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in Mahmood Mamdani
Which of these developments—the resignation, the heat/cold complaints, or Portnoy's political threat—says the most about Mamdani's readiness to govern?
— Marcus Bell
Marcus Bell · 1d
in Zohran Mamdani
What would it take to change your current opinion of Mamdani's candidacy—either for or against—and has any coverage so far come close?
— Elena Vasquez
Elena Vasquez · Aug 18, 2026
in Zohran Mamdani
What explains the sharp divide in recent polling on Mamdani's race, and which numbers do you find most credible—and why?
— Tom Gallagher
Tom Gallagher · Aug 17, 2026
in New York-Based
What actually happened at the pro-police event, and does the crowd's reaction tell us more about Mamdani or about the current political mood in NYC?
— Marcus Bell
Marcus Bell · Aug 10, 2026
AMD-Anthropic to Deploy Up to 2 GW AI Compute
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— Jul 22, 2026
AMD and Anthropic unveiled a deal worth up to $5 billion in equity from AMD in exchange for tens of billions of dollars of AMD’s AI server chips, enabling as much as 2 gigawatts of compute capacity with the first gigawatt online in the first half of 2027. The partnership aims to diversify Anthropic’s compute away from Nvidia and Google TPUs, intensifying AI infrastructure competition as AMD positions itself as a significant supplier alongside other cloud providers and partners.
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Foundation Partners With AMD to Power Phantom Humanoids
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— Jul 23, 2026
Foundation Future Industries is partnering with AMD to power its Phantom humanoid robots using Ryzen AI Embedded X100 processors and FPGA-driven control for low-latency, real-world industrial and defense applications, with the Phantom MK-2 built around AMD tech following validation on the MK-1. Backed by Eric Trump as an investor and chief strategic adviser, the Trump family’s involvement underscores the overlap of defense contracting, private-sector robotics, and edge AI deployment as the company scales production and expands into government work.
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Vietnam Fab Reaches Production Readiness for AI Optics
Tech
— 5d
Schneider Electric and AMD unveiled a validated reference design for the AMD Helios rackscale solution to accelerate deployment of high-density AI workloads with pre-validated power, cooling, and IT infrastructure. Separately, Enablence and ShunYun Technology announced a China-independent, Vietnam-based end-to-end optical supply chain with volume production readiness to support AI data centers, while industry efforts like the DSX Design Blueprint outline integrating grid, storage, and power distribution to scale GW-scale AI factories.
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Riot Inks 20-Year, 191 MW Anthropic Rockdale Lease
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— Aug 10, 2026
Riot Platforms reported Q2 2026 revenue of $174.2 million and completed the initial 25 megawatts of AMD deployment, while signing a 20-year lease for 191 MW of data-center capacity at Rockdale with a frontier AI lab, bringing contracted capacity to 241 MW and potential revenue up to $16.1 billion with extensions. The 191 MW lease is expected to generate about $9.1 billion over the initial term, with full deployment planned by mid-2028, supported by interim financing and ongoing expansion alongside the AMD agreement and bitcoin mining operations.
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As California Burns Billions To Fail At High-Speed Rail, China Laid Enough Track To Circle America Three Times
Paris Apodaca · 6 min · 10h
LYTENAVA Receives FDA Approval for Wet AMD
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— Jul 24, 2026
Outlook Therapeutics has won FDA approval for LYTENAVA (bevacizumab-vikg), making it the first and only ophthalmic bevacizumab formulation approved for treating wet AMD in the United States and a potential new standard of care developed specifically for the eye. The approval follows a lengthy regulatory history and positions LYTENAVA with anticipated market exclusivity under the BPCIA while signaling a major milestone for retina care.
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Ranking
Most underrated cities in America
America's biggest cities hog all the spotlight, while dozens of smaller gems get overlooked despite great food, culture, and character. These underrated cities deserve recognition beyond the usual coastal favorites. Cast your vote and help crown the most underappreciated city in the country.
693 votes · 21 candidates
Schneider Electric, AMD Unveil Helios AI Blueprint
Tech
— Jul 23, 2026
Schneider Electric and AMD released the first co-engineered reference design for Helios rack-scale AI clusters, enabling up to 10.4 MW of IT capacity with 246 kW per rack, centralized around liquid cooling and a target PUE of about 1.12 to simplify and accelerate high-density AI deployments. Meanwhile, Schneider Electric is broadening AI data center designs through a collaboration with Nvidia to provide publicly available reference designs, reflecting a broader industry push to align compute, power, and cooling across AI infrastructure.
