Here is the daily technology #threadcast for 1/28/25. The goal is to make this a technology "reddit".
Drop all question, comments, and articles relating to #technology and the future. The goal is make it a technology center.
Here is the daily technology #threadcast for 1/28/25. The goal is to make this a technology "reddit".
Drop all question, comments, and articles relating to #technology and the future. The goal is make it a technology center.
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Have you seen the impact of the launch of DeepSeek? It even shook the financial market.
Has anyone tested this new chatbot? I don't think it's that "reliable", but maybe it doesn't hurt to try it.
#technology #ai #china #deepseek
yup, that's all people are talking about these days
I tried and it's pretty good considering it's still very new
I haven't tried it yet, but in fact this will be widely publicized and discussed these days.
You cant try that outside of China after a cyberattack and an overload of usage.
But it isnt a massive game changer. It can run on smaller devices but it was likely trained on A200 (50K of them).
What makes it a massive game changer is the fact that it's completely open source and open weights. WIth this, everyone suddenly has access to a top tier model that rivals the currently best model in the world. I.e. everybody wins, and this model is likely to accelerate us towards agi.
Also, there are several versions of it. The largest version is the
I've seen people saying that it's knocked everything down, especially nvidia, but I haven't really looked into it, I know they've spent a lot less to do a better job
And it looks like this project is open source, right? China surprises Big Tech.
Isso, ele é open source, um monte de gente pegou e já implementou em vários lugares, os cara gastou menos e arrebentou com o chatgpt mano, foi loucura demais
The whale symbol, haha. Now I know why it shook the market. I saw the demo on X. I'm not sure if I will try it since I have seen what it looks like. It's now the topic of discussion of X. It looks cool by the way.
Looking at the Airdrop Address of $VVV Token, and waiting for it to release mine! The coin already started dumping. !LOLZ !HOPE #crypto #cent #bbh
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Venice.ai has released their own coin $VVV on Coinbase's (BASE) Network!
As a Venice.ai user, I'd love to Claim my coins soon!!
This from Venice. My mistake was not setting up an account. I was using a guest account.
Oh well.
Well, you could've logged in with MetaMask, and you'd still have gotten points!
Have you made any post discussing Deepseek yet? Curious what you have to say about it.
Not as of yet. I still have to read the paper that was put out.
OpenAI’s AI reasoning model ‘thinks’ in Chinese sometimes and no one really knows why
OpenAI's o1 model sometimes processes reasoning tasks in languages like Chinese even when queries are in English.
#technology #ai #openai #chinese
Google folds more AI teams into DeepMind to ‘accelerate the research to developer pipeline’
Google is consolidating its AI teams, including those working on AI Studio and Gemini APIs, under Google DeepMind to speed up AI development.
#technology #ai #google #deepmind
AI Mistakes Are Very Different From Human Mistakes
AI systems like LLMs make fundamentally different mistakes from humans, often erring randomly and with unwarranted confidence. To address this, we need new security systems and methods to manage AI errors beyond existing human-error correction techniques. Focus areas include aligning AI behavior to human-like error patterns and developing unique mistake mitigation strategies tailored for AI.
#technology #ai #Mistakes
I found @aioha the other day and now i am learning how to deploy it for #hivep2p since we are focusing on releasing a dapp soon
Telegram will start banning all projects that don't use or promote the TON blockchain exclusively, so a dapp becomes a priority right away.
US tightens its grip on AI chip flows across the globe
The U.S. introduced new AI export controls, capping chip exports to most countries while exempting 18 allied nations, to maintain AI leadership and restrict China's access. Major cloud providers like Microsoft, Google, and Amazon can seek global authorizations under these rules. Industry players like Nvidia have criticized the regulations as overreaching.
#technology #ai #regulation #chips
If Even 0.001 Percent of an AI's Training Data Is Misinformation, the Whole Thing Becomes Compromised, Scientists Find
NYU researchers discovered that poisoning just 0.001% of an LLM's training data with misinformation can lead to widespread errors, posing serious risks in medical applications. The study, published in Nature Medicine, found that even corrupted LLMs perform similarly to non-corrupted ones on standard benchmarks, making such vulnerabilities hard to detect.
#technology #ai #data
LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman just raised $25 million to take on cancer with AI
Reid Hoffman launched Manas AI, a startup using AI to accelerate cancer drug discovery. The company raised $25 million in seed funding and partnered with Microsoft. Manas AI focuses on breast cancer, prostate cancer, and lymphoma and aims to expand to other diseases.
#technology #ai #health #cancer
DeepSeek Releases Open-Source AI Image Generator as American Stocks Continue to Crater
DeepSeek has released its AI image generator as open source, raising both excitement in the developer community and concerns about potential misuse.
#technology #deepseek #imagegeneration #ai
DeepSeek displaces ChatGPT as the App Store’s top app
DeepSeek has become the most downloaded app on the App Store, reflecting growing user interest in its newly introduced LLM.
