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XAI also said it was launching a new product called "Deep Search," which would act as a "next generation search engine."
Elon Musk's xAI on Tuesday unveiled its latest artificial intelligence model, Grok 3, claiming it can outperform offerings from OpenAI and China's DeepSeek based on early testing, which included standardized tests on math, science and coding.
"We're very excited to present Grok 3, which is, we think, an order of magnitude more capable than Grok 2 in a very short period of time," Musk said at a demonstration of Grok 3 that was streamed on his social media platform X.
The team also said it was launching a new product called "Deep Search," which would act as a "next generation search engine."
Grok 3 will be rolled out for premium X subscribers, starting Tuesday stateside, and will also be accessible through a separate subscription for the model's web and app versions, the xAI team said.
Speaking at The World Governments Summit in Dubai last week Musk had dubbed the model "scary smart," with powerful reasoning capabilities, claiming it outperformed all other existing models in xAI's internal tests.
"This might be the last time that an AI is better than Grok," Musk said at the time, adding that it was trained on "a lot of synthetic data," and was capable of reflecting upon its mistakes to achieve logical consistency.
The xAI team claimed that an early iteration of Grok 3 had been given better ratings than existing competitors on Chatbot Arena, a crowdsourced website that pits different AI models against each other in blind tests.
Toward the end of the product demo, Musk said that the company will keep improving the model.
In the last few posts, we have been discussing the Lycurgan reforms and their impact on the Spartan society – both from the standpoint of the army and changes in the social structure. We have talked about the pressure generated by the peculiar form of government that was forced on the Spartan people. Like any new political innovation, the Lycurgan reforms went through a cycle from introduction. to maturity, and then degradation until they were no longer effective.
I thought it would be interesting to examine how the army degraded over time, using information we have about its composition and performance in battle as data points.
"We should emphasize that this is kind of a beta, meaning that you should expect some imperfections at first, but we will improve it rapidly, almost every day," he said, adding that the voice assistance for the model would be released at a later time.
Intense competition
Musk, who has been quite vocal about the potential dangers of artificial intelligence, started xAI in 2023 entering the generative AI market that includes OpenAI's ChatGPT.
Our time span will be 108 years, starting with the Battle of Platea in 479 B.C. and ending with the Battle of Leuctra in 371 B.C. I chose Platea because it is a milestone victory for the Spartans – one where they were fully deployed, engaged, and victorious. The Spartans fielded 10,000 hoplites (5,000 Spartiates and 5,000 Periokoi) out of the allied total of 38,000. At Platea, the Spartans unquestionably showed their superior military skill.
Leuctra stands at the opposite end of the spectrum. Here the Spartans could only field 700 Spartiates, losing 400 of them during the battle. Leuctra was the end of the Spartan army as an effective fighting force.
In September last year, OpenAI launched its most advanced model, the o1, which came with reasoning abilities and was able to solve relatively complex science, coding and math tasks.
Musk, along with Sam Altman, helped create OpenAI as a nonprofit in 2015.
However, in recent years Musk and OpenAI's leadership have been feuding. Musk recently led an investor group that submitted a proposal to buy the AI startup's nonprofit parent for $97.4 billion — an offer OpenAI declined.
We are going to look at the ways the Spartan army changed between these two dates – we know that the number of Spartiates decreased and the number of Periokoi increased, but how did these changes occur over time? The desperately small group of Spartiates at Leuctra stands as a negation of the philosophy of the agoge and the ideals of the Lycurgan system.
In reviewing the battles between these two dates, I was struck by a couple of things: there weren’t that many battles that really mattered – that is battles that changed the course of a war or are celebrated in history like Themopylae and Platea. More amazingly, when you look at the chronology of the Peloponnesean War, its military rhythm is a mess. There were a few important battles (e.g. Mantinea), but the rest of the war featured avoidance, internal dissention, obfuscation, signing of treaties, and burning of crops. The Athenians wasted their time in Syracuse and the peace of Nicias spanned six of the twenty-seven years.
Last month, Chinese start-up DeepSeek shocked the AI market when it released a technical paper that claimed one of its open source models was able to rival the performance of OpenAI's o1 model despite using a cheaper, less energy-intensive process.
It accomplished the feat in the face of the U.S. restricting leading AI chipmaker Nvidia from selling its cutting-edge GPUs — used for training AI models — to China.
I have identified four battles during our span that are significant: Tanagra in 457 B.C, Mantinea in 418 B.C, Nemea River in 394 B.C, and Coronea that same year. Tanagra was part of a war between Sparta and Athens, Mantinea, the Peloponnesean War, and the other two took place during the Corinthian War. Let’s look at these four and see what they tell us.
XAI has a "Colossus supercomputer," for training AI, which it said last year was utilizing a cluster of 100,000 advanced Nvidia GPUs for AI training. On Tuesday, the company revealed that it doubled the size of its GPU cluster for the training of Grok 3.
While many AI and tech experts have told CNBC that DeepSeek has intensified AI competition, showing what can be done with less advanced technology, others are more skeptical about its impact.
However, in China, Huawei's market share grew to 17% in 2024 from 12% the year before, according to the IDC, thanks to a comeback that began late in 2023 when it released a smartphone containing a fairly advanced chip. The component surprised many because U.S. sanctions over the past few years have sought to cut China's access to advanced semiconductor technology.
Huawei is hoping to bring that momentum to its overseas market, focusing on high-end devices.
Francisco Jeronimo, vice president for data and analytics at IDC, told CNBC that the the Mate XT will not be sold in large volumes and is likely aimed at those wanting to show off that they can afford such a pricey device.
Tanagra came about when the Phocians made war on the city of Doris--the traditional homeland of Doric Greeks. Sparta sent a relief force under the command of Nicomedes, son of Cleombrotus, acting as regent for his under-age nephew, King Pleistoanax. An army of 1,500 Spartan hoplites (half Periokoi?) with 10,000 of their allies entered Boeotia to compel the submission of Phocis. Their opponents had a combined force of 14,000. The battle ended up a draw and the Spartans went home. We can see the effect of the earthquake on the number of available Spartiates by comparing the numbers with Platea. I am surprised that the Spartans ventured out at a time so close to the earthquake (8 years before). They must have been comforted by the large number of allies willing to go to war with them. We know that the Spartiate contingent consisted of men up to age 45 at Platea, so one may assume the same here (the facts are unknown). The Periokoi would probably have used the same age group.
"I think what they [Huawei] believe that the trifold can be a unique value proposition and because it is very expensive, they aim to target wealthy individuals who are more keen on showing off they have the money versus having the best experience you can get," Jeronimo said.
Still, even if Huawei were to sell half a million units of the Mate XT, it could generate $1.5 billion in revenue, Jeronimo added.
The Mate XT will be a test of Huawei's appeal outside of China. For one, it will not be using Google's Android operating system, which is the most popular in the world.
At Mantinea, the Spartan hoplites numbered 4,632 (28xPentecostys@144 men + 600 Skiratai) according to Thucydides. These were 60% Periokoi and 40% Spartiate. In addition, the Spartiates included those up to age 55. The Battle of Mantinea was the largest land battle fought within Greece during the Peloponnesian War. The Lacedaemonians, with their neighbors the Tegeans, faced the combined armies of Argos, Athens, Mantinea, and Arcadia. The result was a complete victory for the Spartans, who rescued their city from the brink of strategic defeat.
Nemea was a battle in the Corinthian War, between Sparta and the allied cities of Argos, Athens, Corinth, and Thebes. The battle was fought in Corinthian territory, at the dry bed of the Nemea River. The battle was a decisive Spartan victory, which, coupled with the Battle of Coronea later in the same year, gave Sparta the advantage in the early fighting on the Greek mainland. At Nemea, there were about 6,000 hoplites at 60% Periokoi strength. Still 2,400 Spartiates versus 1,600 at Mantinea. One assumes the hoplite disposition at Coronea was the same as Nemea.
While users of Android phones can access millions of apps via the Google Play Store, Huawei's app store does not offer some of the most popular Google apps that people outside of China rely on, which could hamper the Mate XT's appeal.
"Lack of Google still is a 'gaping hole' for mainstream international market especially those who will pay top dollar for a tri-fold hardware but which want to run Netflix or Google's Play Store or the latest cutting edge GenAI Google Gemini features," Neil Shah, partner at Counterpoint Research, told CNBC.
Gemini is Google's artificial intelligence chatbot.
Thirteen years after Coronea came the Battle of Leuctra. There were 700 Spartiates participating, including 300 in the king’s guard. The entire guard was wiped out along with 100 other Spartiates. At Leuctra, the ratio of Spartiates to non-Spartiates was one to five. Hardly a demonstration of the power of the agoge.
One might ask why more Periokoi were not used to bring up the strength of the Spartan army at various points There are two answers to that question. In the first place the Periokoi were the citizens of a hundred small towns in the Spartan territory and did not have a large supply of men over the whole time period. Secondly, the Spartans had to include a minimum number of their own hoplites to insure the they were fielding a “Spartan” army that would make the best trained hoplites available.
Grok 3 is a family of models, to be precise. A smaller version of Grok 3, Grok 3 mini, responds to questions more quickly at the cost of some accuracy. Not all the models and related features of Grok 3 are available yet (some are in beta), but they began rolling out on Monday.
xAI claims Grok 3 beats GPT-4o on benchmarks including AIME (which evaluates a model’s performance on a sampling of math questions) and GPQA (which assesses models using PhD-level physics, biology, and chemistry problems). An early version of Grok 3 also scored competitively in Chatbot Arena, a crowdsourced test that pits different AI models against each other and has users vote on their preferred responses, according to xAI.
One sees how the Spartan army was always dependent on its neighbors for fighting strength (Periokoi and allies). It’s easy to forget that Spartiates came from the combined town of Sparta which was not very large. When you factor in the use of Spartiates for other purposes, like occupation and administration of conquered territories, and the necessity to keep some of the fighting strength in reserve, the final number eligible for battle at any one time was quite small.
This review shows us a shortage of Spartiates after the earthquake, growing to a larger number by Mantinea, and then back down by Leuctra. It is surprising to me that Sparta was willing to take on so many in the Peloponnesean War. Maybe mistrust of Athens was the motivator that overcame Sparta’s concerns about the size of its army. Of course, the trump card was the Peloponnesean League, which extended the military strength of the Spartan nation.
“Owl” is a common term for the Drachma, the most well known silver coin of ancient Athens. This coin generally had an image of Athena of the Obverse and an Owl on the reverse. There was a saying in ancient Athens about “taking owls to Athens”, meaning being redundant, like the English would say “taking coals to Newcastle”.
Once the treaty was signed between Sparta and Athens ending the Peloponnesean War, the owls invaded Sparta as gold and silver currency was transferred to the victors. The result of this seemingly small event would prove to be calamitous for the Spartans.
As Aristotle said:
“A people trained consummately but exclusively for warlike contact with its neighbors found itself suddenly compelled, by the outcome of one particular war, to enter into non-military relations for which they were not only unprepared but were positively unfitted by their peculiar institutions and habits. Those peculiarities which the Spartans had developed in order to grapple with a previous problem, and which had given them superhuman strength within the limits of the narrow environment within which their lines had previously been cast, now took their revenge upon this peculiar people by making them inhumanly or infra-humanly incompetent to live in the wider world into which the fortunes of war had eventually carried them.”
Tracy Rouch, a spokesperson for Lee Enterprises, did not immediately return a request for comment on Tuesday.
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Lee notified affected media outlets on February 3 that one of its data centers that hosts applications and services used by Lee and its customers, including its services for paying subscribers, was “down,” according to an email sent by Lee CEO Kevin Mowbray that TechCrunch has seen.
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The Freedom of the Press Foundation has a running list of affected outlets.
Lee said that the incident is “reasonably likely” to have a material impact on the company’s financial results.
The Spartan authorities ruled that gold and silver hoarding was legal for the state as a monopoly and illegal for individuals. This unrealistic attempt at the control of wealth failed immediately and, instead, fostered the subversive social effects that derive from a money economy in the hands of a people previously sheltered from same. The new money impacted the Spartan attitude toward control of private property and drove the upper and lower classes further apart. Where there had been only a slow concentration of wealth since the reforms began, the imbalance now accelerated.
In addition, the import of money was met with an export of Homoioi, who were sent abroad as administrators of the conquered. Now the number of Homoioi would decrease in greater numbers than those caused by attrition at home. Quoting Toynbee,
A policy that seemed logical at the time of the reforms now began to unravel, as Homoioi began to limit the size of their families or look for ways to add to their land holdings. The former was accomplished in any one of several strange ways including polyandry, wife sharing, and pederasty.
With regard to adding to land holdings, the innovations were equally clever. A Homoioi could adopt a member of another family and receive that family’s holdings or a man could marry a women who was her father’s heir because she had no brothers. Others were able to acquire land by the taking of dowries, which were apparently large in ancient Sparta.
