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#China is leading in research papers on chip design and fabrication, with 160,852 articles published between 2018 and 2023. The US is in second place with 71,688 articles, followed by India and Japan.

Nine of the top-10 articles and eight of the top-10 highly cited publications came from China.

China's lead in chip research is part of the country's push for self-reliance in the semiconductor industry and rapid progress in semiconductor self-sufficiency.

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South China Morning Post · China leads US in quantity, quality of chip research, report findsChinese scholars published 160,852 semiconductor-related papers from 2018 to 2023, more than the next three ranked countries combined.

It's fascinating to see how AI tech is being applied to transforming healthcare in China. It's now used at over a 100 hospitals for pathology, radiology, and diagnostics, easing medical staff workload. This technology is helping address workforce shortages and ensures up-to-date practices in China, while it's used to make inane chat bots in the west.

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Google's crackdown on data scrapers triggered immediate disruptions across the marketing landscape, particularly for organizations whose business models depend on SEO. The move represents the latest evolution in the ongoing battle between major websites and data scrapers. Read more at @TechRadar. #Google #SEO #DataScraping #Tech #Technology flip.it/F5M7-d

TechRadar · How Google's new anti-scraping measures are forcing an industry evolutionAdvanced web scraping and the future of digital marketing
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One of the things you learn in many art classes as an adult is that the product is much less important than the process. Take pleasure in the process, and the outcome will take care of itself.

The artists I know draw and paint and sculpt (and since I know techie artists) “make” for the sheer pleasure of it.

Having said that, having programmed for fifty years, there’s a lot of boilerplate involved in programming. AI tools help one turn a human-language description of a problem and potential solutions into a partial solution in a matter of minutes.

One might ask: why is there so much boilerplate? Maybe our programming systems should seek to eliminate boilerplate by being more expressive?

To that, I agree. But one of the ways of being more expressive is using an expressive language to describe problems and possible solutions — and what is a coding-specific LLM if not that?

Of course, one can write buggy code in any language. The LLM does not free you from that, so walk through the output carefully, suggesting changes, asking for reasons of particular constructions. The LLM is also a pattern completer, so it will insert unnecessary, but frequently used things. The LLM has limited attention, so it may lose track of the project goal when down in the weeds.

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The dystopian "freedom cities" dream fueling Elon Musk's destruction

Tech's plans for billionaire-rule expose why #Musk wants to end #government by the people
salon.com/2025/03/17/the-dysto

"what the #SiliconValley billionaire class considers "freedom cities" is simply neo-feudalism, a plan to end the concept of #citizenship & make every working person a serf whose entire life is controlled by the whims of their boss. "

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Top broadband official exits Commerce Dept with sharp #Musk warning

“Stranding all or part of rural #America with worse internet so that we can make the world’s richest man even richer is yet another in a long line of betrayals by Washington,” Evan Feinman warned.
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" #Trump administration is poised to unduly enrich #ElonMusk ’s satellite #internet company w/money for #rural broadband.

The #technology offered by #Starlink, Musk’s company, is inferior"

Tech writer Paul Hatton had never really been into flight tracking. Until he started using Flightrader24. “The first time I opened up the app, I was flabbergasted by how many planes were up in the sky. It looked like they were all going to crash into each other! I have newfound respect for air traffic controllers.” Read more at @TechRadar:

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TechRadar · This flight app blew my mind and I’ll never underestimate the role of an air traffic controller ever againHomescreen Heroes: Flightradar24 is a real-time flight tracker that you have to see to believe

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"The private companies in control of social-media networks possess an unprecedented ability to manipulate and control the populace."

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The Atlantic · Americans Are Trapped in an Algorithmic CageBy Adam Serwer

‘Critical concerns’ about internet of things security

“GlobalData’s Internet of Things report outlines that the fragmented security standards landscape and the weak security of many internet of things (IoT) devices could hold back further adoption of the technology. Furthermore, it suggests that existi ...continues

See gadgeteer.co.za/critical-conce

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GadgeteerZA · ‘Critical concerns’ about internet of things security“GlobalData’s Internet of Things report outlines that the fragmented security standards landscape and the weak security of many internet of things (IoT)

What determines if a specific TV has good overall value? Sound? Features? Your kids started rolling around on the floor at Target and you just had to take the first one you saw? Al Griffin reviews televisions for @TechRadar. Here are his top three budget TVs you can buy today:

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TechRadar · I review TVs for a living, and here are the 3 best budget TVs you can buy todayThe best TVs for less

"US politicians and privacy campaigners are calling for the private hearing between Apple and the UK government regarding its alleged encryption-busting order to be aired in public."

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"Colloquially, the IPA is referred to as the Snooper's Charter since its aims are to legally empower intelligence agencies with greater surveillance powers."

The Register · Apple's alleged UK encryption battle sparks political and privacy backlashBy Connor Jones