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www.reuters.com Chinese county offers 'cash reward' for couples if bride is aged 25 or younger

A county in eastern China is offering couples a "reward" of 1,000 yuan ($137) if the bride is aged 25 or younger, the latest measure to incentivise young people to get married amid rising concern over a declining birth rate.

Chinese county offers 'cash reward' for couples if bride is aged 25 or younger
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www.reuters.com Fitch cuts US credit rating a notch from AAA to AA+

Ratings agency Fitch on Tuesday downgraded the U.S. government's top credit rating to AA+ from AAA, citing an expected fiscal deterioration over the next three years as well as a high and growing general government debt burden.

Fitch cuts US credit rating a notch from AAA to AA+
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arstechnica.com Dissolving circuit boards in water sounds better than shredding and burning

They're easier to recycle, and chips come right off. Will they take off?

Dissolving circuit boards in water sounds better than shredding and burning

Cool stuff!

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arstechnica.com Bungie wins $489K from player for racist harassment of employee

Ruling sets legal precedent for companies to recover costs from harassment campaigns.

Bungie wins $489K from player for racist harassment of employee

This article is pretty short and pretty hilarious.

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AMD's AI chips could match Nvidia's offerings, software firm says

www.reuters.com AMD's AI chips could match Nvidia's offerings, software firm says

Artificial intelligence chips from Advanced Micro Devices are about 80% as fast as those from Nvidia Corp , with a future path to matching their performance, according a Friday report by an AI software firm.

AMD's AI chips could match Nvidia's offerings, software firm says

This article was mostly fluff but I haven't seen much ml talk.

I do wish nvidia had more competition, though I somewhat doubt AMD will offer it soon. Having competive performance in PyTorch is a good start.

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www.reuters.com Japan to open up Apple- and Google-dominated phone apps to competition

Japan plans to stoke competition in smartphone app payments, dominated by Apple and Google, by banning major app store operators from forcing software developers to use the operators' own payment systems, a government panel said.

Japan to open up Apple- and Google-dominated phone apps to competition

I'd love apple products if they didn't make me feel compelled to be part of the ecosystem.

Edit: oops, just saw this was already posted in the news community a couple days ago

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