Also, while X’s support page says a monthly subscription costs $50, the sign-up page lists a $48.40 per month price, and the check-out page is charging $40 a month.
The Spartan Government, once it realized the outcome of inaction, tried to combat this problem by offering an exemption from military service to those Homoioi with three children. A father a four was even exempted from paying taxes. How ironic that a system put in place to remove the cares of a man by giving him land would now create an undercurrent of subversive cupidity designed to avoid concern over a man dying landless.
We can now see the reasons behind the rapid decline of Homoioi from the end of the Peloponnesean War to 371 B.C. (Leuctra) when there were only 700 left.
Sparta succeeded in ending the Messenian revolt, but it took over five years to do so. She also battled Athens twice: inconclusively in 457 B.C, and more decisively in 446 B.C. when the Athenians where forced to rein in their designs on central Greece. But Sparta remained weak as we shall see from the casualty estimates.
Plutarch describes the catastrophe as follows:
“They say that a little before any motion was perceived, as young men and the boys grown up were exercising themselves together in the middle of a portico, a hare, of a sudden, started out just by them, which the young men, though all naked and daubed with oil, ran after for sport. No sooner were they gone from the place, than the gymnasium fell down upon the boys who stayed behind, and killed them all.”
If we start with the assumption that they were 9,000 Homoioi in the Spartan army and assume this to be one fourth of the population, when we add 4,000 more for Helot laborers, we arrive at 40,000 people in Sparta that day. According to Diodorus “houses collapsed from their foundations and more than twenty thousand Lacedaemonians perished.” If close to being accurate this number suggests that half the people in Sparta were killed by the earthquake.
In a recent interview with SpaceNews, Christopher Spagnoletti, chief product officer at Ursa Major, said “we believe Draper fills a gap that the United States has in its armaments and targets.”
The Trump administration is looking to fill this supposed gap with its Iron Dome initiative. In January President Trump issued an executive order calling for the Defense Department to build an “Iron Dome for America”. The name is a clear reference to Israel’s Iron Dome defense system.
According to Trump’s executive order, the US Iron Dome would serve as “a next-generation missile defense shield for the United States against ballistic, hypersonic, advanced cruise missiles, and other next-generation aerial attacks.” Essentially, this system would use weapons to destroy incoming missiles during their boost phase.
The heaviest losses may have been mothers and small children who would normally be in their homes. Loss of mothers caused a chain reaction through the loss of at least two generations of births, because new daughters born after the disaster would have to grow up and raise their offspring. As far as male children goes, young sons could be replaced more quickly than those in the midst of their training, who left a hole in the army.
Two generations later was 430(?), a point where the human losses had been replaced and a steady growth in Homoioi could continue. Perhaps this is why the Spartans were now ready to fight the Athenians for control of Greece.
“It (the Messenian revolt) was so terrible an experience that it left Spartan life fast bound in misery and iron, and it sidetracked Spartan evolution into a blind alley. And since the Spartans were never able to forget what they had gone through, they were never able to relax, and never able to extricate themselves from the impasse of their post-war reaction… They lived on as the obedient humble servants of their own dominion over Messenia from that time forth evermore.”
And what of the impact of war on the balance of government? Since the Damos was made up of Homoioi, the loss of a substantial number would destroy that body and its role in balancing the other branches.
And there was still a greater Spartan nightmare than the loss of Homoioi or a Helot revolt. What would happen if a hostile foreign power would come to the aid of the Helots and fight alongside them? Argos was a likely candidate and it took the Battle of Thyrea in 544 B.C. and Sepeia in 494 B.C. to quiesce her, and allow Sparta to relax. Later, when Athens made a pact with the Helots in 425 B.C, Sparta moved with urgency to secure the peace which ended the first phase of the Peloponnesean War.
The average person may not realize this, but at the last major corporation I was at, it was a part of the culture for many people to get a note from the doctor that they are depressed and they can turn it into paid medical leave. All it takes is the doctor to adequately describe they are “observably” stressed, and they would be on paid leave for months and they would chain these back to back. People working the system at large corporations is a very real thing.
"Tien Kung," a #humanoid robot developed by the National and Local Co-built Embodied Artificial Intelligence Robotics Innovation Center, has achieved a world’s first by successfully climbing 134 outdoor stairs with 35cm-high steps, reaching the highest point of the Haizi Wall… pic.twitter.com/yUfxxHPNN6
Real-time perception is incorporated into Tien Kung’s movement algorithms, in contrast to previous humanoid robots that relied on pre-scanned 3D models and had trouble navigating irregular terrain. This is a breakthrough in humanoid robots by enabling smooth, collision-free multi-level stair navigation.— Global Times (@globaltimesnews) February 17, 2025
For humanoid robots to go from research labs to practical applications, their mobility in complicated situations must be improved. “Tien Kung”‘s technology may allow for widespread deployment in harsh environments like hilly regions, icy landscapes, and disaster relief efforts.
The adoption of the Lycurgan reforms served two purposes for the Spartan ruling class. It diffused the problem of class warfare by raising the status of the lower classes and it created a homeland army to protect the kingdom from another Messenian revolt. At the same time, in a big picture sense, the Spartans had created a stable political model which would be adopted by future Poleis. In the midst of building it, the Spartans were able to avoid the despotic political trend that swept across the region during the period of its adoption.
For example, they made it illegal for Spartans to travel abroad without the government’s permission. Outsiders could visit Sparta, but they were subject to expulsion at any time if their behavior ran counter to the government’s interests. Foreign merchandizing was discouraged by the peculiar Spartan currency which made trade extremely difficult. Previously, all of Greece used iron coins and the Spartans were compatible, but when the others moved on to precious metals, the Spartans chose to stay with their “spit” iron, which was bulky, heavy, and non-convertible. The government even treated the money with chemicals to destroy any commodity value in the iron.
Experts predict that the invention will be integrated into the National Innovation Center’s open-source ecosystem, opening the door for more extensive industrial uses and developments in humanoid robotics.
Furthering humanoid robotics
Tiangong is another humanoid robot developed by the state-backed Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, designed for advanced mobility and control.
It maintains a steady speed of 3.7 miles per hour (6 kilometers per hour) and integrates visual perception sensors, 3D vision sensors, and high-precision IMU to handle motion control challenges efficiently. The robot was unveiled in May 2024 at the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area, a key hub for China’s robotics industry.
US, Russia hold first face-to-face talks on ending Ukraine war, Zelensky slams move
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed dissatisfaction with the discussions occurring without Ukraine’s involvement.
In a significant shift in U.S. foreign policy, officials from the United States and Russia announced on Tuesday their commitment to work towards ending the ongoing war in Ukraine, as well as improving diplomatic and economic relations between the two nations.
This development followed talks involving U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
Rubio reportedly elaborated on the broader objectives agreed upon during discussions, which included restoring staff levels at their embassies in Washington and Moscow, forming a high-level team to facilitate peace talks for Ukraine, and pursuing closer economic ties.
His remarks further exemplified the U.S. shift in stance toward Russia after years of isolating Moscow under previous administrations.
As the talks concluded, it became clear that no immediate plans were in place for a summit between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to Yuri Ushakov, Putin’s foreign affairs advisor.
Meanwhile, military hostilities continued, with Ukrainian reports of drone assaults from Russia resulting in civilian injuries and the evacuation of residential areas.
Under the contract, the Chinese firm will supply battery energy storage system (BESS) equipment to Saudi Arabia for storing electricity generated from renewable sources like solar, wind.
The equipment supplied by BYD Energy Storage will be installed at five sites in the country.
“BYD Energy Storage will supply new-generation MC Cube-T ESS that adopt its globally pioneering CTS (Cell-to-System) super-integrated technology, with a Vcts (proportion of cell volume to system volume) index exceeding 33 percent,” according to a press release.
The equipment will integrate into Saudi Arabia’s power transmission network. The companies believe the BESS will play a pivotal role in addressing challenges posed by the rising number of renewable energy generation systems, ensuring stable power supply, and meeting peak energy demands.
In the real world the rich would have their taxes raised to generate the required $ 835 billion. Then Congress would have to decide how to distribute that money through programs it would create. There would be programs for education, programs for housing, programs for food distribution, and programs for jobs. Wouldn’t those programs have to have a lot of complicated rules? How would they be managed to insure successful outcomes? Wouldn’t they be inefficient like every other bureaucracy?
In terms of Qwen2.5, the language models, all models are pretrained on our latest large-scale dataset, encompassing up to 18 trillion tokens. Compared to Qwen2, Qwen2.5 has acquired significantly more knowledge (MMLU: 85+) and has greatly improved capabilities in coding (HumanEval 85+) and mathematics (MATH 80+). Additionally, the new models achieve significant improvements in instruction following, generating long texts (over 8K tokens), understanding structured data (e.g, tables), and generating structured outputs especially JSON. Qwen2.5 models are generally more resilient to the diversity of system prompts, enhancing role-play implementation and condition-setting for chatbots. Like Qwen2, the Qwen2.5 language models support up to 128K tokens and can generate up to 8K tokens.
They also maintain multilingual support for over 29 languages, including Chinese, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, Arabic, and more. Below, we provide basic information about the models and details of the supported languages.
Common Crawl is a non-profit organization that provides a large corpus of web page data, known as the Common Crawl dataset. The dataset is created by crawling the internet and archiving the content of web pages. The organization makes this data available for free, allowing researchers, developers, and others to access and use it for various purposes.
The Common Crawl dataset contains a vast amount of text data from web pages, including articles, blogs, forums, and other types of online content. This data can be used for natural language processing tasks such as language modeling, text classification, sentiment analysis, and more.
Some key features of the Common Crawl dataset include:
Large size: The dataset contains billions of web pages and tens of terabytes of text data.
Diversity: The data comes from a wide range of sources and includes content in many languages.
Frequent updates: New data is added to the corpus on a regular basis.
Open access: The data is available for free under a Creative Commons license.
Common Crawl's dataset has been used in various applications, including language model training, information retrieval research, and development of AI models like chatbots and virtual assistants.
Embracing Honest Approaches
Transparency within the archiving process fosters accountability by outlining procedures and criteria for inclusion while also shedding light on decision-making processes and ethical considerations for researchers and the public.
Exploring Methods for Digital Conservation
Preservation is possible and difficult these days with the rise of digitization technology, which makes information more readily available but also raises concerns around privacy and data security that need to be addressed by archivists. They must utilize effective digital preservation methods to safeguard confidential materials while guaranteeing they remain accessible for researchers in the long run.
Raine is a natural born entertainer whose journey began on stage in high school, with dance recitals and singing showcases. As captain of her college dance team, she honed her skills and developed a strong work ethic.
Raine graduated with a degree in Psychology and a specialization in Animal Behavior, and worked as a flight attendant for 5 years. After relocating to Florida, she got a job at Miami Seaquarium, where she became a Marine Animal Trainer, interacting with guests and performing shows daily.
Mr. Gattyan’s appointment follows the Company’s previously disclosed long-term license agreement with Byborg Enterprises S.A. (“Byborg”), a company controlled by Mr. Gattyan, and the November 2024, $22.35 million investment in the Company by a Byborg affiliate also controlled by Mr. Gattyan, as well as another $25.44 million investment in the Company by that same affiliate, which investment is currently pending PLBY Group stockholder approval. Mr. Gattyan brings to the Board over 10 years of experience as an entrepreneur, digital technology executive, and director and chairperson of multiple organizations.
“Gyorgy has established multiple successful, web-based businesses, making him a valuable addition to the Board, as Playboy continues to pursue a digital focused, asset-light business model,” said Ben Kohn, PLBY Group’s Chief Executive Officer. “I’m excited to welcome Gyorgy to PLBY Group and have his experience and support as the Company returns to growth.”
Adult Time production has slowed to a crawl recently; Bree Mills has known what’s coming for some time.
No one there believes that these Hungarian and Czechs are going to tolerate the woke nonsense and FUTA and “I Was a Teenage Nonbinary Activist” vanity projects. And Mills loyalists such as Michael Vegas and his corrupt, grotesque wife, Siouxsie Q, had best update their resumés.
“We are thrilled to welcome Gamma Entertainment into the Byborg Network,” said Karoly Papp, co-founder of Byborg Enterprises SA. “Their creativity and production capabilities perfectly align with our goal of delivering top-tier experiences to our customers. The synergies between our brands open up exciting possibilities for collaboration, which will drive growth and elevate our platforms to new heights.”
“I am excited to announce the acquisition of our company by the prestigious Byborg group,” said Bernard. “Leading this company has been an extraordinary journey, and I am deeply grateful to our incredible team for their dedication and the remarkable achievements we have accomplished together. As I prepare to step down, I do so with great confidence in Byborg’s leadership. Our shared values and vision for the future set the stage for even greater success in the years ahead.”
