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Nvidia's CEO defends his moat as AI labs change how they improve their AI models
“Foundation model pretraining scaling is intact and it’s continuing,” said Huang on Wednesday. “As you know, this is an empirical law, not a fundamental physical law, but the evidence is that it continues to scale. What we’re learning, however, is that it’s not enough.”
That's also what I would say, if the growth of my business depended on people buying my chips, which are the gold standard for pre-training.
Source: TechCrunch
String of Attacks in Europe Fuels a Summer of Anxiety
String of Attacks in Europe Fuels a Summer of Anxiety
1967: summer of love.
2016: summer of shit.
Amazon partners with U.K. government to test its drones
Amazon partners with U.K. government to test its drones
“While today’s agreement doesn’t exactly give Amazon permission to start drone deliveries, it marks a major step forward for Amazon’s ambitions in this area.”
News Publishers’ Facebook Problem
News Publishers’ Facebook Problem
“Today, Facebook drives about 40% of all referrals and Google drives about 35%. Together then, they drive 75% of all referrals to news and entertainment sites. Google has plateaued and Facebook shows continuing, if slowing, share-of-referrals growth.”
The Shake Shack Economy
As Starbucks did for coffee, Chipotle and Shake Shack have changed people’s expectations of what fast food can be. The challenge for the old chains is that new expectations spread. Millennials, for instance, have become devoted fast-casual customers. So McDonald’s is now experimenting with greater customization, and has said that it would like to rely entirely on “sustainable beef.” The question is whether you can inject an emphasis on taste and freshness into a business built around cheapness and convenience. After decades in which fast-food chains perfected the “fast,” can they now improve the “food”?
A very interesting read.
The Psychologist’s View of UX Design
The Psychologist’s View of UX Design
Excellent, concise tips on software design in general.
Great Digital Products Don’t Happen By Accident.
Great Digital Products Don’t Happen By Accident.
This is long, but it’s interesting. Some insight gained over the years by the folks at teehan+lax.
10 things we learned about Apple this year
10 things we learned about Apple this year
A good recap, courtesy of Quartz.
Apple announces iTunes Best of 2014: apps, music, movies, TV shows and books
Apple announces iTunes Best of 2014: apps, music, movies, TV shows and books
Deserved recognition for Threes!, simply an awesome game.
Mobile Is Eating the World
This presentation by Benedict Evans is a must-read if you’re working in the mobile/tech industries.
Finding New Solutions in Old Philosophy
Finding New Solutions in Old Philosophy
A beautiful post applying philosophical thinking to UX problems.
Improving Your Information Architecture With Card Sorting: A Beginner's Guide
Improving Your Information Architecture With Card Sorting: A Beginner’s Guide
Quite a comprehensive piece.
Drop-Down Button vs. Split Button
Drop-Down Button vs. Split Button
Interestingly, I think the former is best suited for most design objectives, as it integrates with the user’s flow (the user can’t ignore the choice). Whereas with the split button, the choice is optional.