How Distillation Makes AI Models Smaller and Cheaper
How Distillation Makes AI Models Smaller and Cheaper | Quanta Magazine
Fundamental technique lets researchers use a big, expensive “teacher” model to train a “student” model for less.Amos Zeeberg (Quanta Magazine)
Rockchip unveils RK3668 10-core Arm Cortex-A730/Cortex-A530 SoC with 16 TOPS NPU, RK182X LLM/VLM co-processor
The RK3688 will come with eight big cores and four SMALL cores, while the RK3668 is offered in a four big cores and six SMALL cores configuration. The RK3688 also offers a 32 TOPS AI accelerator, up to 200GB/s LPDDR6 memory bandwidth, a 16Kp30 video decoder, and an 8Kp60 video encoder.
The second announcement I noticed, thanks to BG5SUN on X, is about the RK182X 3B/7B LLM/VLM co-processor.
It features a multi-core RISC-V CPU, 2.5GB or 5GB “ultra-high bandwidth” DRAM, and PCIe 2.0, USB 3.0, and Ethernet interfaces to connect to the host processor. The company indicates that INT4/FP4 7B parameter models can fit into 3.5GB of RAM. They are designed for the company’s Rockchip RK3576/RK3588 SoCs, already equipped with a 6 TOPS NPU, as well as other processors.
Rockchip unveils RK3668 10-core Arm Cortex-A730/Cortex-A530 SoC with 16 TOPS NPU, RK182X LLM/VLM co-processor - CNX Software
The Rockchip Developer Conference 2025 (RKDC!2025) is now taking place in Fuzhou, China, with some interesting announcements such as the Rockchip RK3668Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft) (CNX Software Limited)
Ukraine’s ‘rout’ will continue – Medvedev
Ukraine’s ‘rout’ will continue – Medvedev
Fresh EU sanctions will not change Moscow’s position on the Ukraine conflict, former Russian President Medvedev has saidRT
Wild Video Shows Entire Mountain Range in China Covered With Solar Panels
Thanks to its high altitude and moody climate, the mountainous province makes a poor location for industrial agricultural. But those disadvantages also make the province a prime location for solar installations — something the region has embraced in recent decades.
Per China Daily, the provinces' first solar installation went online in 2015, but it was slow going as the nation set about achieving its ambitious renewable energy goals. By 2018, Guizhou was generating about 1.75 million kilowatts in solar energy per year, enough for around 1300 households (for context, the average Chinese household used 1332 kilowatt hours per year in 2024).
By 2020, Guizhou reportedly reached over 10 million kilowatts in solar capacity, fueled by government subsidies, cheap bank loans for renewable energy companies, and cheap real estate in the province. By 2023, that number reached 15 million kilowatts — and it doesn't seem to be slowing down anytime soon.
Wild Video Shows Entire Mountain Range in China Covered With Solar Panels
A breathtaking video shared on social media shows a mountain range in Guizhou blanketed in solar panels as far as the eye can see.Joe Wilkins (Futurism)
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Well-managed solar farms can boost wildlife - Cambridge study
Findings by the RSPB and Cambridge University find solar farms can contribute to and aid biodiversity.Danny Fullbrook & PA Media (BBC News)
New AI model could revolutionize U.S manufacturing
New AI model could revolutionize U.S manufacturing
Artificial intelligence has transformed fields like medicine and finance, but it hasn't gained much traction in manufacturing. Factories present a different…National Science Foundation
When Do You Need to Quit Your Job?
When Do You Need to Quit Your Job?
How is "changing things from within" going for you?Hamilton Nolan (How Things Work)
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When Do You Need to Quit Your Job?
When Do You Need to Quit Your Job?
How is "changing things from within" going for you?Hamilton Nolan (How Things Work)
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Lebanese PM says Hezbollah weapons must come under state’s control
The Lebanese prime minister said the deal – conveyed by US envoy Tom Barrack earlier this month – would also lead to Israel’s complete withdrawal from Lebanon and ensure all weapons are under the control of the state.
Salam said Hezbollah’s weapons played a leading role in liberating southern Lebanon from Israel in 2000, but the group must now turn them over.
Hezbollah says the Lebanese armed forces have failed to confront Israeli abuses since Israel’s inception in 1948. As we reported earlier, Hezbollah’s chief has rejected the US push for the group to disarm.