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AMD price targets raised after Advancing AI event
Finance
— Jul 24, 2026
Analysts are increasingly bullish on AMD after the Advancing AI 2026 event, with targets raised across firms including UBS to $730, Jefferies to $640, and Benchmark/Jefferies noting leadership in AI hardware and partnerships with Anthropic and OpenAI. While sentiment is upbeat and AI momentum appears strong, valuation remains elevated with high P/E ratios and some reports cite substantial insider selling, signaling tempered risk awareness.
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AMD Helios Debuts on Azure, Expands Anthropic Deals
Tech
— Jul 20, 2026
AMD unveiled Helios, its first rack-scale AI system, as a bid to challenge Nvidia, with Microsoft, Meta, OpenAI and Oracle among early customers and plans to ship to customers in the second half of 2026 for Azure deployment. Helios combines Instinct MI455X GPUs, Venice CPUs, Pensando networking and ROCm software, and will power frontier-model inference in Azure, with two new Venice-based VM series and expanded Pensando DPUs to scale cloud AI workloads.
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Danica Pension Buys New AMD Stake Worth $38M
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— Jul 22, 2026
Danica Pension Livsforsikringsaktieselskab disclosed new investments in five companies in the first quarter, taking new positions in AMD, McDonald’s, GE Vernova, Amgen, and Accenture. The moves occur amid broader institutional activity in these stocks as other investors adjust their holdings.
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On X · @AKEndfield
Arknights: Endfield Official Account Drops Typhoeus Operator Story Trailer
The official @AKEndfield account posted a cinematic operator story video for the character Typhoeus (“Child of Samivegr”), highlighting her resilience against harsh wind and snow in a snowy environment. The ~2.5-minute trailer showcases animation, music, and character moments (including a snow angel). It is trending in the Arknights/Endfield gacha community due to fresh character lore/content, strong visual/audio praise, and an attached giveaway for Amazon gift cards and Typhoeus acrylic standees.
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River AI Raises $1.1B for Open-Weight AI Full Stack
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— Aug 11, 2026
River AI has raised about $1.1 billion in seed and Series A funding led by General Catalyst and AMP PBC, with strategic investment from NVIDIA and AMD Ventures, and is aiming to create AI that belongs to users rather than labs. Its River API enables LoRA fine-tuning and reinforcement learning on frontier open-weight models, allowing developers to train and deploy personal, continually improving AI while highlighting a multi-billion-dollar valuation in coverage of the round.
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Nvidia launches Spectrum-6 for AI data centers
Tech
— Jul 21, 2026
Nvidia unveiled Spectrum-6, a 102.4 Tbps Ethernet platform for the Vera Rubin AI supercomputer, doubling capacity to speed training and inference for large-scale AI workloads, with early adopters including CoreWeave, Microsoft, Nebius, SpaceXAI, and Tesla. The announcement saw Nvidia stock rise about 2%, while AMD touted its rival Helios Rackscale Solution with Microsoft and other big players joined by Meta, OpenAI, and Oracle.
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VS Battle
Physical Books vs E-Readers
Paper's soul versus the paperless suitcase.
Physical Books vs E-Readers · 145 votes — pick a side
OpenAI CEO Warns: ‘Not A Huge Amount Of Time’ Until China Overpowers American AI
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— May 9, 2025
The United States has “not a huge amount of time” before China reaches parity or overtakes it in artificial intelligence, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told senators Thursday. Altman joined executives from Microsoft, AMD and…
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Another Chips Giant Commits To Manufacturing In US
Reporting
— Apr 15, 2025
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) will begin chip production at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s (TSMC) facility in Arizona, marking the first time the company’s processors will be made on U.S. soil. The…
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US Technology Giant Seeks To Become Leader In China
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— Jun 8, 2026
U.S. technology giant Advanced Micro Devices may become the preferred U.S. chip provider for China. Amid growing technology competition between the U.S. and China, AMD CEO and president Lisa Su has continued to build…
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Alex's Field Notes
Field Notes: Day One
A quick first dispatch from the demo desk — testing the publish and share loop.
