Politics News: 17 August 2025

Unmasking Russia’s Troll Farm Empire: Inside the Kremlin’s Global Disinformation Machine
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Unmasking Russia’s Troll Farm Empire: Inside the Kremlin’s Global Disinformation Machine

The Internet Research Agency (IRA), Russia’s flagship troll farm, is based in St. Petersburg and was founded around 2013, growing to about 400 staff by 2015 working 12-hour shifts. IRA staff operated under strict quotas: 5 political posts, 10 non-political posts, and
August 17, 2025

Technology News

  • Musk: Tesla would have spent double on Nvidia hardware without AI4 chipset
    January 8, 2026, 11:12 PM EST. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the automaker would have had to spend roughly twice as much on Nvidia hardware to train its systems if not for Tesla's AI4 chipset. He noted Tesla is nearing two million cars annually, all equipped with the dual SoC AI4, eight cameras, steering-actuation redundancy and high-bandwidth links. By year's end, he said Tesla will have spent about $10 billion cumulatively on Nvidia hardware for training. Musk said Nvidia provides useful tools to automakers, but the broader auto industry is doing little on its own to advance self-driving. He also referenced discussions around Nvidia's kit and said the Alpamayo system could be competitive with FSD in five to six years, with safety gains taking longer.