LIVE: Israel kills 41 in Gaza; Syria to redeploy forces to Suwayda
Gaza Health Ministry warns malnourished people are arriving at hospitals suffering from extreme exhaustion, memory loss.Jillian Kestler-D'Amours (Al Jazeera)
Hezbollah would be fools to hand over any weapons (not even pocket knives). They should triple-down on getting more in response. They were the only faction in Lebanon to firmly and actively fight the genocide in a real way. If they hadn't been hit as hard as they have been, it would have been great add to the Iranian response of waves of missiles with whatever they could. Even if not as much or as big (size of weapons), would mean even more Iron Dome and IOF personnel burned.
They still did so much and have paid in blood, and I hope that they can build back enough to stand against the Lebanese government if needed. And the Lebanese government should really be more concerned with how the IOF has treated Syria, and wake the fuck up. Disarming is not the answer to the IOF, as they will just invade/attack anyway.
Medicaid Cuts? Yes. But the GOP Is Quietly Cutting Medicare, Too
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/33350092
A little understood aspect of the big, ugly bill could cause devastating problems for seniors and others.Norman J. Ornstein
July 16, 2025
PAYGO is not a term that crosses many lips in daily discourse. But it may soon be used more widely, as its impact resonates in the aftermath of the passage of the so-called One Big Beautiful Act. While the enormous and damaging cuts in Medicaid have dominated discussion since the bill was enacted—cuts that will take millions of Americans off of health insurance, force the closure of many rural hospitals and nursing homes, and likely put enormous increased pressure on emergency rooms across the country—another shoe is soon to drop. And that is major cuts in its sister program, Medicare.
Medicaid Cuts? Yes. But the GOP Is Quietly Cutting Medicare, Too
A little understood aspect of the big, ugly bill could cause devastating problems for seniors and others.Norman J. Ornstein
July 16, 2025PAYGO is not a term that crosses many lips in daily discourse. But it may soon be used more widely, as its impact resonates in the aftermath of the passage of the so-called One Big Beautiful Act. While the enormous and damaging cuts in Medicaid have dominated discussion since the bill was enacted—cuts that will take millions of Americans off of health insurance, force the closure of many rural hospitals and nursing homes, and likely put enormous increased pressure on emergency rooms across the country—another shoe is soon to drop. And that is major cuts in its sister program, Medicare.
Medicaid Cuts? Yes. But the GOP Is Quietly Cutting Medicare, Too
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/33350092
A little understood aspect of the big, ugly bill could cause devastating problems for seniors and others.Norman J. Ornstein
July 16, 2025
PAYGO is not a term that crosses many lips in daily discourse. But it may soon be used more widely, as its impact resonates in the aftermath of the passage of the so-called One Big Beautiful Act. While the enormous and damaging cuts in Medicaid have dominated discussion since the bill was enacted—cuts that will take millions of Americans off of health insurance, force the closure of many rural hospitals and nursing homes, and likely put enormous increased pressure on emergency rooms across the country—another shoe is soon to drop. And that is major cuts in its sister program, Medicare.
Medicaid Cuts? Yes. But the GOP Is Quietly Cutting Medicare, Too
A little understood aspect of the big, ugly bill could cause devastating problems for seniors and others.Norman J. Ornstein
July 16, 2025PAYGO is not a term that crosses many lips in daily discourse. But it may soon be used more widely, as its impact resonates in the aftermath of the passage of the so-called One Big Beautiful Act. While the enormous and damaging cuts in Medicaid have dominated discussion since the bill was enacted—cuts that will take millions of Americans off of health insurance, force the closure of many rural hospitals and nursing homes, and likely put enormous increased pressure on emergency rooms across the country—another shoe is soon to drop. And that is major cuts in its sister program, Medicare.
Medicaid Cuts? Yes. But the GOP Is Quietly Cutting Medicare, Too
A little understood aspect of the big, ugly bill could cause devastating problems for seniors and others.
Norman J. Ornstein
July 16, 2025
PAYGO is not a term that crosses many lips in daily discourse. But it may soon be used more widely, as its impact resonates in the aftermath of the passage of the so-called One Big Beautiful Act. While the enormous and damaging cuts in Medicaid have dominated discussion since the bill was enacted—cuts that will take millions of Americans off of health insurance, force the closure of many rural hospitals and nursing homes, and likely put enormous increased pressure on emergency rooms across the country—another shoe is soon to drop. And that is major cuts in its sister program, Medicare.
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[PSA] Malware distributed on the AUR
On the 16th of July, at around 8pm UTC+2, a malicious AUR package was
uploaded to the AUR. Two other malicious packages were uploaded by the
same user a few hours later. These packages were installing a script
coming from the same GitHub repository that was identified as a Remote
Access Trojan (RAT).The affected malicious packages are:
- librewolf-fix-bin
- firefox-patch-bin
- zen-browser-patched-bin
The Arch Linux team addressed the issue as soon as they became aware of
the situation. As of today, 18th of July, at around 6pm UTC+2, the
offending packages have been deleted from the AUR.We strongly encourage users that may have installed one of these
packages to remove them from their system and to take the necessary
measures in order to ensure they were not compromised.