The shift towards adult entertainment comes after Vernon recognized a marked shift in her career trajectory post-reality TV. The exposure from “Married At First Sight” inadvertently placed constraints on her professional progression within the finance sector, prompting a strategic redirection of her career focus. Vernon elaborates on the profound impact of the reality show and subsequent lockdown, emphasizing the restrictive aftermath on her ability to capitalize on public appearances and other conventional revenue streams.
Huawei has made a comeback in China and is hoping to bring that momentum to overseas markets where its business has been badly hurt.
Huawei launched its trifold smartphone outside of China on Tuesday, as it plots a comeback in international markets after getting hammered by U.S. sanctions.
The Mate XT will have a starting price tag of 3,499 euros ($3,660). Huawei has yet to announce in which countries the model will be available, but the company has told users to look out for local announcements. A CNBC check found that the device was listed for sale in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
The handset was first released in China last year and drew global intrigue for being the first ever trifold phone. Normal foldable devices can be folded once in half either vertically or horizontally. The Mate XT has two points at which it can fold and can display content on a single, double or triple screen.
Huawei was once the biggest smartphone player in the world and challenged Apple and Samsung in the premium segment of the market.
U.S. sanctions beginning in 2019 cut off Huawei's access to advance chips and Google's Android operating system, causing its market share to plunge. It was all but wiped out from international markets as other brands filled the gap. Huawei's smartphone market share outside of China stands at just 0.3%, according to data from research firm International Data Corporation.
Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, released its latest flagship AI model, Grok 3, on Monday, along with new capabilities in the Grok app for iOS and the web.
Grok, xAI’s answer to models like OpenAI’s GPT-4o and Google’s Gemini, can analyze images and respond to questions, and powers a number of features on Musk’s social network, X. Grok 3, which has been in development for several months, was optimistically slated for release in 2024, but missed that deadline.
xAI has been using an enormous data center in Memphis containing around 200,000 GPUs to train Grok 3. In a post on X, Musk claimed Grok 3 was developed with “10x” (or so) more computing power than its predecessor, Grok 2, using an expanded training set that includes filings from court cases — and more.
“Grok 3 is an order of magnitude more capable than Grok 2,” Musk said during a live-streamed presentation on Monday. “[It’s a] maximally truth-seeking AI, even if that truth is sometimes at odds with what is politically correct.”
Lee said it was analyzing whether sensitive or personal data was stolen in the cyberattack.
Newspaper publishing giant Lee Enterprises said an ongoing cyberattack is causing disruptions across its business, and is now in its third week of outages.
In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Lee said it was conducting a forensic analysis to determine if sensitive or personal data was stolen in the cyberattack.
“Preliminary investigations indicate that threat actors unlawfully accessed the Company’s network, encrypted critical applications, and exfiltrated certain files,” said Lee in its filing, describing the incident as a ransomware attack.
Lee said it anticipated the outages to last for several more weeks as the company restores affected systems. The company said it had notified law enforcement.
“The incident impacted the Company’s operations, including distribution of products, billing, collections, and vendor payments. Distribution of print publications across our portfolio of products experienced delays, and online operations were partially limited,” the company said in the filing.
Hours after Elon Musk's AI company, xAI released the latest version of its AI model, Grok 3, X has significantly hiked the price for its top Premium+
Hours after Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI released the latest version of its AI model, Grok 3, X has significantly hiked the price for its top Premium+ subscription plan, which gives users access to the latest model, to almost $50 per month.
On the support page that lists X’s premium plans, the monthly subscription price for Premium+ in the U.S. has been updated to $50, and the yearly price to $350.
This is the second time X is raising the price for the Premium+ plan in the past couple of months. In December, the company hiked the subscription amount to $22 per month from $16 per month. If we go by any of the listed prices, the new plan will cost Premium+ subscribers more than double what they currently pay.
xAI is putting some of Grok 3’s features behind a separate SuperGrok plan available through the Grok app. So only some features like “deep search” and “reasoning” will be available to Premium+ plan users.
It’s worth noting that the pricing is not consistent on X: When this reporter tried to sign up for the Premium+ plan, X showed that it would cost $39.83 per month ($477.95 annually), though the final check-out page said it would cost $395 for a year.
Wacom Intuos Pro 2025: Smaller, Smarter, Still a Powerhouse
wacom just dropped the 2025 intuos pro at ces, and it’s all about efficiency. it’s more compact but gives you more workspace—kind of like squeezing a bigger desk into a smaller room. available in three sizes, it packs customizable buttons and works with multiple emr pens. no built-in screen, but that means you can pair it with any display you like. perfect for artists who want flexibility without losing precision.
Google’s Veo 2 is now powering YouTube Shorts, letting you create AI-generated backgrounds and video clips from just a text prompt. It’s live in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, with more countries on the way. Google’s SynthID watermark ensures AI transparency. While Veo 2 beats competitors in quality, it still struggles with complex scenes—perfect for quick, eye-catching effects but not blockbuster productions.
Mistral Saba, a 24B parameter AI model, is changing the game for Middle Eastern and South Asian languages. Despite being over five times smaller than some competitors, it delivers sharper, more relevant responses—faster and at a lower cost. Think of it like a sleek, high-performance sports car outpacing bulky SUVs. It’s all about efficiency and precision, proving that bigger isn’t always better.
south korea just hit pause on new downloads of deepseek ai, a chatbot from china that blew up with over a million users in a week. why? data protection concerns. regulators want the app to tighten its security before it can make a comeback. for now, anyone who already has it can keep using it, but no new sign-ups until the issues are fixed.
Researchers just dropped a new benchmark that rates AI-generated text without human or AI bias—just pure stats and rules. The best part? It lines up closely with GPT-4o’s own evaluations while running way faster. This could change how we judge AI output, making it fairer and more efficient.
CopySpec speeds up AI responses by spotting repeated text and copying it instead of recalculating everything from scratch. No extra GPU memory needed! It can make some tasks up to 3.08x faster and works even better when combined with speculative decoding. Think of it like using copy-paste instead of retyping—way more efficient.
AI That Talks Like You? Step-Audio’s Massive Model
Step-Audio just dropped a game-changer: a 130-billion-parameter multimodal AI that understands and generates speech like a pro. This powerhouse handles everything—speech recognition, meaning extraction, voice cloning, and natural conversation. Think of it as an AI that listens, understands, and responds just like a human. With tech like this, the line between human and machine speech is getting blurry fast.
a u.s. judge just ruled that ross intelligence violated thomson reuters' copyright by using westlaw headnotes to train its ai. this case could shape future ai copyright battles, but for now, it’s mainly about non-generative ai. with companies scrambling to define “fair use” in the ai era, this ruling might be just the beginning.
red hat is all in on open-source ai—but not in a utopian way. instead of chasing agi, they’re tackling real-world enterprise needs. the big challenge? balancing transparency with business realities, especially when training data and model weights aren’t always open. their goal: foster collaboration while avoiding vendor lock-in. but ai isn’t like traditional open-source software, and red hat knows the road ahead is anything but simple.
while the feds drag their feet on ai regulation, us states are jumping in, borrowing from europe’s ai act. new laws tackling “algorithmic discrimination” could force companies to do impact assessments, fill out compliance paperwork, and even take legal responsibility for ai decisions. for ai developers, that means higher costs and more red tape. the wild west days of ai might be ending—just not the way you expected.
TINDER'S AI REVOLUTION: HOW THEY'RE CHANGING THE GAME IN 2025
Tinder’s on a mission to keep you swiping. In 2025, they’re rolling out AI-powered tools for better matching and discovery. It’s like having a personal matchmaker, but faster and smarter—helping users find matches more tailored to their preferences. With engagement dipping, this could be a game changer. Imagine an app that learns your vibe and recommends people who fit your style. It’s all about smarter connections now.
Starting with the Pixel 9, Google is rolling out a digital watermark for photos edited with generative AI. If you use the Magic Editor's Reimagine feature, a watermark will appear, showing that the image has been AI-enhanced. It's a move to make the origin of AI-altered images clearer, helping to combat misinformation. With deep fakes becoming a bigger issue, this step seems more important than ever.
xAI has released Grok 3 and unveiled new capabilities for the Grok iOS and web apps. The company used an enormous data center in Memphis that contained around 200,000 GPUs to train Grok 3. Grok 3 is a family of models: Grok 3 mini responds to questions more quickly but at the cost of some accuracy; Grok 3, which beats GPT-4o on some benchmarks; Grok 3 Reasoning, which surpasses the best investigation of o3-mini on several popular benchmarks; and Grok 3 mini Reasoning. Subscribers to X's Premium+ tier will be first to get access to Grok 3.
A new leak claims that the iPhone 17 Air will have its cameras arranged in a horizontal bar. The iPhone 17 Pro models will use a larger but still horizontal bar. Along with the new camera layout, it's been reported that the iPhone 17 Pro will return to having curved sides. It is unclear how reliable or accurate the rumors are, but the leaker has been accurate about camera details before.
Construction has begun on the first phase of the Line, Saudi Arabia's planned 170-kilometer-long megacity in the desert. The first phase, which will stretch 2.5 kilometers, will be named Hidden Marina. It will be made up of three individual modular segments measuring 21 million square meters. Hidden Marina will host an initial population of around 200,000 residents. It will have 80,000 residential units, 9,000 hotel rooms, commercial and retail spaces, fire stations, schools, police and security services, and other amenities. Residents will have access to all daily essentials within a five-minute walk and high-speed rail will provide transit around the metropolis.
Several teams around the world are working on AI systems to help humans understand animals. A group at the University of the West of England Bristol and Scotland's Rural College have developed a system called Intellipig that examines photos of pigs' faces and notifies farmers if there are signs of pain, sickness, or emotional distress, and a team at the University of Haifa is training AI to identify signs of discomfort in dogs' faces. These systems still rely on humans to do the initial work of identifying the meanings of different behaviors.
The New York Times is still in a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft as the tech companies allegedly violated copyright law by training generative AI on the publisher's content.
Bernstein analysts expect that the next phase of Bitcoin's bull market will be driven by catalysts like the U.S. Crypto Task Force's push for a National Bitcoin Reserve, potential sovereign wealth fund investments in crypto, and growing institutional adoption. Bernstein believes that because of strong ETF inflows, major corporate buys, and increasing government involvement, they see Bitcoin as a challenger to gold.
Bubblemaps has linked the Libra and Melania memecoins to a single entity, citing onchain evidence of shared wallets and coordinated transactions. The investigation, which also implicates other tokens, comes amid fraud allegations against Argentina's President Javier Milei following Libra's dramatic rise and crash.
Autonome is building a platform for building and deploying verifiable AI agents that uses Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) and Actively Validated Services (AVSs) to ensure security and reliability. The platform's primary innovation is its Cross-Agent Routing (CAR) protocol, which allows for secure inter-agent communication through blinded channels and halt-on-divergence primitives, while using TEE features like enclaved execution and remote attestation to guarantee verifiable agency. Autonome also includes components like a registry, message queue, and credit management.
The team behind the controversial Libra memecoin, promoted by Argentina's President Javier Milei, was reportedly working on a similar project with Nigerian officials before the scandal derailed their plans. As legal action mounts, with U.S. law firms preparing class-action lawsuits and Argentina's opposition considering impeachment, new links have emerged between Libra, Melania Trump's memecoin, and the involvement of Kelsier Ventures.
Outside of traditional trading applications, crypto is being used to provide dollar access to those in emerging markets (stablecoins), prop up decentralized social networks, enable direct creator monetization, and develop onchain loyalty programs for brands. Projects like Zarpay, Farcaster, Rodeo, and Blackbird have championed these new models, demonstrating crypto's potential to reshape finance, social media, and digital commerce.
Mistral Saba is a 24B parameter model trained on meticulously curated datasets from across the Middle East and South Asia. The model provides more accurate and relevant responses than models that are over 5 times its size while being significantly faster and lower cost.
South Korea has temporarily banned new downloads of China's DeepSeek AI chatbot due to data protection concerns. The app, which gained over a million users in a week, will remain unavailable until compliance improvements are made.
Researchers introduce a benchmark that assesses LLM open-ended text generation using n-gram statistics and rules, avoiding reliance on human or LLM-based judgments. It closely correlates with GPT-4o evaluations while being computationally efficient.
A U.S. judge ruled that Ross Intelligence infringed on Thomson Reuters' copyright by using Westlaw headnotes to train its AI. The decision may influence other AI-related copyright lawsuits but remains narrowly focused on non-generative AI applications.
The Draper engine uses a non-cryogenic fuel, making it rapidly deployable for a massive defense system.
Rocket engine manufacturer Ursa Major is accelerating the development of its Draper engine. The startup is collaborating with US agencies and military contractors to make the engine available for use in next-generation missile systems.
