Tag: obsessed

Why is Donald Trump obsessed with Tic Tacs?

Covering Donald Trump‘s various speaking engagements these past few weeks, it seems like every time I go into Getty Images to pull photos of the man, there are dozens showing him at the podium clutching a container of Tic Tacs in each hand. It took me a while to land here, sure, but on this […]

Allan Saxe, beloved UT-Arlington professor obsessed with philanthropy, has died

Allan Saxe, the eccentric former political science professor at UT-Arlington who donated hundreds of thousands of dollars from his modest earnings to dozens of humanitarian causes, has died at 85. While he is remembered by generations of college students for his passion in the classroom, stirring debates and challenging them to think differently about politics […]

The real reason Republicans are still so obsessed with Dr. Fauci

Since the Covid-19 pandemic began, well over 1 million Americans have died from the virus. The country’s mortality during the pandemic far exceeded that of peer nations. Millions more Americans have become sick, leaving many with long-term health problems as a result. And an entire society has become meaner and angrier in ways we still […]

What’s an NPU and Why Is Big Tech Suddenly Obsessed?

There’s a CPU. There’s a GPU. In the past year, every tech company has been talking about “NPUs.” If you didn’t know the first two, you’re probably flummoxed about the third and why every the tech industry is extolling the benefits of a neural processing unit. As you might have guessed, it’s all due to […]