Follow up
There are more packages with this malware found.
minecraft-crackedttf-ms-fonts-allvesktop-bin-patchedttf-all-ms-fonts
What to do
If you installed any of these packages, check your running processes for one named systemd-initd (this is the RAT).
The suspicious packages have a patch from this now-inaccessible Codeberg repo:
codeberg.org/arch_lover3/brows…The Arch maintainers have been informed of all this already and are investigating.
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comm -1 -2 <(pacman -Q | awk '{print $1}' | sort) <(sort vulnerable_packages.txt)With
vulnerable_packages.txt containing one package name per line.
Washington wants the Ukrainian president to leave office—will it happen?
THE END FOR ZELENSKY?
Washington wants the Ukrainian president to leave office—will it happen?Seymour Hersh
Washington wants the Ukrainian president to leave office—will it happen?
THE END FOR ZELENSKY?
Washington wants the Ukrainian president to leave office—will it happen?Seymour Hersh
Israel can never take Hezbollah's weapons
Israel can never take Hezbollah's weapons
TEHRAN, Jul. 18 (MNA) – The chief of Lebanon's Hezbollah, Sheikh Naim Qassem, says that the Israeli regime will never be able to take Hezbollah's weapons, and they are ready to defend themselves in the event of Israeli aggression.Mehr News Agency
Pashinyan Acts As Copycat NATO-Backed Dictator And Is Turning Armenia Into Western Vassal – Expert
Pashinyan Acts As Copycat NATO-Backed Dictator And Is Turning Armenia Into Western Vassal – Expert
The legal conditions imposed by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on the businessman and philanthropist Samwel Karapetyan are meaningless, Stevan Gajic, a political analyst from the Belgrade Institute of European Studies, says, noting that the …Sputnik International
There's a deep historical connection between Armenia (a former Soviet nation) and Russia that goes beyond politics. Russia has historically maintained influence on other nations to protect their own interests.
Anyone stupid enough to buy America's neo-liberal freedom spreading bullshit and willingly gives up their children's futures for quick loans to do short term improvements that were needed in part because of US sanctions is an idiot, and unfortunately like any other country, Armenia is full of idiots.
You'd think of all countries Armenia would be the first to speak up against Israel's genocide, with a quickly shrinking diaspora of Armenian Genocide survivors being persecuted in Palestine... But no, they wanted to make pappa USA proud and sided with Israel instead.
Armenia sold its future to help the dying American empire bounce back, and so did Lebanon. So tired of war, they let the US build a massive city-sized military compound with an airport on the top of a very strategic mountain and let them call it an embassy. People never learn.
Apple sues YouTuber who leaked iOS 26’s new “Liquid Glass” software redesign
Apple sues YouTuber who leaked iOS 26’s new “Liquid Glass” software redesign
YouTuber claims to “have receipts” disproving Apple’s allegations.Andrew Cunningham (Ars Technica)
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Meta refuses to sign EU's AI code of practice | TechCrunch
Meta refuses to sign EU's AI code of practice | TechCrunch
Meta will not sign the EU's new rules, calling the implementation "over-reach"Ram Iyer (TechCrunch)
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This, plus the recent 'pay or consent' fiasco, makes pretty clear they are going straight for a deliberate collision route with the EU.
I assume they got some kind of political backing for it, it's a quite sudden all in. Sigh.
EDIT: Wrong link
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Also, George Takei was in the US concentration camp as a child, so...
Holy shit, it's true!😮
Also, that thing about George Takei, too, yeah. (HOLY SHIT!!)
Fediverse Village at HOPE
From August 15-17 2025, SWF will be helping to bring the Fediverse to HOPE. HOPE (Hackers on Planet Earth) is a grass-roots conference for hackers and developers in Queens in New York City. This year, I (Evan) will be speaking at the event on Aug 15 at 2PM ET, and we (SWF) will be organizing a Fediverse Village for HOPE_16.
Villages are available themed spaces in the St. John’s University campus to be used for coordinating activities. We’re hoping (!) to have talks, meetings, hacking events, and social gatherings at the Fediverse Village.
If you are involved in the Fediverse – or want to be – please join us at HOPE. There will be a lot of interesting and exciting things happening. And if you have good ideas for things to do at the Fediverse Village, please comment or let me know at @evanprodromou@socialwebfoundation.org.
