93% of GPT-4 performance at 1/4 cost: LLM routing with weak bandit feedback
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Large Language Models (LLMs) have revolutionized natural language processing, but their varying capabilities and costs pose challenges in practical applications.arXiv.org
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Redditors Have Noticed That One Unexpected Feature Is Seriously Draining The Nintendo Switch 2's Battery
Nintendo Switch 2 owners aren't happy with these issues with battery life.
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Nintendo Switch 2 owners aren't happy with these issues with battery life.Jake Valentine (DualShockers)
Underlying network activity surged, with daily active wallet addresses on BNB Chain more than doubling to 2.5 million, but transaction volumes have been dropping steadily since late June.CD Analytics (CoinDesk)
“Killing Satoshi,” a newly announced film from director Doug Liman, will dramatize the mystery around Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto.Jamie Redman (Bitcoin News)
Tetris is NP-hard even with O(1) rows or columns (2020)
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The Behind-The-Scenes Story Of The Art-Style Swap That Saved Borderlands 1
Back in 2007, Game Informer put an upcoming first-person shooter from a lesser-known studio called Gearbox Software on its cover. The game was from a new IP called Borderlands, and promised, as the cover's tagline said, to combine concepts from action/RPGs like Diablo with the post-apocalyptic setting from series like Mad Max within the wrapper of ...
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The developers behind the original Borderlands discuss their last-second Hail Mary to change the course of the franchise.Game Informer
Sparkvia AI today announced the launch of the SPARK (SPK) public sale on the XRP Ledger, opening access to the utility token that powers Sparkvia’s credit-based writing platform. The sale is live now at https://sale.sparkvia.PR Desk (Blockonomi)
AI enters the grant game, picking winners
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The Government Media Office in the Gaza Strip announced on Sunday that the death toll of journalists killed since October 7, 2023, has risen to 247, following the martyrdom of journalist Islam Abed in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City.The governmentDAILY YEMEN
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Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson said that the IOG and the Midnight Foundation has stepped up to ensure crucial ecosystem integrations.Coingape Staff (CoinGape)
xMoney Expands to Sui to Boost Payments and Merchant Reach - TLDR:
xMoney integrates with Sui, improving payment speed and multi-chain merchant acces... - blockonomi.com/xmoney-expands-… #digitalpayments #blockchain #multiversx #suinetwork #liquidity #merchants #fintech #xmoney #defi
xMoney launches on Sui, offering faster payments, deeper liquidity, and broader merchant reach while keeping MultiversX support.Brenda Mary (Blockonomi)
Preserving Order in Concurrent Go Apps: Three Approaches Compared
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Concurrency breaks ordering by design, but sometimes we need both. Explore three methods to preserve order in concurrent Go applications, from standard ReplyTo channels to sophisticated permission passing, with benchmarks and real-world trade-offs.Viktor Nikolaiev's blog
India's billion-dollar e-waste empire
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India’s informal e-waste recycling economy turns millions of discarded electronics into profit while exposing workers to hazardous conditions.Kate Bubacz (Rest of World)
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Cyberpunk 2077 Teases Big News For September 4
CD Projekt Red has shared a message from the in-game president, suggesting that something big is going to happen this Thursday.
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Discover the best cryptos to buy in 2025. BlockDAG leads with a $389M presale and 2,900% ROI, while Ethereum nears $5K, XRP eyes $13, and Avalanche targets $71. Don’t miss these top picks.Adrian Barkley (Crypto Daily)
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Schedule 1’s New Community Vote Features Drivers, Shrooms and More
Schedule 1's Community Vote 2 is now live, and it asks players to choose the next feature they want to see in the upcoming major update.
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South Korea’s FSC Chief Nominee has said Crypto is Worthless, drawing criticism as authorities consider a Bitcoin ETF and stablecoin rules.Anas Hassan (Cryptonews)
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Baldur's Gate 3 Mourning Frost Location
Mourning Frost is a great early-game staff in Baldur's Gate 3 for spellcasters who want to use frost magic.
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Mourning Frost is a great early-game staff in Baldur's Gate 3 for spellcasters who want to use frost magic.Aden Carter (DualShockers)
The CRA National Week of Action to demand the Canada Revenue Agency stop subsidizing genocide is happening between Sept. 2–5, 2025. Rallies are taking place to coincide with the UN International Da…Canadian BDS Coalition
The time picker on the iPhone's alarm app isn't circular, it's just a long list
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Two New AMD Ryzen CPUs Spotted At Online Retailer
According to an online retailer, AMD could be getting ready to launch two brand new CPUs in the coming weeks or months.