Ursa Major aims to swiftly complete the testing phase of the Draper liquid rocket engine. The goal is for the engine to be available for missiles that will form a part of President Donald Trump’s Iron Dome missile defense system.
In 2023, the US Air Force awarded Ursa Major a contract to develop its Draper and Arroway engines.
At the time of that announcement, Ursa Major founder and CEO Joe Laurienti said, “Draper will become the foundation of America’s counter-hypersonic capabilities. Its on-demand launch capability and increased maneuverability make it an ideal hypersonic interceptor and allow it to better simulate hypersonic threats as a target vehicle.”
Since then, the startup successfully has completed a hot fire test campaign of the Draper engine at its facilities in Berthoud, Colorado. Now, the next step is to perform flight tests with Draper.
Ursa Major claims the engine can be used for military applications as well as for a host of applications within the commercial space sector. These include orbital transportation use cases, such as space tugs and satellites.
The humanoid integrates real-time perception for smooth, collision-free stair navigation.
A Chinese humanoid robot, “Tien Kung”, has set a world record by climbing 134 outdoor steps to the summit of Haizi Wall Park in Beijing.
The milestone marks the first time a humanoid robot has navigated such a complex outdoor terrain, showcasing significant advancements in robotic mobility, reports a Chinese media outlet.
China’s robotics industry has grown rapidly in recent years, with various robots gaining influence both locally and globally.
In November 2024, China’s Tiangong, the first full-size electric running robot, became open source, encouraging further development and integration.
The project aims to make a stride towards advancing Saudi Arabia’s renewable energy industry.
China-based BYD Energy Storage has signed a contract with Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) for the world’s largest grid-scale energy storage project.
The contract signed between the two firms is for a capacity of 12.5 GWh energy storage project. The project – combined with the earlier delivered 2.6 GWh project – now amounts to a massive 15.1 GWh.
The project aims to make a stride towards advancing Saudi Arabia’s renewable energy industry.
It will also help in meeting the ambitious goals set in Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 initiative. SEC aims to help the country achieve its optimal energy mix of 50 percent of renewables by 2030.
Sörensen first had to figure out the perfect power needs for his ambitious drone project.
Drones are gaining prominence in the past few years, and do-it-yourself versions of it are also showing off their amazing capabilities.
One such example of a heavy-lift drone that has amazed netizens in the recent days is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that can carry 220 pounds (100 kilograms) of weight.
The UAV has been made by Simon Sörensen, who is the owner of the RCLifeOn channel on YouTube.
In a recently uploaded video he shows off the amazing drone made in his home setup that can do the heavy lifting, and the process which went behind its making.
Qué clima tan rico y las plantas resplandecientes, alegrando la mañana en el jardín de mi casa. Buenos días al universo entero desde Buenos Aires, Argentina.
What a rich weather and the resplendent plants, brightening up the morning in the garden of my house. Good morning to the whole universe from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Sure but what do users care about premium other then it making them more money. Why do people actully upgrade into Premium right now? I suspect 90% if not higher are just for the votes.
Yes, There is point in your view. Actually, It's a good idea to promote out personal blog because not everyone wants just short opinions but some wants information as well.
Chutzpah is shameless or disrespectful boldness often paired with reckless self-confidence. Someone with chutzpah dares to do or say things that seem shocking to others.
//It took a lot of chutzpah to stand up to her boss the way she did.
Pi Coin is under the spotlight due to an impending Binance listing, raising speculations on its future, especially with the Pi Network mainnet launch coming soon.
Binance has recently opened voting in the community on whether Pi Coin should be listed on the platform or not. The vote will be conducted until February 27, 2025, with 85% of voters already voting for their listing. However, this vote is not a guarantee that it will be listed.
It can go either way. But they did something others have not. They have spent years getting ready and have a lot of support from thier user base from the years of building. I got a feeling people are going to be surprised ;)
I hope! !BBH
I think I asked a dumb question and had to delete it. I asked what's their token and clear you began by saying pi coin. I guess I read a lot of stuff earlier my brain is processing at a low speed now. Gotta rest
I would recommend you to do your own research, but if you get involved in the game and also post about it in the weekly activities, it is certainly profitable.
In 2015 we found this stray dog at our doorstep. He had made friends with our roommate's dog and followed him home once without our roommate noticing. We took a picture and shared on social media and found someone to adopt him.
#historyonleo #onthisday On February 18th 1932 Japanese form puppet state of Manchukuo in Manchuria, northeastern part of China occupied one year earlier. Puyi, the last emperor of China from Manchurian Qing Dynasty, is installed as head of state, and, later emperor. Manchukuo will be recognised by number of Latin American countries, Axis powers and Soviet Union in 1941. The state ceased to exist following Soviet invasion at the end of WW2, after which its territory was returned to China.
1/🧵 Prince Akeem's NYC Adventure In "Coming To America 1988" Review
The movie takes us well back to NYC in the 80's which I must say, it's old but as I went through some clips of it today, brings memories to me. #outreach #threadstorm #cinetv
It's a 2 hour movie filled with good comedy, adventure into the city of New York and romance that gave viewers the happy ending expected... Check out the movie if you're yet to see it.
The successful rescue of 20 people aboard a cargo vessel run aground in Lark Harbour, N.L., resulted in a happy ending Sunday, but one of the helicopter's pilots says it didn't come easy.
Early Saturday morning, the Marine Communications and Traffic Services Centre in nearby Channel-Port aux Basques received a mayday from the MSC Baltic III about 22 kilometres off the entrance to the Bay of Islands.
At that time, the ship reported a loss of power. The cause of the outage isn't known.
Royal Canadian Air Force Capt. Matthew Cox of the 103 Search and Rescue Squadron, based in Gander, was one of the pilots who flew the rescue helicopter.
He told CBC News that crews knew hoisting the 20 men would be a challenge — especially when you add a snowstorm and blizzard-like conditions into the mix.
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This is my first video of so many to come. The goal is to entertain and bring laughter to everyone on the platform and make some amazing friends along the way. Did I just break time travel though?
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Welcome to INLEO. There are many great things to explore. UI looks very similar to X, but there are many amazing things working under the hood. LeoDEX is one of them. Feel free to ask questions on anything on Threads.
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Leo Entertainment Threadcast
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Musk’s xAI releases artificial intelligence model Grok 3, claims better performance than rivals in early testing
XAI also said it was launching a new product called "Deep Search," which would act as a "next generation search engine."
Elon Musk's xAI on Tuesday unveiled its latest artificial intelligence model, Grok 3, claiming it can outperform offerings from OpenAI and China's DeepSeek based on early testing, which included standardized tests on math, science and coding.
"We're very excited to present Grok 3, which is, we think, an order of magnitude more capable than Grok 2 in a very short period of time," Musk said at a demonstration of Grok 3 that was streamed on his social media platform X.
#xai #grok3 #elonmusk #generativeai #deepsearch
The team also said it was launching a new product called "Deep Search," which would act as a "next generation search engine."
Grok 3 will be rolled out for premium X subscribers, starting Tuesday stateside, and will also be accessible through a separate subscription for the model's web and app versions, the xAI team said.
Speaking at The World Governments Summit in Dubai last week Musk had dubbed the model "scary smart," with powerful reasoning capabilities, claiming it outperformed all other existing models in xAI's internal tests.
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"This might be the last time that an AI is better than Grok," Musk said at the time, adding that it was trained on "a lot of synthetic data," and was capable of reflecting upon its mistakes to achieve logical consistency.
The xAI team claimed that an early iteration of Grok 3 had been given better ratings than existing competitors on Chatbot Arena, a crowdsourced website that pits different AI models against each other in blind tests.
Toward the end of the product demo, Musk said that the company will keep improving the model.
In the last few posts, we have been discussing the Lycurgan reforms and their impact on the Spartan society – both from the standpoint of the army and changes in the social structure. We have talked about the pressure generated by the peculiar form of government that was forced on the Spartan people. Like any new political innovation, the Lycurgan reforms went through a cycle from introduction. to maturity, and then degradation until they were no longer effective.
I thought it would be interesting to examine how the army degraded over time, using information we have about its composition and performance in battle as data points.
"We should emphasize that this is kind of a beta, meaning that you should expect some imperfections at first, but we will improve it rapidly, almost every day," he said, adding that the voice assistance for the model would be released at a later time.
Intense competition
Musk, who has been quite vocal about the potential dangers of artificial intelligence, started xAI in 2023 entering the generative AI market that includes OpenAI's ChatGPT.
Our time span will be 108 years, starting with the Battle of Platea in 479 B.C. and ending with the Battle of Leuctra in 371 B.C. I chose Platea because it is a milestone victory for the Spartans – one where they were fully deployed, engaged, and victorious. The Spartans fielded 10,000 hoplites (5,000 Spartiates and 5,000 Periokoi) out of the allied total of 38,000. At Platea, the Spartans unquestionably showed their superior military skill.
Leuctra stands at the opposite end of the spectrum. Here the Spartans could only field 700 Spartiates, losing 400 of them during the battle. Leuctra was the end of the Spartan army as an effective fighting force.
In September last year, OpenAI launched its most advanced model, the o1, which came with reasoning abilities and was able to solve relatively complex science, coding and math tasks.
Musk, along with Sam Altman, helped create OpenAI as a nonprofit in 2015.
However, in recent years Musk and OpenAI's leadership have been feuding. Musk recently led an investor group that submitted a proposal to buy the AI startup's nonprofit parent for $97.4 billion — an offer OpenAI declined.
We are going to look at the ways the Spartan army changed between these two dates – we know that the number of Spartiates decreased and the number of Periokoi increased, but how did these changes occur over time? The desperately small group of Spartiates at Leuctra stands as a negation of the philosophy of the agoge and the ideals of the Lycurgan system.
In reviewing the battles between these two dates, I was struck by a couple of things: there weren’t that many battles that really mattered – that is battles that changed the course of a war or are celebrated in history like Themopylae and Platea. More amazingly, when you look at the chronology of the Peloponnesean War, its military rhythm is a mess. There were a few important battles (e.g. Mantinea), but the rest of the war featured avoidance, internal dissention, obfuscation, signing of treaties, and burning of crops. The Athenians wasted their time in Syracuse and the peace of Nicias spanned six of the twenty-seven years.
Last month, Chinese start-up DeepSeek shocked the AI market when it released a technical paper that claimed one of its open source models was able to rival the performance of OpenAI's o1 model despite using a cheaper, less energy-intensive process.
It accomplished the feat in the face of the U.S. restricting leading AI chipmaker Nvidia from selling its cutting-edge GPUs — used for training AI models — to China.
I have identified four battles during our span that are significant: Tanagra in 457 B.C, Mantinea in 418 B.C, Nemea River in 394 B.C, and Coronea that same year. Tanagra was part of a war between Sparta and Athens, Mantinea, the Peloponnesean War, and the other two took place during the Corinthian War. Let’s look at these four and see what they tell us.
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XAI has a "Colossus supercomputer," for training AI, which it said last year was utilizing a cluster of 100,000 advanced Nvidia GPUs for AI training. On Tuesday, the company revealed that it doubled the size of its GPU cluster for the training of Grok 3.
While many AI and tech experts have told CNBC that DeepSeek has intensified AI competition, showing what can be done with less advanced technology, others are more skeptical about its impact.
However, in China, Huawei's market share grew to 17% in 2024 from 12% the year before, according to the IDC, thanks to a comeback that began late in 2023 when it released a smartphone containing a fairly advanced chip. The component surprised many because U.S. sanctions over the past few years have sought to cut China's access to advanced semiconductor technology.
Huawei is hoping to bring that momentum to its overseas market, focusing on high-end devices.
Francisco Jeronimo, vice president for data and analytics at IDC, told CNBC that the the Mate XT will not be sold in large volumes and is likely aimed at those wanting to show off that they can afford such a pricey device.
Tanagra came about when the Phocians made war on the city of Doris--the traditional homeland of Doric Greeks. Sparta sent a relief force under the command of Nicomedes, son of Cleombrotus, acting as regent for his under-age nephew, King Pleistoanax. An army of 1,500 Spartan hoplites (half Periokoi?) with 10,000 of their allies entered Boeotia to compel the submission of Phocis. Their opponents had a combined force of 14,000. The battle ended up a draw and the Spartans went home. We can see the effect of the earthquake on the number of available Spartiates by comparing the numbers with Platea. I am surprised that the Spartans ventured out at a time so close to the earthquake (8 years before). They must have been comforted by the large number of allies willing to go to war with them. We know that the Spartiate contingent consisted of men up to age 45 at Platea, so one may assume the same here (the facts are unknown). The Periokoi would probably have used the same age group.
"I think what they [Huawei] believe that the trifold can be a unique value proposition and because it is very expensive, they aim to target wealthy individuals who are more keen on showing off they have the money versus having the best experience you can get," Jeronimo said.