[HOPE_16] Welcome to Hackers On Planet Earth!
HOPE_16 is an all-ages event with at least four speaker tracks, a whole bunch of workshops, awesome vendors, and fun activities throughout the entire weekend.hope.net
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Netanyahu ready for ‘significant concessions’ in Gaza ceasefire talks: Report
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/33345095
News Desk
JUL 18, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to a withdrawal of troops from the Morag Corridor in southern Gaza, according to Hebrew reports, after several days of disagreements in indirect talks between Israel and Hamas over where Israeli forces would withdraw from during a potential ceasefire deal.Sources told Yedioth Ahronoth that a deal has been reached between Israel and Hamas on the latest withdrawal maps provided by Tel Aviv to mediators, after it conceded on the issue of the Morag Corridor.
Netanyahu stated in closed meetings that the Israeli delegation will remain in Qatar’s capital Doha until agreements are reached, and estimates suggest he is determined to secure a deal, according to the report.
Netanyahu ready for ‘significant concessions’ in Gaza ceasefire talks: Report
News Desk
JUL 18, 2025Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to a withdrawal of troops from the Morag Corridor in southern Gaza, according to Hebrew reports, after several days of disagreements in indirect talks between Israel and Hamas over where Israeli forces would withdraw from during a potential ceasefire deal.Sources told Yedioth Ahronoth that a deal has been reached between Israel and Hamas on the latest withdrawal maps provided by Tel Aviv to mediators, after it conceded on the issue of the Morag Corridor.
Netanyahu stated in closed meetings that the Israeli delegation will remain in Qatar’s capital Doha until agreements are reached, and estimates suggest he is determined to secure a deal, according to the report.
Netanyahu ready for ‘significant concessions’ in Gaza ceasefire talks: Report
The premier is said to have agreed on a withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Morag Axis, which was established earlier this year and solidified Tel Aviv’s control of south Gazathecradle.co
A Prominent OpenAI Investor Appears to Be Suffering a ChatGPT-Related Mental Health Crisis, His Peers Say
A Prominent OpenAI Investor Appears to Be Suffering a ChatGPT-Related Mental Health Crisis, His Peers Say
Bedrock co-founder Geoff Lewis has posted increasingly troubling content on social media, drawing concern from friends in the industry.Joe Wilkins (Futurism)
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In this case, the United States. When healthcare is expensive and hard to access, not everybody gets it.
Syphilis symptoms can be so mild they go unnoticed. When you combine that with risky sexual behavior (hook-up culture, anti-condom bias) and lack of testing due to inadequate medical care, you can wind up with untreated syphilis. If you become homeless, care gets even harder to access.
You get diagnosed at a late stage when treatment is more difficult. They put you on a treatment plan, but followup depends on reliable transportation and the mental effects of the disease have made you paranoid. Now imagine you're also a member of a minority on which medical experiments have historically been done without consent or notice.
You don't really trust that those pills are for what you've been told at all. So difficulty accessing healthcare, changing clinics as you move around with medical history not always keeping up, distrust of the providers and treatment, and general instability and lack of regular routine all add up to only taking your medication inconsistently.
Result: under-treated syphilis
Netanyahu ready for ‘significant concessions’ in Gaza ceasefire talks: Report
News Desk
JUL 18, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to a withdrawal of troops from the Morag Corridor in southern Gaza, according to Hebrew reports, after several days of disagreements in indirect talks between Israel and Hamas over where Israeli forces would withdraw from during a potential ceasefire deal.Sources told Yedioth Ahronoth that a deal has been reached between Israel and Hamas on the latest withdrawal maps provided by Tel Aviv to mediators, after it conceded on the issue of the Morag Corridor.
Netanyahu stated in closed meetings that the Israeli delegation will remain in Qatar’s capital Doha until agreements are reached, and estimates suggest he is determined to secure a deal, according to the report.
Netanyahu ready for ‘significant concessions’ in Gaza ceasefire talks: Report
The premier is said to have agreed on a withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Morag Axis, which was established earlier this year and solidified Tel Aviv’s control of south Gazathecradle.co
I have an idea for to prevent broken links from Lemmy instances that shutting down
There will be a lot of lemm.ee/p/123 links around. As far as I understand, any server that federated with lemm.ee (e.g. lemmy.world) will continue to host the federated communities and posts forever.
So here's my proposal. We build a simple tool that says, when you visit lemm.ee/p/123, we check if that post exists on lemmy.world and forward you there. Doesn't necessarily have to be lemmy.world. We could even present the user with multiple instances to resolve the post from.
