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Huawei announces new AI infrastructure as Nvidia gets locked out of China

Tech giant Huawei unveiled new AI infrastructure meant to help boost compute power and allow the company to better compete with rival chipmaker Nvidia.   At a keynote at its Huawei Connect conference on Thursday, Shenzhen, China-based Huawei announced new SuperPoD Interconnect technology that can link up to 15,000 graphics cards, including Huawei’s Ascend AI chips, together to increase compute power.  This tech seems to be a competitor for Nvidia’s NVLink infrastructure, which facilitates high-speed communication between AI chips.   Technology like this is critical for Huawei…

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Maps: Tracking Tropical Storm Mitag

Maps: Tracking Tropical Storm Mitag

Mitag was a tropical storm in the South China Sea early Friday Hong Kong time, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center said in its latest advisory. Forecast wind speeds and direction Where will it rain? Flash flooding can occur well inland and away from the storm’s center. Even weaker storms can produce excessive rainfall that can…

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Magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes off Russia's coast

Magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes off Russia’s coast

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky region near Russia on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, prompting tsunami advisories for parts of Alaska.  Initially, there was a tsunami advisory issued for Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, but it was canceled, according to the USGS. A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky region near Russia on Thursday, the U.S….

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The Fed's rate cut masked large internal differences about where policy is going

The Fed’s rate cut masked large internal differences about where policy is going

The Federal Reserve found plenty of unity this week to push through a quarter percentage point interest rate reduction, a decision that nonetheless masked substantial divisions among officials over what’s ahead. Countering Wall Street expectations for multiple dissents, the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday voted 11 to 1 in favor of the reduction….

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From humble to global: China’s biotechs navigate the demands of international trials

From humble to global: China’s biotechs navigate the demands of international trials

Suzhou is at the heart of China’s growing biotech ecosystem and its push for global clinical trial integration. Image credit: JaCZhou/Getty Images Driven by regulatory reforms that are accelerating drug approvals and a wave of licensing deals with Western partners, Chinese life sciences companies are steadily expanding their global footprint. As their role in international…

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