X @The Economist
The Economist· 2026-07-29 09:20
Macroeconomic Dynamics - China's currency is misaligned driven by an underlying policy mix generating disproportionate levels of saving [1] - Foreign exchange rate movements function as a symptom rather than the root cause of macroeconomic imbalances [1]
X @CoinMarketCap
CoinMarketCap· 2026-07-29 09:17
Financial Performance and Asset Management - Core Scientific increased its Bitcoin treasury holdings to 848 BTC in the second quarter, compared to 547 BTC in the first quarter [1] Strategic Adjustments and Market Dynamics - Core Scientific sold the majority of its digital currency holdings to finance its strategic pivot toward artificial intelligence operations [1]
X @CryptoJack
CryptoJack· 2026-07-29 09:16
Industry Events & Market Trends - Blockchain Life 2026 is scheduled to take place in Dubai on December 1–2 during the UAE's key business week and right before the F1 Grand Prix [1] - The forum will gather key players from both the blockchain and artificial intelligence industries [1] - Organizers are introducing a new track named the AI Future Forum for the first time [1] Promotional Offers & Partnerships - Participants can use the promotional code CryptoJack to receive a 10% discount on the event [1]
X @Bloomberg
Bloomberg· 2026-07-29 09:15
Valterra Platinum hiked its interim dividend almost 29-fold as the payout beat analyst expectations https://t.co/u9WufLyB4Z ...
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Avi Chawla· 2026-07-29 09:10
Hardware Optimization and Model Formats - Large Language Model inference speed is inversely proportional to hardware compatibility, meaning faster execution requires locking in hardware-specific configurations [1] - Production environments utilize six primary model formats, ranging from raw weight storage in Python-dependent frameworks to hardware-specific machine code [1][4] - Pickle and Safetensors store raw weights, whereas Safetensors utilizes plain memory layouts to eliminate rebuilding time upon opening [1][2] - GGUF format integrates weights, tokenizer, and chat templates into a single file to enable execution without installed Machine Learning frameworks [2][3] - ONNX serves as an interchange format that decouples training frameworks from hardware selection, allowing runtimes to dynamically pick Central Processing Units, Graphics Processing Units, or Neural Processing Units upon file loading [3] - Apple MLX framework optimizes performance for proprietary silicon by allowing the Central Processing Unit and Graphics Processing Unit to share a single memory pool without data duplication [3][4] - NVIDIA TensorRT compiler optimizes models into machine code for specific Graphics Processing Unit architectures at build time, preventing cross-architecture compatibility [4] Infrastructure and Deployment Efficiency - Production systems typically deploy a model fleet comprising embedding models, rerankers, extractors, and generators, which shifts operational bottlenecks from file formats to shared hardware [5] - Traditional serving frameworks like vLLM allocate **90%** of Graphics Processing Unit memory per process at startup, forcing teams to provision separate hardware for each model regardless of file optimization [6] - The open-source inference server SIE resolves memory contention by dynamically loading models upon request and evicting them when idle, enabling a single Graphics Processing Unit to serve multiple model types through a unified Application Programming Interface [6]
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Bloomberg· 2026-07-29 09:10
Aberdeen reports net outflows of £3 billion in the first half as clients pulled money from its adviser and investment businesses https://t.co/iKGs9xxf8H ...
X @ZKsync
ZKsync (∎, ∆)· 2026-07-29 09:10
Congratulations to @etnshow for their recent raise.The digital assets economy is rapidly growing in 🇪🇺 and we will soon see more institutions announcing new tokenization workstreams.This is @gluk64 discussing the role of tokenized deposits on @etnshow in April. https://t.co/kx6W908qZwetn. (@etnshow):We've raised $1.6M to build Europe's first daily live technology show and we're live right now.State-of-the-art newsroom near Kings Cross.First guests being announced shortly.Coming to you 5 days a week.What a t ...
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BBC News (World)· 2026-07-29 09:09
Trump's new spy chief confirmed by Senate https://t.co/qvr5tqWV47 ...