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I don't recall Qualcomm trying to buy ARM. That was Nvidia. (though, yes, it likely would also have been prevented if it had tried)

But they'd probably have a better (but still slim) chance of getting a purchase of Intel through. That'd be a more horizontal acquisition than a vertical one as Qualcomm doesn't make x86 chips so they can at least argue it wouldn't be anti-competitive.

They don't mention what the offer is. Very easily could be a stock-based deal where Intel stockholders get a portion of the combined company. That's how T-Mobile bought Sprint.

GenAI = Generative AI

AGI = Artificial General Intelligence

You are talking about the latter. They were talking about the former.

NetSurf is a very barebones browser. It can fill a niche, but is not a daily driver where other options are available.

Firefox everywhere. It's not perfect, but is still the closest a browser gets.

Unless I need a PWA on desktop, then Edge (windows) or ungoogled chromium (linux).

There are, unfortunately, some features banks make mobile app exclusive (e.g. Zelle sometimes, check deposit).

I have a spare phone I keep in my drawer for when I really need a banking app.

Nvidia is diversified in AI, though. Disregarding LLM, it's likely that other AI methodologies will depend even more on their tech or similar.

I guess I don't really see why generative AI is a necessity for a search engine? It doesn't really help me find information any faster than a Wikipedia summary, and is less reliable.

In general — yes. Most of the time they do so by subjecting their eyeballs or ears to ads. Do you think it's a good idea to flood AI models with ads as well?

GNOME Web stopped using Gecko as a backend when it was still embeddable. They decided on WebKit for other reasons.

I think it's unlikely one of those techs "wins" at all. It's relatively easy to support them all from a software perspective and so gamers will just use whichever corresponds to their GPU.

Apple is also being sued by the DOJ for having a monopoly.

They're being sued by the DOJ too.

Only in Nightly and not by default (you need to enable it).

Isn’t the formula for Roman concrete unknown?

Yes, though a lot of research has been done to figure out its most important properties. A secret of its durability was just figured out last year. https://news.mit.edu/2023/roman-concrete-durability-lime-casts-0106

Nvidia's AI gambit is at least diversified to different kinds of AI. Even if (or probably when) LLM AI taps out, Nvidia will likely also be behind the AI tech that takes its place.

The support article explains the rationale.

Unchecked by default would render the experiment useless.

1. PPA doesn't make Mozilla money.
2. Firefox is developed by Mozilla Corp, which can't take donations. Mozilla Foundation does do fundraising drives, but that's mostly for their public advocacy (which, ironically, may be where the idea for PPA originated).
3. PPA has a checkbox in about:preferences.

Pixels have had large camera bumps for several iterations, fold or not, like pretty much every phone.

They forked it into Blink a long time ago now. They've diverged significantly since then.