If you're interested in how this would work, it would utilize the resolve_object endpoint, which both Lemmy and PieFed implement.
Here are some examples of how you can still look up lemm.ee posts via the API of other instances:
- lemmy.world/api/v3/resolve_obj…
- lemmy.world/api/v3/resolve_obj…
- lemmy.world/api/v3/resolve_obj…
- lemmy.zip/api/v3/resolve_objec…
- lemmy.zip/api/v3/resolve_objec…
- piefed.social/api/alpha/resolv…
- piefed.world/api/alpha/resolve…
For this to really work smoothly, whoever owns the domains of the shut down instances would have to host this tool (e.g. lemm.ee would have to host it at lemm.ee). I have no idea how to get in touch with whoever owns the domain, but I would be happy to help build this.
Yeah absolutely! But it does feel more useful to have it live on the domain if possible.
I run my own Lemmy/PieFed client. I'm trying to think if there is a way to tell if an instance has shut down without hard coding a list. The hard part imo is telling if an instance is shut down vs temporarily down.
Though as I write this, I suppose this same feature could be used to resolve a post if an instance is temporarily down. So maybe I just ping /nodeinfo/2.1 and if it times out, I redirect.
What if an instance wants to disappear?
Edit: Oh, I see, this would be a service provided by whoever owns the shut-down domain.
The wikipedia page :
Lim disappeared from South Korea in 2017. According to the police, her home was left virtually untouched.In June 2017, Lim reappeared in an interview on North Korean TV. During the interview, she claimed that life in South Korea is "hell on earth," and said that she regretted her decision to defect, and later begged Kim Jong Un for forgiveness. She claimed to be living with her parents in the North Korean city of Anju. It was also her last known appearance.
This sure looks like a definitive win for NK here, absolutely no reason to consider this might be a staging. Also 8 years old news really feels like a sign that this is a widespread movement.
Putin reaffirms commitment to peace deal on Ukraine in call with Erdogan
Putin reaffirms commitment to peace deal on Ukraine in call with Erdogan
On June 2, the second round of Russia-Ukraine talks took place in IstanbulTASS
People who see the USSR against Germany in WWII as imperialism hasn’t followed history correctly. The nazis invaded to exterminate the Soviets and conquer the land. They literally had to fight back.
I know it’s just a film but Come and See is a horrifying and haunting retelling of it.
Not sure how my comment got deleted but this was the original:
People who view the USSR against Germany in WWII as imperialism hasn’t viewed history correctly. The nazis invaded with the goal to exterminate the Soviets and conquer their land. The Soviets had to fight back.
I know its only a film but Come and See is a horrifying and haunting retelling of these events.
Before Vegas: The “Red Hackers” Who Shaped China’s Cyber Ecosystem
Before Vegas: The “Red Hackers” Who Shaped China’s Cyber Ecosystem
This CSS Cyberdefense report by Eugenio Benincasa examines how a core group of red hackers from the 1990s and 2000s laid the groundwork for China’s modern cyber capabilities and traces their trajectories from early red hacker groups into professional…Center for Security Studies
I'm sorry to say this, but your posts are not good agitprop. They are low-effort, not very convincing, sometimes misleading, and sometimes just wrong.
If you want to make good agitprop memes,
- shit on ideas and arguments, not your target audience - do not alienate all liberals by portraying them as a soyjack
- avoid logical fallacies or incorrect/outdated facts - we can make convincing arguments without lying or manipulation
- educate people - give them new information or perspective that might otherwise be downplayed or ignored by media they consume
Hope this is useful.
Russia has provided evidence of the use of chemical weapons by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but the OPCW covers Kiev
Russia has provided evidence of the use of chemical weapons by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but the OPCW covers Kiev: EADaily
EADaily, July 18th, 2025. Russia has provided evidence of the use of chemical weapons by the Kiev regime, but the OPCW ignores evidence of its use by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This is reported by the Italian edition of L'antidiplomatico.EADaily
Russia gearing up to prosecute internet users for searching ‘extremist’ content
Russia gearing up to prosecute internet users for searching ‘extremist’ content - Committee to Protect Journalists
Berlin, July 18, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by a bill under consideration in the Russian State Duma that would introduce fines for accessing or searching for “extremist” online content, threatening to further restrict press …CPJ Staff (Committee to Protect Journalists)
Kremlin Says NATO Instrument of Confrontation, Bloc Hostile Towards Russia
Kremlin Says NATO Instrument of Confrontation, Bloc Hostile Towards Russia
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday that NATO was an instrument of confrontation, adding that the bloc is hostile towards Russia.Sputnik International
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