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The civil and political organizations that organize the Week Against Israeli Colonization in Salvador strongly condemn the attempt by the Bahia Law School and the OAB/BA (Brazilian Bar Association …Samidoun: Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network
Binance Launches Medá in Mexico With $53M Fintech Investment - TLDR:
Binance introduces Medá, a regulated IFPE in Mexico, with a $53M planned investmen... - blockonomi.com/binance-launche… #digitalassets #latinamerica #compliance #regulation #exchanges #fintech #binance #mexico #medá
Binance introduces Medá as an authorized payments firm to expand peso deposit and withdrawal services across Mexico’s growing fintech market.Brenda Mary (Blockonomi)
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Despite Crashing Out On Every Lap, Rennsport’s Realistic Sim Racing Was Surprisingly Fun
Even with an automatic car driver at the wheel, Rennsport's authentic tracks, vehicles, and controls make for an immersive and challenging sim racer.
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Even with an automatic car driver at the wheel, Rennsport's authentic tracks, vehicles, and controls make for an immersive and challenging sim racer.Meg Pelliccio (TheGamer)
As I mentioned in my recent essay In Defense of Alexander Hamilton, America’s first U.S.Matthew Ehret (Matt Ehret's Insights)
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I’ve been thinking about Silksong’s Steam launch numbers and honestly, we might be in for a shock
I have reason to believe Silksong's launch will be close to the top five of all time in Steam peak players. I'm not saying this just because of sheer wishlist estimates, but because of past releases of the same scale that fell between the one and two million concurrents range. You could argue that the most obvious way to ...
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It has potential to be one of Steam's biggest releases of all time.Bhernardo Viana (Destructoid)
US President Donald Trump and his family continue to be quite active in crypto. Their project World Liberty Financial (WLFI) Coin went live for trading on all major exchanges on September 1st, including Bitunix exchange, which listed the coin on the …Laurie Dunn (Crypto Daily)
Network upgrades trigger exchange halts while African expansion fuels institutional buying amid volatile price action.CD Analytics (CoinDesk)
Hedera Hashgraph faces mounting pressure from institutional investors as trading volumes surge to 110 million tokens during overnight sessions.CD Analytics (CoinDesk)
Technical models flag bullish momentum, with support emerging around $0.277–$0.278.Krisztian Sandor (CoinDesk)
XRP continues to grab headlines with fresh activity, while Cardano traders keep a close eye on ADA Price forecasts ahead of 2026. Amid those traditional dynamics, a new altcoin, Remittix, has surged into view by raising over $23 million rapidly.Maisie Morrison (Blockonomi)
The Yemeni Army announced that it attacked an Israeli-owned oil tanker in the Red Sea using missiles.ABNA English
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This gaming motherboard reportedly destroyed two AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPUs
One unlucky gamer has reported that their ASRock motherboard has fried not one, but two AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D gaming CPUs. According to the report, despite already claiming a replacement CPU from AMD for the first burned-out 9800X3D, the gamer has now seen a second one fail using the same ASRock board. Worryingly, it looks like this gamer was also running ...
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An ASRock motherboard has reportedly burned out two separate AMD gaming CPUs, despite a recent BIOS update to help fix the problem.Ben Stockton (PCGamesN)
The Donald Trump–backed World Liberty Financial (WLFI) token has launched with a $6.4 billion market cap. Learn about its tokenomics, supported exchanges and how to avoid WLFI scams.Sam Bourgi (Cointelegraph)
Based on current data, around 157 long-inactive wallets reawakened in August, collectively dispersing about 9,062.74 BTC over the month.Jamie Redman (Bitcoin News)
TOKEN6900 has drawn $3.22M in presale as traders eye its exchange debut, with comparisons to SPX6900 fueling anticipation.Cryptonews
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Mortal Kombat Film Sequel Theatrical Release Delayed to May 2026
The decision to push the movie back from its originally-planned October release was made to avoid a crowded film release season.
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There are reports that for the first time since the beginning of the SVO, strikes on targets in the suburbs of Odessa were carried out using aviation bombs with universal planning and correction modules.Александр Чернов (Военное обозрение)
Solana Set to Approve Alpenglow, Slashing Finality to 150ms - TLDR:
Alpenglow reduces Solana block finality from 12.8 seconds to about 150 millisecond... - blockonomi.com/solana-set-to-a… #cryptogovernance #technology #blockchain #validators #alpenglow #consensus #finality #layer1 #solana #defi
Solana’s Alpenglow upgrade seeks near-instant block finality with validator support, but decentralization concerns remain debated.Brenda Mary (Blockonomi)
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The Alienware Labor Day Sale Is Live: All of the Best Deals on Gaming Laptops, PCs, and Monitors
The last big Alienware sale before Black Friday.
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Poll: What Review Score Would You Give 'Kirby & The Forgotten Land + Star-Crossed World'?
Ludicrously long titles are so hot right now.Kirby landed on Nintendo's latest console last week, a few months ahead of his upcoming Switch 2 exclusive Kirby Air Riders in November.The updated version of Kirby and the Forgotten Land followed on from the snazzy Nintendo Switch 2 Edition of a Switch 1 game released in July, the ...