Still, even if Huawei were to sell half a million units of the Mate XT, it could generate $1.5 billion in revenue, Jeronimo added.
The Mate XT will be a test of Huawei's appeal outside of China. For one, it will not be using Google's Android operating system, which is the most popular in the world.
At Mantinea, the Spartan hoplites numbered 4,632 (28xPentecostys@144 men + 600 Skiratai) according to Thucydides. These were 60% Periokoi and 40% Spartiate. In addition, the Spartiates included those up to age 55. The Battle of Mantinea was the largest land battle fought within Greece during the Peloponnesian War. The Lacedaemonians, with their neighbors the Tegeans, faced the combined armies of Argos, Athens, Mantinea, and Arcadia. The result was a complete victory for the Spartans, who rescued their city from the brink of strategic defeat.
Nemea was a battle in the Corinthian War, between Sparta and the allied cities of Argos, Athens, Corinth, and Thebes. The battle was fought in Corinthian territory, at the dry bed of the Nemea River. The battle was a decisive Spartan victory, which, coupled with the Battle of Coronea later in the same year, gave Sparta the advantage in the early fighting on the Greek mainland. At Nemea, there were about 6,000 hoplites at 60% Periokoi strength. Still 2,400 Spartiates versus 1,600 at Mantinea. One assumes the hoplite disposition at Coronea was the same as Nemea.
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While users of Android phones can access millions of apps via the Google Play Store, Huawei's app store does not offer some of the most popular Google apps that people outside of China rely on, which could hamper the Mate XT's appeal.
"Lack of Google still is a 'gaping hole' for mainstream international market especially those who will pay top dollar for a tri-fold hardware but which want to run Netflix or Google's Play Store or the latest cutting edge GenAI Google Gemini features," Neil Shah, partner at Counterpoint Research, told CNBC.
Gemini is Google's artificial intelligence chatbot.
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Thirteen years after Coronea came the Battle of Leuctra. There were 700 Spartiates participating, including 300 in the king’s guard. The entire guard was wiped out along with 100 other Spartiates. At Leuctra, the ratio of Spartiates to non-Spartiates was one to five. Hardly a demonstration of the power of the agoge.
One might ask why more Periokoi were not used to bring up the strength of the Spartan army at various points There are two answers to that question. In the first place the Periokoi were the citizens of a hundred small towns in the Spartan territory and did not have a large supply of men over the whole time period. Secondly, the Spartans had to include a minimum number of their own hoplites to insure the they were fielding a “Spartan” army that would make the best trained hoplites available.
Grok 3 is a family of models, to be precise. A smaller version of Grok 3, Grok 3 mini, responds to questions more quickly at the cost of some accuracy. Not all the models and related features of Grok 3 are available yet (some are in beta), but they began rolling out on Monday.
xAI claims Grok 3 beats GPT-4o on benchmarks including AIME (which evaluates a model’s performance on a sampling of math questions) and GPQA (which assesses models using PhD-level physics, biology, and chemistry problems). An early version of Grok 3 also scored competitively in Chatbot Arena, a crowdsourced test that pits different AI models against each other and has users vote on their preferred responses, according to xAI.
One sees how the Spartan army was always dependent on its neighbors for fighting strength (Periokoi and allies). It’s easy to forget that Spartiates came from the combined town of Sparta which was not very large. When you factor in the use of Spartiates for other purposes, like occupation and administration of conquered territories, and the necessity to keep some of the fighting strength in reserve, the final number eligible for battle at any one time was quite small.
This review shows us a shortage of Spartiates after the earthquake, growing to a larger number by Mantinea, and then back down by Leuctra. It is surprising to me that Sparta was willing to take on so many in the Peloponnesean War. Maybe mistrust of Athens was the motivator that overcame Sparta’s concerns about the size of its army. Of course, the trump card was the Peloponnesean League, which extended the military strength of the Spartan nation.
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“Owl” is a common term for the Drachma, the most well known silver coin of ancient Athens. This coin generally had an image of Athena of the Obverse and an Owl on the reverse. There was a saying in ancient Athens about “taking owls to Athens”, meaning being redundant, like the English would say “taking coals to Newcastle”.
Once the treaty was signed between Sparta and Athens ending the Peloponnesean War, the owls invaded Sparta as gold and silver currency was transferred to the victors. The result of this seemingly small event would prove to be calamitous for the Spartans.
As Aristotle said:
“A people trained consummately but exclusively for warlike contact with its neighbors found itself suddenly compelled, by the outcome of one particular war, to enter into non-military relations for which they were not only unprepared but were positively unfitted by their peculiar institutions and habits. Those peculiarities which the Spartans had developed in order to grapple with a previous problem, and which had given them superhuman strength within the limits of the narrow environment within which their lines had previously been cast, now took their revenge upon this peculiar people by making them inhumanly or infra-humanly incompetent to live in the wider world into which the fortunes of war had eventually carried them.”
Tracy Rouch, a spokesperson for Lee Enterprises, did not immediately return a request for comment on Tuesday.
Lee is one of the largest newspaper publishers in the United States, and provides publishing and website services to 72 publications across the country.
Lee notified affected media outlets on February 3 that one of its data centers that hosts applications and services used by Lee and its customers, including its services for paying subscribers, was “down,” according to an email sent by Lee CEO Kevin Mowbray that TechCrunch has seen.
Other Lee publications display website messages that they are “currently undergoing maintenance on some services, which may temporarily affect access to subscription accounts and the E-edition.”
The Freedom of the Press Foundation has a running list of affected outlets.
Lee said that the incident is “reasonably likely” to have a material impact on the company’s financial results.
The Spartan authorities ruled that gold and silver hoarding was legal for the state as a monopoly and illegal for individuals. This unrealistic attempt at the control of wealth failed immediately and, instead, fostered the subversive social effects that derive from a money economy in the hands of a people previously sheltered from same. The new money impacted the Spartan attitude toward control of private property and drove the upper and lower classes further apart. Where there had been only a slow concentration of wealth since the reforms began, the imbalance now accelerated.
In addition, the import of money was met with an export of Homoioi, who were sent abroad as administrators of the conquered. Now the number of Homoioi would decrease in greater numbers than those caused by attrition at home. Quoting Toynbee,
A policy that seemed logical at the time of the reforms now began to unravel, as Homoioi began to limit the size of their families or look for ways to add to their land holdings. The former was accomplished in any one of several strange ways including polyandry, wife sharing, and pederasty.
With regard to adding to land holdings, the innovations were equally clever. A Homoioi could adopt a member of another family and receive that family’s holdings or a man could marry a women who was her father’s heir because she had no brothers. Others were able to acquire land by the taking of dowries, which were apparently large in ancient Sparta.
Also, while X’s support page says a monthly subscription costs $50, the sign-up page lists a $48.40 per month price, and the check-out page is charging $40 a month.
The Spartan Government, once it realized the outcome of inaction, tried to combat this problem by offering an exemption from military service to those Homoioi with three children. A father a four was even exempted from paying taxes. How ironic that a system put in place to remove the cares of a man by giving him land would now create an undercurrent of subversive cupidity designed to avoid concern over a man dying landless.
We can now see the reasons behind the rapid decline of Homoioi from the end of the Peloponnesean War to 371 B.C. (Leuctra) when there were only 700 left.
Sparta succeeded in ending the Messenian revolt, but it took over five years to do so. She also battled Athens twice: inconclusively in 457 B.C, and more decisively in 446 B.C. when the Athenians where forced to rein in their designs on central Greece. But Sparta remained weak as we shall see from the casualty estimates.
Plutarch describes the catastrophe as follows:
“They say that a little before any motion was perceived, as young men and the boys grown up were exercising themselves together in the middle of a portico, a hare, of a sudden, started out just by them, which the young men, though all naked and daubed with oil, ran after for sport. No sooner were they gone from the place, than the gymnasium fell down upon the boys who stayed behind, and killed them all.”
If we start with the assumption that they were 9,000 Homoioi in the Spartan army and assume this to be one fourth of the population, when we add 4,000 more for Helot laborers, we arrive at 40,000 people in Sparta that day. According to Diodorus “houses collapsed from their foundations and more than twenty thousand Lacedaemonians perished.” If close to being accurate this number suggests that half the people in Sparta were killed by the earthquake.
In a recent interview with SpaceNews, Christopher Spagnoletti, chief product officer at Ursa Major, said “we believe Draper fills a gap that the United States has in its armaments and targets.”
The Trump administration is looking to fill this supposed gap with its Iron Dome initiative. In January President Trump issued an executive order calling for the Defense Department to build an “Iron Dome for America”. The name is a clear reference to Israel’s Iron Dome defense system.
According to Trump’s executive order, the US Iron Dome would serve as “a next-generation missile defense shield for the United States against ballistic, hypersonic, advanced cruise missiles, and other next-generation aerial attacks.” Essentially, this system would use weapons to destroy incoming missiles during their boost phase.
The heaviest losses may have been mothers and small children who would normally be in their homes. Loss of mothers caused a chain reaction through the loss of at least two generations of births, because new daughters born after the disaster would have to grow up and raise their offspring. As far as male children goes, young sons could be replaced more quickly than those in the midst of their training, who left a hole in the army.
Two generations later was 430(?), a point where the human losses had been replaced and a steady growth in Homoioi could continue. Perhaps this is why the Spartans were now ready to fight the Athenians for control of Greece.
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“It (the Messenian revolt) was so terrible an experience that it left Spartan life fast bound in misery and iron, and it sidetracked Spartan evolution into a blind alley. And since the Spartans were never able to forget what they had gone through, they were never able to relax, and never able to extricate themselves from the impasse of their post-war reaction… They lived on as the obedient humble servants of their own dominion over Messenia from that time forth evermore.”
And what of the impact of war on the balance of government? Since the Damos was made up of Homoioi, the loss of a substantial number would destroy that body and its role in balancing the other branches.
And there was still a greater Spartan nightmare than the loss of Homoioi or a Helot revolt. What would happen if a hostile foreign power would come to the aid of the Helots and fight alongside them? Argos was a likely candidate and it took the Battle of Thyrea in 544 B.C. and Sepeia in 494 B.C. to quiesce her, and allow Sparta to relax. Later, when Athens made a pact with the Helots in 425 B.C, Sparta moved with urgency to secure the peace which ended the first phase of the Peloponnesean War.
The average person may not realize this, but at the last major corporation I was at, it was a part of the culture for many people to get a note from the doctor that they are depressed and they can turn it into paid medical leave. All it takes is the doctor to adequately describe they are “observably” stressed, and they would be on paid leave for months and they would chain these back to back. People working the system at large corporations is a very real thing.
"Tien Kung," a #humanoid robot developed by the National and Local Co-built Embodied Artificial Intelligence Robotics Innovation Center, has achieved a world’s first by successfully climbing 134 outdoor stairs with 35cm-high steps, reaching the highest point of the Haizi Wall… pic.twitter.com/yUfxxHPNN6
Real-time perception is incorporated into Tien Kung’s movement algorithms, in contrast to previous humanoid robots that relied on pre-scanned 3D models and had trouble navigating irregular terrain. This is a breakthrough in humanoid robots by enabling smooth, collision-free multi-level stair navigation.— Global Times (@globaltimesnews) February 17, 2025
For humanoid robots to go from research labs to practical applications, their mobility in complicated situations must be improved. “Tien Kung”‘s technology may allow for widespread deployment in harsh environments like hilly regions, icy landscapes, and disaster relief efforts.
The adoption of the Lycurgan reforms served two purposes for the Spartan ruling class. It diffused the problem of class warfare by raising the status of the lower classes and it created a homeland army to protect the kingdom from another Messenian revolt. At the same time, in a big picture sense, the Spartans had created a stable political model which would be adopted by future Poleis. In the midst of building it, the Spartans were able to avoid the despotic political trend that swept across the region during the period of its adoption.
For example, they made it illegal for Spartans to travel abroad without the government’s permission. Outsiders could visit Sparta, but they were subject to expulsion at any time if their behavior ran counter to the government’s interests. Foreign merchandizing was discouraged by the peculiar Spartan currency which made trade extremely difficult. Previously, all of Greece used iron coins and the Spartans were compatible, but when the others moved on to precious metals, the Spartans chose to stay with their “spit” iron, which was bulky, heavy, and non-convertible. The government even treated the money with chemicals to destroy any commodity value in the iron.
Experts predict that the invention will be integrated into the National Innovation Center’s open-source ecosystem, opening the door for more extensive industrial uses and developments in humanoid robotics.
Furthering humanoid robotics
Tiangong is another humanoid robot developed by the state-backed Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, designed for advanced mobility and control.
It maintains a steady speed of 3.7 miles per hour (6 kilometers per hour) and integrates visual perception sensors, 3D vision sensors, and high-precision IMU to handle motion control challenges efficiently. The robot was unveiled in May 2024 at the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area, a key hub for China’s robotics industry.
