This Is a Real Chokehold: Is AI Running Out of Breath?

Posted on April 1, 2026 by newbility

In just one month, spot prices for helium have skyrocketed by over 50%.

Following US and Israeli strikes on Iran, Tehran unleashed a massive wave of retaliation that swept across the Gulf states. On March 2nd, after a drone attack, …

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Breaking Free from the “Garbage Siege”: A Look at the Current Operational Status of China’s More Than 2,000 Waste Incinerators

Posted on March 31, 2026 by newbility

In the minds of many, urban waste is perceived as an endless stream—a phenomenon that once made “cities besieged by garbage” a grave environmental concern. In late February 2020, China’s largest landfill—the Jiangcungou Landfill in Baqiao, Xi’an—officially ceased operations. Spanning …

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When AI actually starts doing the work, the problems have only just begun.

Posted on March 30, 2026 by newbility

Lately, I’ve been frequently experimenting with “OpenClaw”-style tools—using them in the office environment as well as on my personal computer. However, the more I use them, the more exhausted I feel.

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There are far too many “stories” circulating online …

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The OpenClaw craze is finally bound to recede

Posted on March 29, 2026 by newbility

The hype surrounding OpenClaw has finally begun to subside.

At the Morgan Stanley Technology Conference, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang heaped praise upon OpenClaw, declaring: “OpenClaw may well be the most significant software release in history. It surpassed—in just three weeks—the …

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What is a Token in AI? A Simple Explanation

Posted on March 28, 2026 by newbility

Lately, my feeds have been flooded with mentions of “OpenClaw”—it seems like everyone, everywhere, is talking about it.

Some people have even tested it out, only to complain that the “Tokens” involved ended up costing them a small fortune.

So, …

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What is RAG? Why it can stop AI talking nonsense?

Posted on March 27, 2026 by newbility

For the past two years, we’ve been constantly complaining that AI “talks nonsense” and warning people not to blindly trust what it says.

However, if you still hold that view today, it is highly likely that your understanding of the …

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Life is a computer: What is the computing speed of the human brain in GHz?

Posted on February 12, 2022 by newbility

In theory, the computing speed of the human brain can be quantified, but since our understanding of the brain is extremely limited, some scientists have used a very visual metaphor to illustrate how limited our understanding of our brain is:…

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Life is a computer: Conway’s Game of Life

Posted on February 6, 2022 by newbility

About 3.6 billion years ago, the first living cells arose.

About 600 million years ago, multicellular plants were born.

Slightly later, about 550 to 570 million years ago, multicellular animals began to appear.

It took 3 billion years for life …

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Life is a computer: from biological virus to computer virus

Posted on November 1, 2021 by newbility

In 1898, Martinus Bergerinck proved through filtration experiments that the pathogen of tobacco mosaic disease was smaller than the bacteria, and thus deduced the existence of the virus.

Today, more than 120 years later, people generally think that viruses are …

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Life is a computer: think about life in a different way

Posted on October 30, 2021 by newbility

What is life?

From a biological point of view, it is the combination of sperm and egg (of course there are other ways to breed life, such as asexual reproduction).

More than 70 years ago, the famous physicist Schrödinger started …

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