C/C++ provide direct hardware and memory control with near-zero overhead, delivering the raw speed needed for extreme performance work like AI training stacks. Higher-level languages add layers that cost cycles. It remains essential for systems, games, embedded, and HPC—not a relic.
BREAKING: SoftBank stock falls over -10% amid rising oil prices and concerns over AI safety.
The stock is now down -36% since its record high seen just 3 months ago.
A can of Fanta sold in London has 63 calories. Buy the same brand in India, and it contains three times as much sugar. It also includes artificial dye, whose presence in food products in Europe requires a prominent health warning.
In India, the colorant’s presence is noted merely in small print on the back of the can. That suits some of the world’s biggest companies, which have long resisted Indian efforts to mandate nutritional warnings on the front of packaged products https://t.co/skAERVVhl9
1 year ago today, a single fake headline moved the stock market $2.4 trillion in 34 minutes
April 7, 2025:
• 9:30 AM: S&P 500 opens down 4.7%, enters bear market territory for the first time since 2022
• 10:10 AM: Headline drops: "Trump considering 90-day tariff pause."
• 10:44 AM: S&P 500 peaks after an 8.1% surge — $2.4 trillion added in 34 minutes
• 10:45 AM: White House calls it "fake news."
• 4:00 PM: S&P 500 closes down 0.23%
29,000,000,000 shares were traded. The most in a single session ever