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Trump’s plan to extort Minnesota, briefly explained

This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: Minnesota’s secretary of state said over the weekend that the Trump administration is trying to “ransom” Minneapolis’s freedom from an increasingly violent federal presence. What’s […]

How NYC Schools Handled a Remote Snow Day

People brave a heavy snowstorm in Fort Greene, Brookyn,

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. As Bronx social studies teacher Seth Gilman sipped his coffee and prepared to log on for a day of virtual teaching, he was met with an error message. At first, he worried it would be a repeat of a disastrous pivot to remote learning during a […]

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StepFun, a Chinese AI startup that develops LLMs and has partnered with automaker Geely and smartphone brands like Oppo and Honor, raised a ~$717M Series B+ (Eudora Wang/DealStreetAsia)

Eudora Wang / DealStreetAsia:
StepFun, a Chinese AI startup that develops LLMs and has partnered with automaker Geely and smartphone brands like Oppo and Honor, raised a ~$717M Series B+  —  StepFun, a Chinese AI startup specialising in the development of large language models (LLMs), has raised over 5 billion yuan …

Nvidia Set to Supplant Apple as TSMC’s Largest Customer

Kif Leswing, CNBC:

Nvidia will become TSMC’s largest customer this year, according to analyst estimates and Huang himself. Apple is believed to currently be TSMC’s largest customer, mostly to manufacture A-series chips for iPhones and M-series chips for PCs and servers.

The positional swap will mark a fundamental shift in the semiconductor industry, reflecting Nvidia’s growing importance amid the artificial intelligence infrastructure build-out. [...]

Ben Bajarin, principal analyst at Creative Strategies, said he projects Nvidia to generate $33 billion in TSMC revenue this year, or about 22% of the chip foundry’s total. Apple, by comparison, is projected to generate about $27 billion, or about 18% of TSMC’s revenue.

Climbing Bus Stop Mountain: Snowfall Makes a Mess of Wheeled Commutes

Arnaldo Duarte helps another commuter over a snowbank trying to board a bus on Fordham Road in The Bronx,

In the aftermath of a winter storm that belted New York City with more than 10 inches of snow, officials said hundreds of bus shelters and stops were still snowed in, forcing commuters to scale slushy mounds Monday before going on their way. The piles created by the city’s biggest snowfall in five years were, […]

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