy: github.com RAPIDS User Guide: docs.rapids.ai Watch this episode on YouTube: youtube.com Episode #509 deep-dive: talkpython.fm/509 Episode transcripts: talkpython.fm --- Stay in touch with us --- Subscribe to Talk Python on YouTube: youtube.com Talk Python on Bluesky: @talkpython.fm at bsky.app Talk Python on Mastodon: talkpython Michael on Bluesky: @mkennedy.codes at bsky.app Michael on Mastodon: mkennedy
Craig Dunham is the CEO of Voltron Data, a company specializing in GPU-accelerated data infrastructure for large-scale analytics, AI, and machine learning workloads. Before joining Voltron Data, he served as CEO of Lumar, a SaaS technical SEO platform, and held executive roles at Guild Education and Seismic, where he led the integration of Seismic's acquisition of The Savo Group and drove go-to-market strategies in the financial services sector. Craig began his career in investment banking with Citi and Lehman Brothers before transitioning into technology leadership roles. He holds a MBA from Northwestern University and a BS from Hampton University. In this episode… In a world where efficiency and speed are paramount, how can companies quickly process massive amounts of data without breaking the bank on infrastructure and energy costs? With the rise of AI and increasing data volumes from everyday activities, organizations face a daunting challenge: achieving fast and cost-effective data processing. Is there a solution that can transform how businesses handle data and unlock new possibilities? Craig Dunham, a B2B SaaS leader with expertise in go-to-market strategy and enterprise data systems, tackles these challenges head-on by leveraging GPU-accelerated computing. Unlike traditional CPU-based systems, Voltron Data's technology uses GPUs to greatly enhance data processing speed and efficiency. Craig shares how their solution helps enterprises reduce processing times from hours to minutes, enabling organizations to run complex analytics faster and more cost-effectively. He emphasizes that Voltron Data's approach doesn't require a complete overhaul of existing systems, making it a more accessible option for businesses seeking to enhance their computing capabilities. In this episode of the Inspired Insider Podcast, Dr. Jeremy Weisz interviews Craig Dunham, CEO at Voltron Data, about building high-performance data systems. Craig delves into the challenges and solutions in today's data-driven business landscape, how Voltron Data's innovative solutions are revolutionizing data analytics, and the advantages of using GPU over CPU for data processing. He also shares valuable lessons on leading high-performing teams and adapting to market demands.
Fastfetch and LibreOffice mint new releases, KDE teases Kerton for VM management, and KDE is looking to capture Windows 10 exiles. Bcachefs broke filesystems and then fixed them, AMD releases a couple new GPUs, and there's weird drama in X11 and kernel land. For tips, we have Pipewire node management, notes from Kubuntu beta, and a quick primer on the difference between git fetch and git pull. You can find the show notes at https://bit.ly/4jEM36i Have fun! Host: Jonathan Bennett Co-Hosts: Jeff Massie and Ken McDonald Download or subscribe to Untitled Linux Show at https://twit.tv/shows/untitled-linux-show Want access to the ad-free video and exclusive features? Become a member of Club TWiT today! https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord.
Nvidia, as you probably know, makes chips — more specifically, GPUs, which are needed to power artificial intelligence systems. But as AI adoption ramps up, why does it feel like Nvidia's still the only chipmaker in the game? In this episode, why the California-based firm is, for now, peerless, and which companies may be angling to compete. Plus: Dwindling tourists worry American retailers, Dick's Sporting Goods sticks to its partly-sunny forecast and the share of single women as first-time homebuyers grows.Every story has an economic angle. Want some in your inbox? Subscribe to our daily or weekly newsletter.Marketplace is more than a radio show. Check out our original reporting and financial literacy content at marketplace.org — and consider making an investment in our future.