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Silicon Valley is rooted in Defense

Silicon Valley is rooted in Defense

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Silicon Valley’s militarization is in many ways a return to the region’s roots. Before the area was a tech epicenter, it was a bucolic land of fruit orchards. In the 1950s, the Defense Department began investing in tech companies in the region, aiming to compete with Russia’s technological advantages in the Cold War. That made the federal government the first major backer of Silicon Valley. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, a division of the Department of Defense, later incubated…

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China’s Rare Earth Origin Story, Explained

China’s Rare Earth Origin Story, Explained

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Low environmental standards helped China become the world’s low-cost producer of rare earths, but Beijing was also focused on helping the industry. 몇 달 전 중국이 희토류의 수출을 일시 중단할 때까지 대부분의 세계 지도자들은 희토류를 그리 중요하게 생각하지 않았다. 그러나 약 반 세기동안 중국 정부의 최고위급들은 이들 희토류에 대해 꾸준한 관심을 가져왔다. 마오쩌둥이 27년의 통치기간 동안 얼마만큼의 철과 스테인레스를 생산 할지에만 초점을 맞췄지 품질에는 크게 신경을 쓰지 않았다. 그 결과 업계의 요구를 충족시키지 못하는 저품질의 철과 스테인레스의 생산만 많아졌다. 1940년대…

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DARPA

DARPA

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Started after World War II to compete with the Soviet Union in the space race, DARPA is most famous for fostering the research that led to the creation of ARPANET, the precursor to the internet we use today. At the agency’s small gift store, which is not accessible to the public, one can by replicas of a cocktail napkin on which someone sketched out the rudimentary state of computer networks in 1969. DARPA later funded the research the gave rise…

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About KFC

About KFC

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Harland Sanders, known universally as “Colonel Sanders,” started selling chicken from a roadside motel in 1930 in Kentucky. He prepared the meat in a pressure cooker, which sealed in the flavor. The secret chicken recipe, including its famous 11 herbs and spices, was established in. 1939, and the colonel began wearing his trademark white suit in 1950. The first Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise opened in 1952 near Salt Lake City. After selling the company in 1964, Mr. Sanders – his…

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Dethroning the king of A.I. chips

Dethroning the king of A.I. chips

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Amazon, Advanced Micro Devices and several start-ups are beginning to offer credible alternatives to Nvidia’s A.I. microchips, delivering much faster speed and much lower prices. AMD(Advanced Micro Devices) designed an artificial intelligence chip called MI300(2013 release) and Amazon developed a new and faster version of an A.I. chip called Tranium. Those two efforts in the capital of Texas reflect a shift in the rapidly evolving market of A.I. chips, which are perhaps the hottest and most coveted technology of the…

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Problems Highlighted by Białowieża

Problems Highlighted by Białowieża

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trot something out to give options, excuses, reasons etc that you have used too many times and that do not seem sincere Steve trotted out the same old excuses. When protesters erupted, the other side trotted out an old argument often used by foresters: bark beetles were going to eat up the forest and the only way to avoid this catastrophe was to move infested trees. play something out If an event or situation is played out or plays itself…

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