US, Russia hold first face-to-face talks on ending Ukraine war, Zelensky slams move
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed dissatisfaction with the discussions occurring without Ukraine’s involvement.
In a significant shift in U.S. foreign policy, officials from the United States and Russia announced on Tuesday their commitment to work towards ending the ongoing war in Ukraine, as well as improving diplomatic and economic relations between the two nations.
This development followed talks involving U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
Rubio reportedly elaborated on the broader objectives agreed upon during discussions, which included restoring staff levels at their embassies in Washington and Moscow, forming a high-level team to facilitate peace talks for Ukraine, and pursuing closer economic ties.
His remarks further exemplified the U.S. shift in stance toward Russia after years of isolating Moscow under previous administrations.
As the talks concluded, it became clear that no immediate plans were in place for a summit between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to Yuri Ushakov, Putin’s foreign affairs advisor.
Meanwhile, military hostilities continued, with Ukrainian reports of drone assaults from Russia resulting in civilian injuries and the evacuation of residential areas.
Under the contract, the Chinese firm will supply battery energy storage system (BESS) equipment to Saudi Arabia for storing electricity generated from renewable sources like solar, wind.
The equipment supplied by BYD Energy Storage will be installed at five sites in the country.
“BYD Energy Storage will supply new-generation MC Cube-T ESS that adopt its globally pioneering CTS (Cell-to-System) super-integrated technology, with a Vcts (proportion of cell volume to system volume) index exceeding 33 percent,” according to a press release.
The equipment will integrate into Saudi Arabia’s power transmission network. The companies believe the BESS will play a pivotal role in addressing challenges posed by the rising number of renewable energy generation systems, ensuring stable power supply, and meeting peak energy demands.
This all sounds ridiculous doesn’t it?
In the real world the rich would have their taxes raised to generate the required $ 835 billion. Then Congress would have to decide how to distribute that money through programs it would create. There would be programs for education, programs for housing, programs for food distribution, and programs for jobs. Wouldn’t those programs have to have a lot of complicated rules? How would they be managed to insure successful outcomes? Wouldn’t they be inefficient like every other bureaucracy?
In terms of Qwen2.5, the language models, all models are pretrained on our latest large-scale dataset, encompassing up to 18 trillion tokens. Compared to Qwen2, Qwen2.5 has acquired significantly more knowledge (MMLU: 85+) and has greatly improved capabilities in coding (HumanEval 85+) and mathematics (MATH 80+). Additionally, the new models achieve significant improvements in instruction following, generating long texts (over 8K tokens), understanding structured data (e.g, tables), and generating structured outputs especially JSON. Qwen2.5 models are generally more resilient to the diversity of system prompts, enhancing role-play implementation and condition-setting for chatbots. Like Qwen2, the Qwen2.5 language models support up to 128K tokens and can generate up to 8K tokens.
They also maintain multilingual support for over 29 languages, including Chinese, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai, Arabic, and more. Below, we provide basic information about the models and details of the supported languages.
Common Crawl is a non-profit organization that provides a large corpus of web page data, known as the Common Crawl dataset. The dataset is created by crawling the internet and archiving the content of web pages. The organization makes this data available for free, allowing researchers, developers, and others to access and use it for various purposes.
The Common Crawl dataset contains a vast amount of text data from web pages, including articles, blogs, forums, and other types of online content. This data can be used for natural language processing tasks such as language modeling, text classification, sentiment analysis, and more.
Some key features of the Common Crawl dataset include:
Common Crawl's dataset has been used in various applications, including language model training, information retrieval research, and development of AI models like chatbots and virtual assistants.
Embracing Honest Approaches
Transparency within the archiving process fosters accountability by outlining procedures and criteria for inclusion while also shedding light on decision-making processes and ethical considerations for researchers and the public.
Exploring Methods for Digital Conservation
Preservation is possible and difficult these days with the rise of digitization technology, which makes information more readily available but also raises concerns around privacy and data security that need to be addressed by archivists. They must utilize effective digital preservation methods to safeguard confidential materials while guaranteeing they remain accessible for researchers in the long run.
Raine is a natural born entertainer whose journey began on stage in high school, with dance recitals and singing showcases. As captain of her college dance team, she honed her skills and developed a strong work ethic.
Raine graduated with a degree in Psychology and a specialization in Animal Behavior, and worked as a flight attendant for 5 years. After relocating to Florida, she got a job at Miami Seaquarium, where she became a Marine Animal Trainer, interacting with guests and performing shows daily.
Mr. Gattyan’s appointment follows the Company’s previously disclosed long-term license agreement with Byborg Enterprises S.A. (“Byborg”), a company controlled by Mr. Gattyan, and the November 2024, $22.35 million investment in the Company by a Byborg affiliate also controlled by Mr. Gattyan, as well as another $25.44 million investment in the Company by that same affiliate, which investment is currently pending PLBY Group stockholder approval. Mr. Gattyan brings to the Board over 10 years of experience as an entrepreneur, digital technology executive, and director and chairperson of multiple organizations.
“Gyorgy has established multiple successful, web-based businesses, making him a valuable addition to the Board, as Playboy continues to pursue a digital focused, asset-light business model,” said Ben Kohn, PLBY Group’s Chief Executive Officer. “I’m excited to welcome Gyorgy to PLBY Group and have his experience and support as the Company returns to growth.”
Adult Time production has slowed to a crawl recently; Bree Mills has known what’s coming for some time.
No one there believes that these Hungarian and Czechs are going to tolerate the woke nonsense and FUTA and “I Was a Teenage Nonbinary Activist” vanity projects. And Mills loyalists such as Michael Vegas and his corrupt, grotesque wife, Siouxsie Q, had best update their resumés.
“We are thrilled to welcome Gamma Entertainment into the Byborg Network,” said Karoly Papp, co-founder of Byborg Enterprises SA. “Their creativity and production capabilities perfectly align with our goal of delivering top-tier experiences to our customers. The synergies between our brands open up exciting possibilities for collaboration, which will drive growth and elevate our platforms to new heights.”
“I am excited to announce the acquisition of our company by the prestigious Byborg group,” said Bernard. “Leading this company has been an extraordinary journey, and I am deeply grateful to our incredible team for their dedication and the remarkable achievements we have accomplished together. As I prepare to step down, I do so with great confidence in Byborg’s leadership. Our shared values and vision for the future set the stage for even greater success in the years ahead.”
The shift towards adult entertainment comes after Vernon recognized a marked shift in her career trajectory post-reality TV. The exposure from “Married At First Sight” inadvertently placed constraints on her professional progression within the finance sector, prompting a strategic redirection of her career focus. Vernon elaborates on the profound impact of the reality show and subsequent lockdown, emphasizing the restrictive aftermath on her ability to capitalize on public appearances and other conventional revenue streams.
Huawei launches $3,660 trifold phone outside of China as it charts international comeback
Huawei has made a comeback in China and is hoping to bring that momentum to overseas markets where its business has been badly hurt.
Huawei launched its trifold smartphone outside of China on Tuesday, as it plots a comeback in international markets after getting hammered by U.S. sanctions.
The Mate XT will have a starting price tag of 3,499 euros ($3,660). Huawei has yet to announce in which countries the model will be available, but the company has told users to look out for local announcements. A CNBC check found that the device was listed for sale in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
#huawei #trifold #china #smartphone
The handset was first released in China last year and drew global intrigue for being the first ever trifold phone. Normal foldable devices can be folded once in half either vertically or horizontally. The Mate XT has two points at which it can fold and can display content on a single, double or triple screen.
Huawei was once the biggest smartphone player in the world and challenged Apple and Samsung in the premium segment of the market.
U.S. sanctions beginning in 2019 cut off Huawei's access to advance chips and Google's Android operating system, causing its market share to plunge. It was all but wiped out from international markets as other brands filled the gap. Huawei's smartphone market share outside of China stands at just 0.3%, according to data from research firm International Data Corporation.
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Elon Musk’s xAI releases its latest flagship model, Grok 3
Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, released its latest flagship AI model, Grok 3, on Monday, along with new capabilities in the Grok app for iOS and the web.
Grok, xAI’s answer to models like OpenAI’s GPT-4o and Google’s Gemini, can analyze images and respond to questions, and powers a number of features on Musk’s social network, X. Grok 3, which has been in development for several months, was optimistically slated for release in 2024, but missed that deadline.
Monday’s is an ambitious launch.
#elonmusk #xai #grok3 #llms #deepreasoning
xAI has been using an enormous data center in Memphis containing around 200,000 GPUs to train Grok 3. In a post on X, Musk claimed Grok 3 was developed with “10x” (or so) more computing power than its predecessor, Grok 2, using an expanded training set that includes filings from court cases — and more.
“Grok 3 is an order of magnitude more capable than Grok 2,” Musk said during a live-streamed presentation on Monday. “[It’s a] maximally truth-seeking AI, even if that truth is sometimes at odds with what is politically correct.”
As US newspaper outages drag on, Lee Enterprises blames cyberattack for encrypting critical systems
Lee said it was analyzing whether sensitive or personal data was stolen in the cyberattack.
Newspaper publishing giant Lee Enterprises said an ongoing cyberattack is causing disruptions across its business, and is now in its third week of outages.
In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Lee said it was conducting a forensic analysis to determine if sensitive or personal data was stolen in the cyberattack.
#newspaper #cyberattack #leeenterprises #encrypting #news
“Preliminary investigations indicate that threat actors unlawfully accessed the Company’s network, encrypted critical applications, and exfiltrated certain files,” said Lee in its filing, describing the incident as a ransomware attack.
Lee said it anticipated the outages to last for several more weeks as the company restores affected systems. The company said it had notified law enforcement.
“The incident impacted the Company’s operations, including distribution of products, billing, collections, and vendor payments. Distribution of print publications across our portfolio of products experienced delays, and online operations were partially limited,” the company said in the filing.
X doubles its Premium+ plan prices after xAI releases Grok 3
Hours after Elon Musk's AI company, xAI released the latest version of its AI model, Grok 3, X has significantly hiked the price for its top Premium+
Hours after Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI released the latest version of its AI model, Grok 3, X has significantly hiked the price for its top Premium+ subscription plan, which gives users access to the latest model, to almost $50 per month.
On the support page that lists X’s premium plans, the monthly subscription price for Premium+ in the U.S. has been updated to $50, and the yearly price to $350.
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This is the second time X is raising the price for the Premium+ plan in the past couple of months. In December, the company hiked the subscription amount to $22 per month from $16 per month. If we go by any of the listed prices, the new plan will cost Premium+ subscribers more than double what they currently pay.
xAI is putting some of Grok 3’s features behind a separate SuperGrok plan available through the Grok app. So only some features like “deep search” and “reasoning” will be available to Premium+ plan users.
It’s worth noting that the pricing is not consistent on X: When this reporter tried to sign up for the Premium+ plan, X showed that it would cost $39.83 per month ($477.95 annually), though the final check-out page said it would cost $395 for a year.
Wacom Intuos Pro 2025: Smaller, Smarter, Still a Powerhouse
wacom just dropped the 2025 intuos pro at ces, and it’s all about efficiency. it’s more compact but gives you more workspace—kind of like squeezing a bigger desk into a smaller room. available in three sizes, it packs customizable buttons and works with multiple emr pens. no built-in screen, but that means you can pair it with any display you like. perfect for artists who want flexibility without losing precision.
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YouTube Shorts Just Got an AI Upgrade
Google’s Veo 2 is now powering YouTube Shorts, letting you create AI-generated backgrounds and video clips from just a text prompt. It’s live in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, with more countries on the way. Google’s SynthID watermark ensures AI transparency. While Veo 2 beats competitors in quality, it still struggles with complex scenes—perfect for quick, eye-catching effects but not blockbuster productions.
#ai #google #youtube #shorts #technology
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Small But Mighty: Mistral Saba Packs a Punch
Mistral Saba, a 24B parameter AI model, is changing the game for Middle Eastern and South Asian languages. Despite being over five times smaller than some competitors, it delivers sharper, more relevant responses—faster and at a lower cost. Think of it like a sleek, high-performance sports car outpacing bulky SUVs. It’s all about efficiency and precision, proving that bigger isn’t always better.
#ai #machinelearning #nlp #innovation #technology
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SOUTH KOREA BLOCKS DEEPSEEK AI—FOR NOW
south korea just hit pause on new downloads of deepseek ai, a chatbot from china that blew up with over a million users in a week. why? data protection concerns. regulators want the app to tighten its security before it can make a comeback. for now, anyone who already has it can keep using it, but no new sign-ups until the issues are fixed.
#southkorea #ai #privacy #datasecurity #technology
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New AI Benchmark Puts LLMs to the Test
Researchers just dropped a new benchmark that rates AI-generated text without human or AI bias—just pure stats and rules. The best part? It lines up closely with GPT-4o’s own evaluations while running way faster. This could change how we judge AI output, making it fairer and more efficient.
