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A new image has been posted on China’sWeibosocial news site that shows a front panel, battery and processing chip of an iPhone. The parts that are displayed have led some to believe that what is being displayed is the upcoming iPhone 5, but we have our doubts.Update below. The rumors of a less expensive, retooled iPhone 4 have gained such a volume that it is impossible to ignore. Even if it wasn’t redesigned, there is still a good chance that Apple would be keeping the iPhone 4 around to offer as a lower-cost device....

Why training neural networks comes with a hefty price tag Pruning deep neural networks after training The recent decade has shown that in general,large neural networks provide better results. But large deep learning models come at an enormous cost. For instance, to train OpenAI’sGPT-3, which has 175 billion parameters, you’ll need access to huge server clusters with very strong graphics cards, and the costs can soar at several million dollars. Furthermore, you need hundreds of gigabytes worth of VRAM and a strong server to run the model....

Why Trump’s push to ban WeChat would be hard on the Chinese diaspora Multiple apps in one WeChat, like thevideo-sharing app TikTok, has been caught up in mountingtrade tensionsand a growinggeopolitical rivalrybetween the US and China. The ownership of data and the digital technology companies behind popular apps has taken center stage. While Tiktok has a strong presence in the US, with an estimated user base of 100 million, WeChat use is more highly concentrated in the Chinese American community, with an average US monthly user-base of19 million active daily users....

It’s emerged out of nowhere to become one of the coolest sites on the Web in a matter of weeks, but what’s the story behindTurntable.fm, what’s so great about it and where is it going? A service amassing a reported 140,000 users in its first month is nothing to be sniffed at at any time. A service that hasn’t courted the press at all, growing entirely virally, hitting that figure in a month is something that demands closer inspection....

Today we announce thatTwitter Counter has acquired UseQwitter.comin a so-called micro-acquisition. With UseQwitter you cansee who has unfollowed you on Twitter. We bought the service through Flippa.com in a public auction so there is no point in keeping the acquisition price secret. Besides that we did our best to make the price look good. As a statistics company we are very focused on numbers so when we found out Qwitter was for sale I immediately made a nice offer....