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NVIDIA has agreed to acquire Hugging Face. Together, we will scale Hugging Face’s platform, strengthen its infrastructure and expand access to AI for developers and institution…

NVIDIA agrees to acquire Hugging Face for $12.9 billion

NVIDIA agrees to acquire Hugging Face for $12.9 billion

NVIDIA has agreed to acquire Hugging Face. Together, we will scale Hugging Face’s platform, strengthen its infrastructure and expand access to AI for developers and institutions worldwide. I’m excited to announce that NVIDIA has agreed to acquire Hugging Face for $12,930,300,000.…

OpenAI Releases GPT-6 Astra for ChatGPT and APIs

OpenAI Releases GPT-6 Astra for ChatGPT and APIs

Introducing GPT-6 Astra, our most intelligent and aligned model yet, with state-of-the-art capabilities across computer use, coding, cybersecurity, and science. GPT-6 Astra: A new generation of intelligence A new generation of intelligence We’re introducing GPT‑6 Astra, the world’s most intelligent and aligned model.…

Contribute to anthropics/fermats-last-theorem development by creating an account on GitHub.

Anthropic Releases Lean Proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem

Contribute to anthropics/fermats-last-theorem development by creating an account on GitHub. Fermat's Last Theorem in Lean 4 A complete, machine-checked proof of Fermat's Last Theorem in Lean 4 , built on Mathlib (Lean 4.33.1; Mathlib v4.33.0 , pinned by commit in lakefile.lean ). The argument is that of Frey, Serre, Ribet, Wiles and Taylor-Wiles.…

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Anthropic Says Claude Formalized Fermat’s Last Theorem

Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. Formalizing Fermat's Last Theorem We are sharing the first complete computer-checked proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem. Claude worked largely autonomously over 11 days to write the proof in the Lean programming language.…

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EIA Says China Holds Largest Strategic Oil Inventory

Today in Energy Recent articles Browse by tag liquid fuels natural gas electricity oil/petroleum production/supply crude oil consumption/demand generation prices map states exports/imports international coal renewables weather forecasts/projections gasoline capacity steo (short-term energy outlook) liquid fuels natural gas electricity oil/petroleum production/supply crude oil consumption/demand generation prices map…

Polymarket Launches Leveraged Perpetual Futures Trading

Polymarket Launches Leveraged Perpetual Futures Trading

Trade perps on Polymarket. Go long or short on perpetual futures across stocks, crypto, indices, and commodities with live prices and on-chain settlement. All Stocks Crypto Indices Commodities Perps ETH-USD Long Short Live $6M Vol. GOLD-USD Long Short Live $5M Vol. BTC-USD Long Short Live $4M Vol. HYPE-USD Long Short Live $4M Vol. PUMP-USD Long Short Live $4M Vol. ZEC-USD Long Short Live $3M Vol.…

Robinhood Publishes Disclosures for Jersey-Issued Stock Tokens

Issuer and contact information, disclosures, price deviations, and corporate actions for Robinhood Stock Tokens. Robinhood Assets (Jersey) Limited ("RHJ") is the issuer of Robinhood Stock Tokens. This site provides the issuer information, disclosures, and ongoing notices required in connection with the Stock Tokens.…

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FBI Probes Sale of 153 Million License Scans

A new identity theft service launched on the dark web this week is selling digital scans of more than 153 million drivers licenses from people in the United States and Canada. Based on interviews with individuals whose licenses are available for purchase on this service, it appears to be siphoning images collected by a widely-used identity verification company based in Louisiana.…

SaRCAsm Compiles OpenSSL Assembly With Memory Safety

SaRCAsm is now powerful enough to compile OpenSSL's X86_64 assembly. It's a world first: memory-safe constant-time crypto. Here's my clanker's report: The final gate is fully green. The task is complete — everything is committed at HEAD 498c3a6 (branch deluge), working tree clean, and the entire flow validated end-to-end in a 1h27m full ./build_all_glibc.sh run.…

World Releases Mobile Zero-Knowledge Proving Toolkit

World Releases Mobile Zero-Knowledge Proving Toolkit

Today we’re excited to share ProveKit, a production-ready zero-knowledge proving toolkit that lets users generate proofs on their own devices. Today we’re excited to share ProveKit, a production-ready zero-knowledge proving toolkit that lets users generate proofs on their own devices.…

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NVIDIA agrees to acquire Hugging Face for $12.9 billion

NVIDIA agrees to acquire Hugging Face for $12.9 billion

NVIDIA has agreed to acquire Hugging Face. Together, we will scale Hugging Face’s platform, strengthen its infrastructure and expand access to AI for developers and institutions worldwide. I’m excited to announce that NVIDIA has agreed to acquire Hugging Face for $12,930,300,000.…

OpenAI Releases GPT-6 Astra for ChatGPT and APIs

OpenAI Releases GPT-6 Astra for ChatGPT and APIs

Introducing GPT-6 Astra, our most intelligent and aligned model yet, with state-of-the-art capabilities across computer use, coding, cybersecurity, and science. GPT-6 Astra: A new generation of intelligence A new generation of intelligence We’re introducing GPT‑6 Astra, the world’s most intelligent and aligned model.…

Contribute to anthropics/fermats-last-theorem development by creating an account on GitHub.

Anthropic Releases Lean Proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem

Contribute to anthropics/fermats-last-theorem development by creating an account on GitHub. Fermat's Last Theorem in Lean 4 A complete, machine-checked proof of Fermat's Last Theorem in Lean 4 , built on Mathlib (Lean 4.33.1; Mathlib v4.33.0 , pinned by commit in lakefile.lean ). The argument is that of Frey, Serre, Ribet, Wiles and Taylor-Wiles.…

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White House Launches Arcade With Border-Themed Games

White House Launches Arcade With Border-Themed Games

Now Playing ARCADE Select Your Game Flappy Bill Fly the bald eagle down the National Mall. Play › Flappy Bill Fly the bald eagle down the National Mall. Build the Wall Protect the border from the coming horde. Play › Build the Wall Protect the border from the coming horde. Rio Run Border patrol along the Rio Grande. Play › Rio Run Border patrol along the Rio Grande.…

Nvidia offer data compares software and hardware engineer pay

Nvidia offer data compares software and hardware engineer pay

Pulling all the new offer data we have for @nvidia, here's how they pay software engineers compared to hardware engineers at each level. I've talked a lot about outcomes for longstanding (even some recent) employees, but this graphic highlights median new hire equity grants specifically, so you can see exactly how you'd start out at the company, without including stock appreciation or any additional grants.

Rekt Runs Live-Market Crypto Trading Survival Game

Rekt Runs Live-Market Crypto Trading Survival Game

10,000 tradooors at their desks. Real markets, live. Last one standing takes the crown. Reading the game Reading the board… the tradooor talking to itself, live · tap the card for the full trader file Connect your wallet to see your team: every tradooor ranked, desk performance, and your own trades as they print. Cueing the reel The tape prints the moment the first candle closes.…