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College admissions are shifting again, and artificial intelligence is at the center of it. According to the New York Times, the class of two thousand twenty six is navigating an application landscape reshaped by both AI tools and a politically charged environment, raising real questions about authenticity, access, and what institutions are actually measuring anymore.
Closer to the hardware world, Nvidia unveiled details of its Vera CPU at Hot Chips two thousand twenty six. The chip represents the company's continued push beyond graphics into general-purpose computing, a move that signals Nvidia isn't content owning AI acceleration alone — it wants a seat at the broader data center table too.
And in a quieter but telling development, a question posted to Hacker News asked non-engineers how often they're actually building and coding products themselves. The responses reflect something worth watching — AI-assisted tools are quietly turning marketers, analysts, and operations folks into builders, blurring a line that once defined who got to make things with software.
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