#ai #machinelearning #benchmarking #llm #technology
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LLM Inference Just Got Way Faster
CopySpec speeds up AI responses by spotting repeated text and copying it instead of recalculating everything from scratch. No extra GPU memory needed! It can make some tasks up to 3.08x faster and works even better when combined with speculative decoding. Think of it like using copy-paste instead of retyping—way more efficient.
#ai #machinelearning #deeptech #innovation #technology
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AI That Talks Like You? Step-Audio’s Massive Model
Step-Audio just dropped a game-changer: a 130-billion-parameter multimodal AI that understands and generates speech like a pro. This powerhouse handles everything—speech recognition, meaning extraction, voice cloning, and natural conversation. Think of it as an AI that listens, understands, and responds just like a human. With tech like this, the line between human and machine speech is getting blurry fast.
#ai #speechtechnology #voicetech #machinelearning #technology
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AI & Copyright: Big Ruling Just Dropped
a u.s. judge just ruled that ross intelligence violated thomson reuters' copyright by using westlaw headnotes to train its ai. this case could shape future ai copyright battles, but for now, it’s mainly about non-generative ai. with companies scrambling to define “fair use” in the ai era, this ruling might be just the beginning.
#ai #copyright #law #machinelearning #technology
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Red Hat's AI Play: Open-Source, but Practical
red hat is all in on open-source ai—but not in a utopian way. instead of chasing agi, they’re tackling real-world enterprise needs. the big challenge? balancing transparency with business realities, especially when training data and model weights aren’t always open. their goal: foster collaboration while avoiding vendor lock-in. but ai isn’t like traditional open-source software, and red hat knows the road ahead is anything but simple.
#opensource #ai #redhat #enterprisetech #technology
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AI Rules Are Coming—Just Not from Where You Think
while the feds drag their feet on ai regulation, us states are jumping in, borrowing from europe’s ai act. new laws tackling “algorithmic discrimination” could force companies to do impact assessments, fill out compliance paperwork, and even take legal responsibility for ai decisions. for ai developers, that means higher costs and more red tape. the wild west days of ai might be ending—just not the way you expected.
#ai #artificialintelligence #regulation #techpolicy #technology
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TINDER'S AI REVOLUTION: HOW THEY'RE CHANGING THE GAME IN 2025
Tinder’s on a mission to keep you swiping. In 2025, they’re rolling out AI-powered tools for better matching and discovery. It’s like having a personal matchmaker, but faster and smarter—helping users find matches more tailored to their preferences. With engagement dipping, this could be a game changer. Imagine an app that learns your vibe and recommends people who fit your style. It’s all about smarter connections now.
#tinder #matchmaking #ai #technology
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Google's New AI Watermark is Here!
Starting with the Pixel 9, Google is rolling out a digital watermark for photos edited with generative AI. If you use the Magic Editor's Reimagine feature, a watermark will appear, showing that the image has been AI-enhanced. It's a move to make the origin of AI-altered images clearer, helping to combat misinformation. With deep fakes becoming a bigger issue, this step seems more important than ever.
#google #pixel9 #magiceditor #digitalwatermark #technology
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Elon Musk’s xAI releases its latest flagship model, Grok 3
xAI has released Grok 3 and unveiled new capabilities for the Grok iOS and web apps. The company used an enormous data center in Memphis that contained around 200,000 GPUs to train Grok 3. Grok 3 is a family of models: Grok 3 mini responds to questions more quickly but at the cost of some accuracy; Grok 3, which beats GPT-4o on some benchmarks; Grok 3 Reasoning, which surpasses the best investigation of o3-mini on several popular benchmarks; and Grok 3 mini Reasoning. Subscribers to X's Premium+ tier will be first to get access to Grok 3.
#technology #ai #gronk #elonmusk
iPhone 17 design will be dramatically different, says leaker
A new leak claims that the iPhone 17 Air will have its cameras arranged in a horizontal bar. The iPhone 17 Pro models will use a larger but still horizontal bar. Along with the new camera layout, it's been reported that the iPhone 17 Pro will return to having curved sides. It is unclear how reliable or accurate the rumors are, but the leaker has been accurate about camera details before.
#technology #apple #iphone #iphone7 #leak
First 1.5-mile stretch of Saudi's audacious Line megacity begins to rise
Construction has begun on the first phase of the Line, Saudi Arabia's planned 170-kilometer-long megacity in the desert. The first phase, which will stretch 2.5 kilometers, will be named Hidden Marina. It will be made up of three individual modular segments measuring 21 million square meters. Hidden Marina will host an initial population of around 200,000 residents. It will have 80,000 residential units, 9,000 hotel rooms, commercial and retail spaces, fire stations, schools, police and security services, and other amenities. Residents will have access to all daily essentials within a five-minute walk and high-speed rail will provide transit around the metropolis.
#technology #construction #saudiarabia #line
Researchers are training AI to interpret animal emotions
Several teams around the world are working on AI systems to help humans understand animals. A group at the University of the West of England Bristol and Scotland's Rural College have developed a system called Intellipig that examines photos of pigs' faces and notifies farmers if there are signs of pain, sickness, or emotional distress, and a team at the University of Haifa is training AI to identify signs of discomfort in dogs' faces. These systems still rely on humans to do the initial work of identifying the meanings of different behaviors.
#technology #ai #animals #emotions
What role does LLM reasoning play for software tasks?
It is still unclear whether reasoning models are really as big of a game changer for software development tasks as they are made out to be.
#technology #ai #llm #reasoning
The New York Times has greenlit AI tools for product and edit staff
The New York Times is still in a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft as the tech companies allegedly violated copyright law by training generative AI on the publisher's content.
#technology #nytimes #times #ai #openai
Bernstein says 'next leg of bitcoin bull market is loading' as positive catalysts align
Bernstein analysts expect that the next phase of Bitcoin's bull market will be driven by catalysts like the U.S. Crypto Task Force's push for a National Bitcoin Reserve, potential sovereign wealth fund investments in crypto, and growing institutional adoption. Bernstein believes that because of strong ETF inflows, major corporate buys, and increasing government involvement, they see Bitcoin as a challenger to gold.
#technology #crypto #btc
Bubblemaps links single entity to Libra and Melania memecoins
Bubblemaps has linked the Libra and Melania memecoins to a single entity, citing onchain evidence of shared wallets and coordinated transactions. The investigation, which also implicates other tokens, comes amid fraud allegations against Argentina's President Javier Milei following Libra's dramatic rise and crash.
#technology #crypto #libra #melania #memecoins
AUTONOME: Backbone of a Verifiable and Interoperable Agentic Web
Autonome is building a platform for building and deploying verifiable AI agents that uses Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) and Actively Validated Services (AVSs) to ensure security and reliability. The platform's primary innovation is its Cross-Agent Routing (CAR) protocol, which allows for secure inter-agent communication through blinded channels and halt-on-divergence primitives, while using TEE features like enclaved execution and remote attestation to guarantee verifiable agency. Autonome also includes components like a registry, message queue, and credit management.
#technology #autonome #agent
Hyperliquid's HyperEVM Goes Live on Mainnet, Promoting General-Purpose Programmability
read on, link in my comment ⬇️
https://coinmarketcap.com/academy/article/hyperliquids-hyperevm-goes-live-on-mainnet-promoting-general-purpose-programmability
EXCLUSIVE: Libra memecoin team plotted Nigerian expansion
The team behind the controversial Libra memecoin, promoted by Argentina's President Javier Milei, was reportedly working on a similar project with Nigerian officials before the scandal derailed their plans. As legal action mounts, with U.S. law firms preparing class-action lawsuits and Argentina's opposition considering impeachment, new links have emerged between Libra, Melania Trump's memecoin, and the involvement of Kelsier Ventures.
#technology #crypto #memecoins #libra
Crypto beyond trading products
Outside of traditional trading applications, crypto is being used to provide dollar access to those in emerging markets (stablecoins), prop up decentralized social networks, enable direct creator monetization, and develop onchain loyalty programs for brands. Projects like Zarpay, Farcaster, Rodeo, and Blackbird have championed these new models, demonstrating crypto's potential to reshape finance, social media, and digital commerce.
#technology #crypto #utility
Mistral Saba
Mistral Saba is a 24B parameter model trained on meticulously curated datasets from across the Middle East and South Asia. The model provides more accurate and relevant responses than models that are over 5 times its size while being significantly faster and lower cost.
#technology #ai #Mistral #saba
S Korea removes Deepseek from app stores over privacy concerns
South Korea has temporarily banned new downloads of China's DeepSeek AI chatbot due to data protection concerns. The app, which gained over a million users in a week, will remain unavailable until compliance improvements are made.
#technology #southkorea #ai #deepseek
A Judge-free LLM Open-ended Generation Benchmark Based on the Distributional Hypothesis
Researchers introduce a benchmark that assesses LLM open-ended text generation using n-gram statistics and rules, avoiding reliance on human or LLM-based judgments. It closely correlates with GPT-4o evaluations while being computationally efficient.
#technology #ai #llm
Surprise Move: Judge Walks Back AI Copyright Ruling in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS
A U.S. judge ruled that Ross Intelligence infringed on Thomson Reuters' copyright by using Westlaw headnotes to train its AI. The decision may influence other AI-related copyright lawsuits but remains narrowly focused on non-generative AI applications.
#technology #ai #copyright #us
ChatGPT comes to 500,000 new users in OpenAI’s largest AI education deal yet
OpenAI is deploying ChatGPT to 460,000 students and 63,000 faculty at California State University for personalized tutoring and administrative tasks.
#technology #ai #openai #chatgpt #education
Tinder will try AI-powered matching as the dating app continues to lose users
Tinder plans to counter declining user engagement by introducing AI-driven features for discovery and matching.
#technology #ai #tinder #dating
@tokenizedsociety this is now open for all.
It might be good for you to prompt it regularly.
https://inleo.io/threads/view/mightpossibly/re-leothreads-xdcczad5?referral=mightpossibly
Cool! I'll give it a try!
Iron Dome for America: US firm pitches powerful hypersonic engine for missile defense
The Draper engine uses a non-cryogenic fuel, making it rapidly deployable for a massive defense system.
Rocket engine manufacturer Ursa Major is accelerating the development of its Draper engine. The startup is collaborating with US agencies and military contractors to make the engine available for use in next-generation missile systems.
Ursa Major aims to swiftly complete the testing phase of the Draper liquid rocket engine. The goal is for the engine to be available for missiles that will form a part of President Donald Trump’s Iron Dome missile defense system.
#irondome #hypersonic #defense #missile #unitedstates
In 2023, the US Air Force awarded Ursa Major a contract to develop its Draper and Arroway engines.
At the time of that announcement, Ursa Major founder and CEO Joe Laurienti said, “Draper will become the foundation of America’s counter-hypersonic capabilities. Its on-demand launch capability and increased maneuverability make it an ideal hypersonic interceptor and allow it to better simulate hypersonic threats as a target vehicle.”
Since then, the startup successfully has completed a hot fire test campaign of the Draper engine at its facilities in Berthoud, Colorado. Now, the next step is to perform flight tests with Draper.
Ursa Major claims the engine can be used for military applications as well as for a host of applications within the commercial space sector. These include orbital transportation use cases, such as space tugs and satellites.
!summarize #solarwindows #solar #energy #technology
!summarize #china #batteries #evs #technology #manufacturing
World-first: China’s humanoid robot conquers 134 tricky steps without scans or stumbles
The humanoid integrates real-time perception for smooth, collision-free stair navigation.
A Chinese humanoid robot, “Tien Kung”, has set a world record by climbing 134 outdoor steps to the summit of Haizi Wall Park in Beijing.
The milestone marks the first time a humanoid robot has navigated such a complex outdoor terrain, showcasing significant advancements in robotic mobility, reports a Chinese media outlet.
China’s robotics industry has grown rapidly in recent years, with various robots gaining influence both locally and globally.
In November 2024, China’s Tiangong, the first full-size electric running robot, became open source, encouraging further development and integration.
#china #robot #humanoid #steps
World-largest: China’s BYD signs 12.5 GWh battery storage deal with Saudi Arabia
The project aims to make a stride towards advancing Saudi Arabia’s renewable energy industry.
China-based BYD Energy Storage has signed a contract with Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) for the world’s largest grid-scale energy storage project.
The contract signed between the two firms is for a capacity of 12.5 GWh energy storage project. The project – combined with the earlier delivered 2.6 GWh project – now amounts to a massive 15.1 GWh.
The project aims to make a stride towards advancing Saudi Arabia’s renewable energy industry.
It will also help in meeting the ambitious goals set in Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 initiative. SEC aims to help the country achieve its optimal energy mix of 50 percent of renewables by 2030.
