Morning Overview on MSN

A PC can run without system RAM, but performance is predictably awful

Researchers have shown that Linux systems can be engineered to rely heavily on remote memory pulled over a network, but the ...
How-To Geek on MSN

Even if you have 16GB of RAM, this one compressed swap trick makes Linux significantly smoother

Experience a smoother, more responsive Linux system, regardless of your RAM capacity, by discovering the world of compressed swap.
Ars Technica

Google’s TurboQuant AI-compression algorithm can reduce LLM memory usage by 6x

Even if you don’t know much about the inner workings of generative AI models, you probably know they need a lot of memory. Hence, it is currently almost impossible to buy a measly stick of RAM without ...
TechCrunch

Google unveils TurboQuant, a new AI memory compression algorithm — and yes, the internet is calling it ‘Pied Piper’

If Google’s AI researchers had a sense of humor, they would have called TurboQuant, the new, ultra-efficient AI memory compression algorithm announced Tuesday, “Pied Piper” — or, at least that’s what ...
STAT

This series, a Pulitzer Prize finalist for investigative reporting, highlights the dangers of AI use in medicine

Casey Ross and Bob Herman’s reporting exposes how UnitedHealth Group used an unregulated algorithm to override clinicians’ judgment and deny care to seriously ill older and disabled patients. The ...
Barron's

Why TurboQuant Hammered Memory Stocks—and Why ‘Jevons’ Paradox’ Means the Market Might Be Wrong

Highflying memory stocks like Micron and SanDisk have been dented this week and it might have something to do with TurboQuant, a compression algorithm detailed by Google in a research paper this week.