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Mancini plans to retire as Orioles Sept. 19
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Trey Mancini will retire as a Baltimore Oriole, signing a one-day contract for a Sept. 19 ceremony at Camden Yards to cap an eight-year MLB career that included a 2021 Comeback Player of the Year honor after his battle with Stage 3 colon cancer in 2020. The ceremony honors his time with the Orioles, his brief return with the Angels and other teams, and his World Series title with the Astros in 2022, with proceeds and tributes supporting cancer charities and his foundation.
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Plan the date and the AI predicts how it ends
Build the whole evening — opener to goodnight text — and the AI forecasts the second date. With confidence.
3 min · today's quiz
New Report About Mayor Raises Questions
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— Aug 7, 2026
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is usually seen wearing the same steady smile during interviews and public appearances, the kind of expression that suggests everything is going just fine. Behind the scenes, however, a new report says things may be a little less cheerful. According to the New York Post, more than a dozen […]
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Mamdani Booed Off Stage at Pro-Police Event as Onlookers React
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— Aug 7, 2026
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani did not feel very welcome after he was booed off the stage Tuesday. The socialist mayor was attending the New York Police Department’s 43rd Patrol Borough National Night Out Against…
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Mamdani Issues Statement Following Response To Grocery Store Announcement
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— Aug 5, 2026
You may have seen the recent controversy over New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his administration’s suggestion that residents might need some kind of “library card-esque” identification to shop at the city’s proposed government-supported grocery stores. That idea was quickly walked back, but the concern did not come out of nowhere. Mamdani’s defenders have […]
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Mamdani Open to Slavery Reparations in NYC
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— Jul 29, 2026
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) has suggested he is open to pay reparations for slavery in the city. “We often think about slavery and the complicity in slavery as being exclusively to certain geographic areas of…
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Burglar With Uzi Chose Wrong House To Raid. It Didn’t End Well For Him.
Harold Hutchison · 2 min · 11h
Olson's 10th-Inning HR Lifts Braves Past Orioles
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— Jul 24, 2026
Atlanta heads to Baltimore for a three-game set at Camden Yards with a 60-42 record to the Orioles’ 50-53, and Baltimore is listed as the favorite despite Atlanta’s division lead, with weather and a nine-run over/under shaping the betting outlook. Grant Holmes is slated to start for the Braves in his 19th appearance, while the series also features notes on prospects Encarnacion-Strand and Cowser and a testing matchup involving Trevor Rogers against Atlanta’s hitters.
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Mamdani Urges Federal Action on Netanyahu ICC Warrant
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— Jul 20, 2026
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani touts safety while facing questions about crime data and his past anti-police stances, with critics arguing overall major crimes remain elevated versus 2019. Coverage also highlights his controversial push to have Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu arrested during a U.N. visit and the broader Democratic Party debate over Israel, cost of living, and coalition-building strategies fueled by his positions and rhetoric.
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Mayor Mamdani Tweet Backfires
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— Jul 25, 2026
It has been a busy week for Zohran Mamdani, especially when it comes to a legal jurisdiction he seems unusually interested in. The problem is that the jurisdiction in question is not New York City. It is Israel. Mamdani once again talked about arresting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, echoing a promise he made during […]
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Inceptionr LLC Expands Holdings Across AvalonBay, Camden Property, Boyd Gaming, General Dynamics in Q1
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— Jul 24, 2026
Inceptionr LLC expanded its stakes across four companies in the first quarter, increasing positions in AVB, CPT, GD, and BYD. The filings show precise increases: AvalonBay Communities at 13,375 shares (~$2.2 million), Camden Property Trust at 19,167 shares (~$1.87 million), General Dynamics at 5,635 shares (~$1.93 million), and Boyd Gaming at 14,313 shares (~$1.18 million).
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Mayor Mamdani Gets A Reality Check From His Own Team
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— Jul 24, 2026
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has acknowledged that the city does not have the legal authority to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he visits New York for the United Nations General Assembly in September. Mamdani had previously said he supported enforcing the arrest warrant issued against Netanyahu by the International Criminal Court. […]
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On X · @TalkinYanks
Yankees Podcast Account Highlights Inconsistent Play vs. Weak Foe After Red Sox Win
Talkin’ Yanks post pairs motivational quote with footage of sloppy Yankees play against a weak team, sparking mostly critical fan reactions about complacency, roster issues, and Boone/Cashman. Engagement shows consistent exasperation rather than debate.
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