The Chinese government has issued guidance requiring new data centre projects that have received any state funds to only use domestically-made AI chips, Reuters reported Wednesday, citing sources familiar with the matter. From the report: In recent weeks, Chinese regulatory authorities have ordered such data centres that are less than 30% complete to remove all installed foreign chips, or cancel plans to purchase them, while projects in a more advanced stage will be decided on a case-by-case basis, the sources said.

The move could represent one of China's most aggressive steps yet to eliminate foreign technology from its critical infrastructure amid a pause in trade hostilities between Washington and Beijing, and achieve its quest for AI chip self-sufficiency. China's access to advanced AI chips, including those made by Nvidia, has been a key point of friction with the U.S., as the two wrestle for dominance in high-end computing power and AI. U.S. President Donald Trump said in an interview aired on Sunday following talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping last week that Washington will "let them deal with Nvidia but not in terms of the most advanced" chips.

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Epic Games and Google have agreed to settle their long-running antitrust lawsuit. The settlement converts Judge James Donato's United States-only injunction into a global agreement extending through June 2032. Google will reduce its standard app store fees to either 20% or 9% depending on the transaction type.

The company will also create a program in the next major Android release allowing alternative app stores to register and become what Google calls first-class citizens. Users will be able to install these registered app stores from a website with a single click using neutral language.

The settlement addresses Epic's concerns about friction and scare screens that discouraged sideloading. Google will charge a 5% fee for transactions using Google Play Billing, separate from its service fee. Alternative payment options must be shown alongside Google Play Billing.

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Roger Waters

Donderdag vorige week is Freerk in zijn slaap in overleden. Ik ken Freerk als vaste deelnemer bij dialoogtekenen van Marcha van den Hurk. Ik kan me eigenlijk geen event of moment aangaande de Pauluskerk herinneren zonder dat Freerk erbij was.

Ik zag hem vaak lopen, kenmerkende steeds krommere tred. Elke dag liep hij vanaf zijn huis in Schiedam naar de Pauluskerk. (En weer terug waarschijnlijk.) Via de Beukelsdijk maar vaak ook door de Robertfruinstraat – waar het Wilde Weten zit en ik mijn atelier heb.

Als pater familias (sort of) van een grote groep Dialoogtekenaars sneedt Freerk recentelijk nog de taart aan bij de onthulling van een aanwinst van een Dialoogtekening bij Sociaal Advocaten Rotterdam.

Bij Het Wilde Weten was hij bij elke activiteit van Marcha van den Hurk vaste gast, geregeld kwam hij buurten. Twee handen op één buik die twee, familie haast. Hier bij Dialoogtekenen in mijn atelier, met pet op.

En in Boijmans (herinnert u zich Boijmans nog?) bij een expositie Dialoogtekeningen met de mooiste verhalen. Ergens zweeft een video waarin hij vertelt over de werken – een feest om te zien en om te horen – wellicht later nog ingevoegd.

Van het licht naar het donker, van het donker naar het licht. Freerk was een heel gelovig mens. Eindeloos veel bijbelteksten en citaten in de dialoogtekeningen. Maar ook op zich staand eigen tekenwerk als bovenstaand.

Donderdag 6 november om 11 uur vindt een afscheidsdienst plaats in de Pauluskerk in Rotterdam.

Where technology, time, the cosmos, and perception meet, you’ll find the work of Japanese artist Mariko Mori. The artist has long been interested in the relationship between the individual and the universe—existence itself—which she explores through a range of mediums and immersive experiences. She also draws from the Buddhist philosophy of interconnectedness, which centers around the idea that no living being, object, or event exists in isolation. Everything is linked.

A recent series of dreamy tondos and luminescent acrylic sculptures make up the artist’s current solo exhibition, Radiance, at Sean Kelly. Comprising abstract, symmetrical, metaphysical forms in bright pastel hues, Mori’s circular Unity compositions emphasize beauty, interdependence, and transcendence.

This body of work delves into Japan’s ancient cultures, especially prehistoric and early historic eras. Mori extensively researched a number of ancient periods during which artistic, philosophical, and social advances took place, like the Jomon era (14,000 to 300 B.C.E.) and Yayoi period (300 B.C.E. to 300 C.E.). She also delved into relatively more recent eras, like the Kofun (250 to 538 C.E.) and Asuka (538 to 710 C.E.) periods.

“Informed by site visits to sacred geological formations across the Japanese archipelago, including the storied rocks of Okinoshima Island and the shrines of Izumo and Awaji, Mori focuses on these ancestral sites through a contemporary lens,” the gallery says. On Okinoshima, Mori observed sacred rocks known as iwakura, which are believed to contain kami—deities or spirits.

Mori’s Stone series, like “Love II,” re-envision iwakura within the context of the gallery. Made of solid, translucent acrylic that reflects and diffracts light in an almost prismatic effect, visitors are invited into a contemplative experience. “Their dichroic surfaces shift with ambient light and the viewer’s movement, reimagining invisible energies that recall the stones’ original function as portals to the sacred,” says a statement.

Radiance continues through December 20 in New York. Find more on Mori’s website and Instagram.

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Sergiy Galyonkin has added a photo to the pool:

Vanaf deze week organiseert het ministerie van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid bijeenkomsten waarin bestuurders en burgers uit allerlei hoeken van de samenleving met elkaar in gesprek gaan. Het doel: minder polarisatie en beter contact tussen burgers en overheid.

For the final episode of 'Passenger Princess', it’s the turn of Williams racer Carlos Sainz to become Amelia Dimoldenberg’s star driving instructor.

Interlagos is a circuit built for drama – high elevation, fast laps, and unpredictable weather. Which drivers and teams are ready to master the mayhem and deliver big in F1 Fantasy?

PARAMARIBO (ANP) - De Surinaamse oud-president Ronald Venetiaan is overleden, melden Surinaamse media. Hij leidde het land in totaal vijftien jaar, van 1991 tot 1996 en daarna van 2000 tot 2010. Venetiaan werd 89 jaar.