In January 2025, the technological landscape witnessed a significant shift as Chinese startup DeepSeek unveiled its advanced AI model, DeepSeek-R1. This model, developed at a fraction of the cost of its Western counterparts, demonstrated capabilities on par with leading AI systems, challenging the dominance of established tech giants. The release of DeepSeek-R1 led to a
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December was a month of intense and thought-provoking reading as I delved into four books that, despite their diverse subjects, shared an underlying thread of conflict, power, and the human condition. Each book offered a unique lens through which to understand our past, present, and future, leaving me both confused enlightened and unsettled. War by
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I recently read two photography books about nature – that involve nothing related to photography – that re-invigorated my passion for landscape and natural photography. That makes zero sense but let me explain. As any artist or photographer knows passion ebbs and flows. I can only be at my best when I am inspired to
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I am going to try something new. January 2021 Book Review coming through… This year I’ve been consuming books at a staggering pace which I am sure I won’t be able to maintain. I’ve read books about cryptocurrency, income inequality, mass movements and minimalism. I’ve taken it easy on fiction which of course means I
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Due to the pandemic many of us found ourselves reading much more than we have in years past. Below I’ll highlight what I thought were the best books of 2020 . In a typical year I tend to read 25-30 books but it in 2020 I doubled my book intake and read a whopping 60
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