#china #byd #saudiarabia #battery
YouTuber builds colossal drone that could lift 220 pounds of payload
Sörensen first had to figure out the perfect power needs for his ambitious drone project.
Drones are gaining prominence in the past few years, and do-it-yourself versions of it are also showing off their amazing capabilities.
One such example of a heavy-lift drone that has amazed netizens in the recent days is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that can carry 220 pounds (100 kilograms) of weight.
The UAV has been made by Simon Sörensen, who is the owner of the RCLifeOn channel on YouTube.
In a recently uploaded video he shows off the amazing drone made in his home setup that can do the heavy lifting, and the process which went behind its making.
#youtube #colossal #drone
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/spacex-starlink-launch-first-rocket-landing-bahamas
#technology
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!summarize #technology #ai
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Why does the metamask wallet remain unsupported by LEODEX? This feature is absolutely necessary.
I moved away from Metamask but I understand its widely used so it would be nice to have that option
i was just told it is supported but each time I connect, unsupported wallet is what I get.
it is supported
Then why do I keep get the :unsupported wallet message?
you mean next to certain assets?
Not every asset is supported on metamask (only erc20)
That explains it then.
Will there be a Wallet Connect?
I just came in to relax, just to say hi and to know the latest update before going to bed
#threads #inleo
This scene looks good even without any edits #photographers
London? Nice!! !BBH !wine
indeed
We have no idea what happens when we sleep because we are like dead humans still breathing, haha.
It's a bright and new day; as we are alive, we have every reason to be grateful and happy. It's another day to explore and get some work done.
See you on Threads Lions. 🦁 ✍
#gratitude #positivemindset #cent
Great decision!
https://inleo.io/threads/view/mightpossibly/re-leothreads-xdcczad5
Morning run at -3 C #running
https://inleo.io/@rainbowdash4l/slow-pace-morning-run-listening-to-the-body-hi1?referral=rainbowdash4l
I wish for that temperature in my house =) 20 ish thing here!
I wish for that temperature here (if you mean Celsius) 😁
The current icy weather is not really my thing 😂
I would wish the other way around... and yes... I meant Celsius
My perfect temperature is under 10 C...
Mine is at least 20° C 😁 Not sure about the maximum. I just love warm weather, but I guess it also comes down to humidity and such
Todays #threadcast we're talking DEI and explore why eveyone supports it but not the current model #outreach regular
Hello dear community, with this breakfast of champions I wish you a great day and a happy Tuesday! Go #inleo! #blog #life #crypto
#lifestyle
Parece que estoy viendo otro paisano venezolano, porque esas arepas de nuestro país, son inconfundibles
Buen provecho y feliz día 🤓
Te invitamos a pasar por @hive-134237 📈📈📈
Oh! jaja Claro que si estimado! Gracias por la invitación! Saludos.
!PIZZA
¡Saludos de vuelta!
Que sea un día de éxito para ti, seguido de vuelta también 🫶🏻✊🏻
GM GM
back at ya! !GIFU
Top o the morning
thanks kind sir
likewise
Tuesday is proof that progress isn’t about perfection—it’s about persistence. Show up, do the work, and let the small wins build your momentum.
agreed. Thanks for the reminder. !GIFU
!INDEED #bfom. Persistence persistence persistence !BBH
#bfom
That's always the key in every endeavor
Small wins man, that's the mindset
Qué clima tan rico y las plantas resplandecientes, alegrando la mañana en el jardín de mi casa. Buenos días al universo entero desde Buenos Aires, Argentina.
#thdearcast #inleo #garden #bbh
Aqui en santa fe esta hermoso el dia, refresco y el sol no esta tan fuerte :D
Qué bueno querido amigo, es hora de salir a caminar y respirar aire fresco, para oxigenar los pulmones 🫁 un abrazo.🤗
With the rollout of Grok3, X increased its price of Premium+ to $40.
This is something I wrote about months ago for Leo. Build value into Premium and them add higher levels as advanced features show up.
Sure but what do users care about premium other then it making them more money. Why do people actully upgrade into Premium right now? I suspect 90% if not higher are just for the votes.
That is true and highlights a major issue. Again, we always come back to building.
Web 2.0 excels at it...what is Web 3.0 doing?
Premium subscription models, in the future, are going to be driven by AI. Musk is ahead of the curve. Love him or hate him, he knows what he is doing.
Is it right to promote personal blog posts to get more views and possibly drive in engagements?
It seems everyone's attention is on thread and no one cares about long form posts.
Yeah, actually there is even a curation that is done among the promoted posts
https://inleo.io/@leo-curation/threads-curation-report-week-7-2025-92z?referral=leo-curation
That's great. I will start doing it from now on. Just don't feel good when no one visit my posts.
yes, I have no problem with it, I do it now and then.
Alright, let me start doing it from now on.
Awesome :) !BBH
It is surely not wrong, tbh.
That's right
Yes, There is point in your view. Actually, It's a good idea to promote out personal blog because not everyone wants just short opinions but some wants information as well.
$HIVE weathering market declines. #liotes #bbh #cent
It's sustained this price for a while now, which means pretty soon we should see some dramatic ups or downs.
Hoping for some ups 🤞
Working on a new long post 💪
Go for reaching out to others, if you can!
Word of the Day on Leo - chutzpah
What It Means
Chutzpah is shameless or disrespectful boldness often paired with reckless self-confidence. Someone with chutzpah dares to do or say things that seem shocking to others.
//It took a lot of chutzpah to stand up to her boss the way she did.
🔗 Source in comments
Related to insolence and derived from Hebrew to Yiddish and then German.
New to me
🔗 Source:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chutzpah
#pi
Pi Coin is under the spotlight due to an impending Binance listing, raising speculations on its future, especially with the Pi Network mainnet launch coming soon.
Binance has recently opened voting in the community on whether Pi Coin should be listed on the platform or not. The vote will be conducted until February 27, 2025, with 85% of voters already voting for their listing. However, this vote is not a guarantee that it will be listed.
Greetings Bradley.
What do you think about Pi Network? Do you think it will be a successful one in the crypto space?
It can go either way. But they did something others have not. They have spent years getting ready and have a lot of support from thier user base from the years of building. I got a feeling people are going to be surprised ;)
I hope! !BBH
Yes, they spent years building and now have a strong community. It looks like another Bitcoin to me.
Now I wish I never went a day without mining, lol. Let's see how it goes after it's launched
!INDEED Two days and we will find out for sure.
Most of my PI are locked in till July anyway ;)
Yeah, it's close. Most of mine is locked till 2027. I hope the value by then will be more than my expectations
Would be nice :)
I think I asked a dumb question and had to delete it. I asked what's their token and clear you began by saying pi coin. I guess I read a lot of stuff earlier my brain is processing at a low speed now. Gotta rest
lol. :) !BBH
https://www.analyticsinsight.net/news/pi-coins-binance-listing-vote-heats-up-as-mainnet-launch-approaches
I really don't like it when I sell a coin and it jumps almost 20% immediately.
Like bro. What was my offence?
It is really so annoying
I bought a coin some weeks ago when I thought it was at it's lowest, and guess what it dip 50% more is my investment is slashed in half
Haha, I have had that experience.
Your mental health suffers
Nah, it didn't suffer because I didn't allow it. I mean there's no point.
You've probably outgrown it cos you are now a veteran
#facts
Nice one! I liked it.
🦁🤘🏽
¡Otro día más en cripto! 🤓🧑🏻💻
#gmfrens espero todos tengan una increíble jornada el día de hoy
Memecoin crashes.
Me: Water is wet.
Morning all. At the office :)
Morning! Another slow day because of snow today or?
No, just that time of year at work, last year the slow week was 2nd week of Feb, this year it is this week. !BBH
Is Play 2 earn really profitable if you are not part of the early adopters?
in a good project that is designed for the long term with a well-supported economy, at whatever point you enter it should be good.
Do you believe splinterlands which I noticed is the biggest P2e project on this Blockchain is a profitable long term investment?
Wanted to give it a try
I would recommend you to do your own research, but if you get involved in the game and also post about it in the weekly activities, it is certainly profitable.
Post my experience whiles playing the game?
Yeah, On weekly event named social challenge 🚀
I think I will give it a shot. I mean what do I got to lose right
Well, the value of cards and land since last summer has clearly gone up, so that is a positive sign at the very least.
Then I will be coming in high.
Isn't that too risky a crypto move?
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💬 If you live in the area 🇮🇹, don't hesitate to contact him 🤩
👇 Link in the first comment!
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My little city is growing
What's the name?
Of the city haven't decided yet
If the company who makes the kit it's funwhole
Seems like Danny Street.
👍🙂👍
It must be possible to get that remaining 8 million HP on the proposal by Leofinance, to get it funded... Anyone have some spare Hive?
8 million spare Hive? 😂 I'm broke dude.
Imagine being like "Ya, sure. Hands in pocket. Here you go" 😆
🤣 yeah
!BBH
I thought it got funded yesterday?
Anyone who sees 8 million hives as a spare is freaken loaded
In 2015 we found this stray dog at our doorstep. He had made friends with our roommate's dog and followed him home once without our roommate noticing. We took a picture and shared on social media and found someone to adopt him.
by @selfhelp4trollsAwesome. I love acts of kindness such as this, especially to creatures who are not able to help themselves.
slow motion.. Nice shot man!!
#historyonleo #onthisday On February 18th 1932 Japanese form puppet state of Manchukuo in Manchuria, northeastern part of China occupied one year earlier. Puyi, the last emperor of China from Manchurian Qing Dynasty, is installed as head of state, and, later emperor. Manchukuo will be recognised by number of Latin American countries, Axis powers and Soviet Union in 1941. The state ceased to exist following Soviet invasion at the end of WW2, after which its territory was returned to China.
1/🧵 Prince Akeem's NYC Adventure In "Coming To America 1988" Review
The movie takes us well back to NYC in the 80's which I must say, it's old but as I went through some clips of it today, brings memories to me. #outreach #threadstorm #cinetv
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2/🧵
It's a 2 hour movie filled with good comedy, adventure into the city of New York and romance that gave viewers the happy ending expected... Check out the movie if you're yet to see it.
3/🧵
Read more about the post here #gosh
https://inleo.io/@merit.ahama/cinetv-contest-prince-akeems-nyc-adventure-in-coming-to-america-1988-review-cnn
THis brings back memories. Just that I don't do movies anymore.
Social Security Given to People Older Than USA
There is 1 more person aged between 240 - 249 and another in 360 - 369.
#news #politics
something seems off lol
Elon is so funny
#inleo Comenzando el día comprando $LEO y directo a LP a subir ese poder de voto https://img.inleo.io/DQmeAMr8RjEWhgFtEskvxzXuZVbnoCxRY9UjJxoQsxftVXG/FireShot%20Capture%20196%20-%20BeeSwap%20-%20Swap%20-%20[beeswap.dcity.io].png #gmfriends
Don't forget about the rewards of moving things in/out layer1/2
How to forget juicy and easy 0.3% come on baby!
I am reserving more liquid now... to balance these things!
Is this opportunity always there? I'm now hearing about arbitrage. Can you teach me about it?
No café, no cripto 🤭🤭🤭😌
¿No es así?
#newfoundland
The successful rescue of 20 people aboard a cargo vessel run aground in Lark Harbour, N.L., resulted in a happy ending Sunday, but one of the helicopter's pilots says it didn't come easy.
Early Saturday morning, the Marine Communications and Traffic Services Centre in nearby Channel-Port aux Basques received a mayday from the MSC Baltic III about 22 kilometres off the entrance to the Bay of Islands.
At that time, the ship reported a loss of power. The cause of the outage isn't known.
Royal Canadian Air Force Capt. Matthew Cox of the 103 Search and Rescue Squadron, based in Gander, was one of the pilots who flew the rescue helicopter.
He told CBC News that crews knew hoisting the 20 men would be a challenge — especially when you add a snowstorm and blizzard-like conditions into the mix.
Thanks God everyone is fine.
Absolutley :) !BBH
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/lark-harbour-ship-monday-1.7461158
True that!
https://inleo.io/threads/view/jimmy.adames/re-leothreads-mchfa7ih
https://inleo.io/threads/view/hive-196301/re-leothreads-7q1pgy6c
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Nope, I don't gamble. But anyways, every crypto investment is a gamble in a way.
I've been sweating since morning because I couldn't access my Pi wallet with the same passphrase I've been using.
Finally got access. Phew!
Whoah that can be scary. Lucky you. This is why I make multiple copies and keep at different places
LEO is Pumping! 🚀
LeoFinance’s LEO token is gaining momentum! Writers, investors, and traders are stacking up. Are you in or still watching? 👀💰
#Crypto #Hive #LEO #LeoFinance
Really? Let me check that and sew
Ok you are right it pump a little by 0.002 from two days ago.