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Altcoin season has concentrated flows into liquid, engaged tokens, with MemeCore, Pump.fun, and Monero drawing buyers for different reasons.Hongji Feng (Cryptonews)
Cloudflare Radar: AI Insights
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GPD demos battery extension cable for Win 5 Ryzen MAX+ 395 handheld
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GPD addresses “low-battery anxiety”, shows battery extension cable and battery packs for Win 5 Ryzen MAX+ 395 handheld We return to the GPD Win 5 gaming handheld, the world’s first system powered by the Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 “Strix Halo.VideoCardz.com
Leonid Savin- On peut donc noter que l'accord actuel entre l'Arménie et l'Azerbaïdjan dans le contexte géopolitique mondial va à l'encontre des intérêts de la Russie.thealtworld (TheAltWorld’s Newsletter)
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Bennett Foddy can’t stop making 'choke machines.' Baby Steps is next.
As his next game, Baby Steps, approaches release, Bennett Foddy goes long on walking, failure, and gol
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As his next game, Baby Steps, approaches release, Bennett Foddy goes long on walking, failure, and golfGiovanni Colantonio (Polygon.com)
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If you're like me and fell off Valve's other MOBA Deadlock, these last few months of updates are worth coming back for
Faster, frantic, fun.
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ChainGPT Pad Unveils Buzz System: Turning Social Hype Into Token Allocation - Dubai, UAE, UAE, September 1st, 2025, Chainwire
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Bank of China shares have surged amid reports it plans to apply for a stablecoin issuer license as the city’s new regulatory regime begins.Hassan Shittu (Cryptonews)
Ethereum Price Holds Key Range as Accumulation Persists: $5K in Sight? - TLDR:
Ethereum consolidates at $4,385, creating uncertainty for both long and sho... - blockonomi.com/ethereum-price-… #priceconsolidation #bitcoincomparison #ethpriceanalysis #ethaccumulation #cryptotrading #analysis #ethereum
Ethereum consolidates near $4,385, holding a $4,214–$4,790 range, with stronger demand signals compared to Bitcoin during correction.Brenda Mary (Blockonomi)
UK's largest battery storage facility at Tilbury substation
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Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
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The 300MW Thurrock Storage project, developed by Statera Energy, is now energised and delivering electricity flexibly to the network across London and the south east.www.nationalgrid.com
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Samsung 990 EVO Plus SSD Practically Costs Nothing, the 2TB Model Works Out Cheaper Than Buying Two 1TBs
Save as much as 32% on the Samsung 990 EVO Plus SSD for a limited time at Amazon.
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Carrying over 300 tons of humanitarian supplies and several hundred activists from across Europe, the mission aims to challenge the longstanding IsraeliteleSURenglish
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"Turns out Google made up an elaborate story about me"
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The Pi Network gets an On-Ramp Money listing in 60 countries, but the Pi coin struggles to gain momentum and faces selling pressure.Paul (CoinGape)
Bear is now source-available
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What can a 34-year-old Sonic level teach us about videogame light?
No videogame fantasy setting will ever disquiet me as much as an empty business park at night under blue and yellow floodlights. A business park, or the access road down the side of a corrugated steel warehouse, where the alcoves cast by the LEDs look like a procession of hooded figures beneath the fixed, unblinking blackness of the sky. I can't ...
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RPS explores the social and phantasmagorical nature of light by way of Star Light Zone, the most restful and hypnotic level of the original Sonic the Hedgehog.Edwin Evans-Thirlwell (Rock Paper Shotgun)
BRICS is an informal group of states comprising the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Russian Federation, the Republic of India, the People's Republic of China and the Republic of South Africa.BRICS
99% back Solana's Alpenglow upgrade to slash transaction finality to 150ms as validators overwhelmingly support the revolution.Anas Hassan (Cryptonews)
Digital asset investment products bounced back last week, drawing in $2.48 billion in inflows after a brief period of outflows.Amin Ayan (Cryptonews)
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Battlefield 6 Won't Have Ray Tracing At Launch
Battlefield 6 won't offer ray tracing or other cutting-edge visual features.
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Battlefield 6 won't offer ray tracing or other cutting-edge visual features.Jack Coleman (TheGamer)
As of today, Solana price is facing renewed pressure after failing to hold key resistance levels, with analysts warning it could dip below $150 in September.Maisie Morrison (Blockonomi)
Discover the richest crypto founders, tech CEOs and digital asset moguls of 2025. From CZ to Vitalik Buterin, see who tops the crypto wealth ranking.Bradley Peak (Cointelegraph)
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The world can't remain silent in the face of such atrocities. It is time to prioritize human life and dignity over political interests.Kieran MCGRATH (Oriental Review)
De-Googling TOTP Authenticator Codes
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Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
I've been slowly removing Google apps from my life, and one of the last ones left is Authenticator. In this post I look at migrating codes out of Authenticator to a command-line OTP tool, and the steps involved.Imran Nazar
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