Hawaii's Big Island under rare hurricane landfall threat as Tropical Storm Lala strengthens
HONOLULU (AP) — Tropical Storm Lala is expected to strengthen to a hurricane before reaching Hawaii's Big Island this weekend, forecasters said Friday, bringing heavy rains that can cause destructive…
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Yesterday we released AI 2040: Plan A, but there’s lots of work left to do.We still have tons of uncertainty about the future of AI and the best strategies for…
How to pace the US frontier
IntroductionLast week, the Pacing the Frontier open letter, signed by over 1,000 frontier AI employees, requested “the U.S. government support an international effort to develop the technical and governance tools…
Scaling the Memory Wall: The Rise and Roadmap of HBM
The first portion of this report will explain HBM, the manufacturing process, dynamics between vendors, KVCache offload, disaggregated prefill decode, and wide / high-rank EP. The rest of the report…
Q2.5 2026 Timelines Update: Uplift and Revenue
Tl;dr: Our timelines haven’t changed much (they got slightly shorter) but our modeling and evidence base have noticeably improved, so we feel somewhat more confident.SummaryWe intend to regularly update our…
GPT-5 Set the Stage for Ad Monetization and the SuperApp
To many power users (Pro and Plus), GPT5 was a disappointing release. But with closer inspection, the real release is focused on the vast majority of ChatGPT’s users, which is…
H100 vs GB200 NVL72 Training Benchmarks – Power, TCO, and Reliability Analysis, Software Improvement Over Time
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Amazon’s AI Resurgence: AWS & Anthropic’s Multi-Gigawatt Trainium Expansion
Two-and-a-half years ago, we flagged a looming “cloud crisis” at AWS. Today, the evidence has mounted. AWS is the crown jewel of the Amazon empire, generating ~60% of group profits,…
Huawei Ascend Production Ramp: Die Banks, TSMC Continued Production, HBM is The Bottleneck
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Another Giant Leap: The Rubin CPX Specialized Accelerator & Rack
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Dozens reported killed in Ansarallah attacks; Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan sign defense deal; Trump targets birthright citizenship
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (2nd L), Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (C) and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (R) sign a trilateral joint defense agreement in Mecca, Saudi…
Pro-Israel Pressure Group Honest Reporting Received Grant from Knight Foundation
As a reader-funded independent news outlet, we operate free from the influence of governments, advertisers, and corporate backers. This is essential to our mission: to report on what matters most,…
AIPAC-Linked Super PACs, Pro-Israel Donors Flood Primary to Succeed Angie Craig With More Than $3 Million
Rep. Kaela Berg, Sen. Matt Klein, and Matt Little on the stage during a Congressional Candidate Forum at Minnesota Farmfest in Morgan, Minn., on Tuesday, August 4, 2026. Photo by…
Israel's Brutal Retaliation Against Imprisoned Palestinian Doctors Seeking Legal Appeals
Drop Site is a reader-funded, independent news outlet. Without your support, we can’t operate. Please consider becoming a paid subscriber or making a 501(c)(3) tax-deductible donation today.Subscribe nowA Palestinian man…
Live Wednesday: Israel's Lobby with Eli Clifton and Ian Lustick
Corporate media treats Israel's lobby as the third rail of American politics. Eli Clifton and Ian Lustick didn't get the memo. This Wednesday, the authors of Israel's Lobby join Drop…
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