An ultra-premium GPU like the ASUS Astral RTX 5080 isn’t a purchase for the faint of heart because, at $1994.45 on online retailers like Amazon , the graphics card crosses the price of high-end gaming laptops. However, one customer shows proof that he purchased the same card for less than $700, but the transaction was made on AliExpress. If you thought he acquired the deal of a lifetime, you’re about to read about
It took me a year to find a real Pocket replacement, and it was self-hosted the whole time
Pocket disappeared, I tried countless alternatives, and somehow a self-hosted app ended up being the one that stuck.
As Xi’s US visit approaches, basic details of planned AI talks remain uncertain

Khushboo Razdan and Nayan Seth in Washington
With Chinese President Xi Jinping’s planned visit to the United States just weeks away, Washington and Beijing are still struggling to arrange a hoped-for dialogue on artificial intelligence, with the venue, participants and scope of the talks yet to be settled.
Two sources familiar with the discussions said Washington had yet to decide which part
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據《金融時報》周二(8月18號)援引兩位知情人士的消息報道,英偉達旗下最強大的AI芯片之一——H200芯片,已獲准以小批量形式進入中國大陸市場。
Nick Kyrgios provisionally suspended from tennis after testing positive for cocaine

Former Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios revealed on Wednesday he tested positive for cocaine and was provisionally suspended from tennis.
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US charges 17 Iranians over 'massive' cyber theft campaign
Seventeen Iranians have been charged for allegedly conducting a years long "co-ordinated campaign" of cyber attacks in an effort to steal data from US organisations.
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) said members of the Iran-based Mabna Institute had targeted the computer systems of 144 American universities and 42 private sector firms since at least 2013.
The group is alleged to have stolen more than 31 terabytes of academic data and intellectual property worth approximately $3.4bn (£2

