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Soumit Salman Rahman

Soumit Salman Rahman

Military Lawyers Removed; ICE Enforcement Surge; Guard Deployments; Supreme Court Discusses 2026 Ballot Rules

Military Lawyers Removed; ICE Enforcement Surge; Guard Deployments; Supreme Court Discusses 2026 Ballot Rules

TL;DR * Defense Secretary Hegseth removes senior military lawyers, sparking leadership purge controversy. * ICE enforcement surge leads to increased arrests, detentions, and allegations of abuse. * National Guard deployment in California and Washington: Insurrection Act powers contested by courts. * Supreme Court weighs 2026 absentee ballot rules amid Bost v. Illinois election

Alibaba Cloud Cuts NVIDIA GPU Use 82% with Aegaeon; NVIDIA Launches Orbital H100 Colonies; Maverick‑2 Beats HGX B200

Alibaba Cloud Cuts NVIDIA GPU Use 82% with Aegaeon; NVIDIA Launches Orbital H100 Colonies; Maverick‑2 Beats HGX B200

TL;DR * Alibaba Cloud’s Aegaeon virtualizes GPU access, cutting NVIDIA GPU need by 82 % for LLM workloads * NVIDIA launches H100 GPU colonies in orbit, slashing Earth‑based energy demand by 10× * Maverick‑2 outperforms NVIDIA’s HGX B200 GPU and Intel’s Sapphire Rapids in HPC GPU‑dense workloads

AI Automation Threatens 92M US Jobs, Sparking Rejection of 160k Workers, 600 Roles Cut, and 93% Recession Likelihood

AI Automation Threatens 92M US Jobs, Sparking Rejection of 160k Workers, 600 Roles Cut, and 93% Recession Likelihood

TL;DR * AI Displacement Risks 92M US Jobs by 2030, Experts Warn * Amazon’s Automation Plan May Prevent Hiring of 160,000 US Workers by 2027 * Meta Eliminates 600 Jobs in AI Division as Company Reorganizes Workforce * US Labor Market in Uncertainty Amid 93% Recession Probability and Low New Job

Tesla expands robotaxi to SF & Austin; GM drops CarPlay, launches Gemini AI

Tesla expands robotaxi to SF & Austin; GM drops CarPlay, launches Gemini AI

TL;DR * Tesla Expands Robotaxi Service Amid Regulatory and Operational Hurdles * Tesla Faces Legal Challenges Over Delayed FSD Hardware Rollouts * GM Phases Out CarPlay/Android Auto, Launching Gemini‑Powered AI Assistant Tesla’s FSD Hardware Delays Spark Legal Action and Market Pressure Legal Landscape Issue Parties Status (22 Oct 2025)

AWS DNS Outage, Ransomware Surge, Edge Device Vulnerabilities, Windows Update Issues, AI‑Driven Identity Theft

AWS DNS Outage, Ransomware Surge, Edge Device Vulnerabilities, Windows Update Issues, AI‑Driven Identity Theft

AWS DNS‑Centric Outage – Operational Implications The 20 Oct 2025 AWS disruption originated from a DNS resolution failure for the DynamoDB endpoint in US‑EAST‑1, causing error spikes across 78+ services. The outage persisted for roughly four hours, with residual latency for up to six hours in some regions.

Hong Kong Boeing 747-400 Excursion Highlights Pilot and Autonomous Vehicle Risks

Hong Kong Boeing 747-400 Excursion Highlights Pilot and Autonomous Vehicle Risks

Boeing 747‑400 Cargo Runway Excursion – Hong Kong The flight‑data recorder shows asymmetrical nose‑wheel steering 3 s after touchdown, while the vehicle’s GPS log indicates a 2‑second premature runway entry that escaped surface‑movement‑radar detection. ThemeEvidenceImplication Pilot‑Error EmphasisFDR asymmetrical steering; no ATC correctionPotential revision

OpenAI GPT‑5 Claims vs GPT‑4 Retrieval: AI’s Widespread Impact on Jobs, Data Centers, Windows

OpenAI GPT‑5 Claims vs GPT‑4 Retrieval: AI’s Widespread Impact on Jobs, Data Centers, Windows

GPT‑5 vs. GPT‑4: Retrieval or Creation? OpenAI announced that GPT‑5 “surfaced” solutions to ten Erdős problems, while GPT‑4 was credited with locating complete proofs for ten other problems via massive query batches. Independent verification by Thomas Bloom, Mark Sellke, and Sébastien Bubeck confirms that the ten