IEEE

GPComp: Using GPU and SSD-GPU Peer to Peer DMA to Accelerate LSM-Tree Compaction for Key-Value Store

Abstract: LSM-tree-based Key-value systems are widely used in many internet applications, known for their superior write performance. Compaction operations, responsible for maintaining the pyramidal ...
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Why Minecraft Hardcore Players Are Considering Quitting

SB737 discusses why some Minecraft hardcore players are thinking about quitting. MAGA reacts to Tennessee special election results as Van Epps wins Teens arrested in viral 'door kick challenge' Over 1 ...
Ars Technica

Testing shows why the Steam Machine’s 8GB of graphics RAM could be a problem

But there’s one spec that has caused some concern among Ars staffers and others with their eyes on the Steam Machine: The GPU comes with just 8GB of dedicated graphics RAM, an amount that is steadily ...
Reuters

Fact Check: Irish teacher Enoch Burke’s arrest ordered for contempt, not over pronoun use

A judge in Ireland ordered the arrest and jailing of teacher Enoch Burke in November 2025 for contempt of court, not for refusing to use a transgender pupil’s preferred name and pronouns, contrary to ...
The New York Times

Can I Use My Parents’ Address to Get Our Kids Into a Better School?

I feel guilty about the lie we’d have to keep up, but we would be much happier. By Kwame Anthony Appiah Kwame Anthony Appiah has been The New York Times Magazine’s Ethicist columnist since 2015 and ...
The New York Times

I’m a Professor. A.I. Has Changed My Classroom, but Not for the Worse.

My students’ easy access to chatbots forced me to make humanities instruction even more human. Credit...Animation By Sean Dong Supported by By Carlo Rotella Carlo Rotella is the author of “What Can I ...