#technology #appstore #deepseek
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Since the last quarter of 2023, Azure growth has increased by 2 percentage points. Meanwhile, top rivals Amazon and Alphabet have seen cloud growth over that stretch accelerate by 7 points and 13 points, respectively. It's a matter of particular importance to investors, because Microsoft now has tens of billions of dollars in quarterly capital expenditures to meet cloud and AI needs of customers.
A Microsoft spokesperson didn't provide a comment.
Microsoft operates in many other markets. But investors gravitate to cloud first, because it's a sizable category that's still rapidly expanding as companies continue to move away from owning and operating their own data centers and as they add heftier workloads.
Overall, Microsoft is expected to report revenue growth of 11% from a year earlier to $68.8 billion, according to LSEG. That would mark the slowest year-over-year growth for any quarter since mid-2023. Analysts expect earnings per share to increase to $3.11 from $2.93 a year ago.
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Investors were more bullish on Microsoft in 2023, sending the stock up more than 50%, its best year since 2009. The driving force was Microsoft's intimate relationship with ChatGPT creator OpenAI, which sparked the generative AI boom and led to a historic increase in investments.
Microsoft is OpenAI's leading backer, having poured nearly $14 billion into the AI startup. Through the partnership, Microsoft gets a lot of cloud business but also spends heavily on building out infrastructure.
The relationship changed in an important way last week, when Microsoft said OpenAI will no longer use Azure on an exclusive basis, except when it comes to handling incoming queries from developers. Going forward, OpenAI will have to check with Microsoft when it seeks more computing capacity, and Microsoft will be able to accept or turn away the request.
!summarize #tesla #stock #earnings #4680 #battery
The announcement came at the same time as President Donald Trump's introduction of Stargate, an AI infrastructure initiative involving SoftBank, OpenAI and Oracle.
In its own blog post, OpenAI named Microsoft as a technology partner but not a member of the group that will build and operate Stargate, which has the potential to draw up to $500 billion in investment. Microsoft has committed to $80 billion in AI-related capital expenditures in the year that ends June 30. Much of that is being directed toward Nvidia's graphics processing units, or GPUs.
!summarize #deepseek #ai
!summarize #deepseek #ai #maps
Analysts at Cowen wrote in a report that last week's developments could help Microsoft reaccelerate the Azure growth rate into the mid-30s. They said Microsoft has been "funding GPU capex investments for OpenAI model training but not collecting revenue," and that by pushing some of that training elsewhere, the company can "show improved capex efficiencies and stronger returns on capital spend" while keeping its access to OpenAI.
Kevin Walkush, a portfolio manager at Jensen Investment Management, said he expects the AI investment will pay off in the long run.
!summarize #tesla #tsla #stock #investing
"If AI doesn't show up, there's still a long runway for cloud," said Walkush, whose firm held about $913 million in Microsoft shares at the end of September. "But I think the chance of AI showing up is really high, so that's the bet I'm willing to let them make to take advantage of this opportunity."
Amazon's computing unit AWS is in talks with Italy to invest billions of euros in the expansion of its data center business in the country as part of the tech giant's effort to boost its cloud offer in Europe, four people familiar with the matter said.
'Not warranted'
Rima Alaily, corporate vice president and deputy general counsel of competition law group at Microsoft, said over email that the CMA inquiry group's draft report "should be focused on paving the way for the UK's AI-powered future, not fixating on legacy products launched in the last century."
"The cloud computing market has never been so dynamic and competitive, attracting billions in investments, new entrants, and rapid innovation. What could be better for UK businesses and government?" Alaily added.
An AWS spokesperson said the CMA's recommended intervention "is not warranted," adding that "the evidence demonstrates the IT services industry is highly competitive."
!summarize #trump #leadership
"Cloud computing has lowered costs for UK businesses with on-demand services and pay-as-you-go pricing, expanded product choice, and increased competition and innovation," the AWS spokesperson added.
The Amazon division urged the CMA to "carefully consider how regulatory intervention in other areas will stifle innovation and ultimately harm customers in the UK."
!summarize #stevekeen #economics #karlmarx
Cloud market in focus
Previously, the CMA said it was concerned by several elements of the cloud market that could pose competition issues, including so-called "egress" fees on transfers of data from one cloud to another, licensing fees, volume discounts, and interoperability issues that make it harder to switch vendor.
The CMA probe traces its history back to 2022, when U.K. telecoms regulator Ofcom kicked off a market study examining the dominance of cloud giants Amazon, Microsoft and Google. Ofcom subsequently referred its cloud review to the CMA to address competition issues in the market.
Given Elon's track record of optimizing for cost and efficiency, I'm sure his conversation with his xAI engineers will be very colorful given Deepseek's achievement with their R1 model. At the end of the day, it seems obvious that having both massive compute and algorithmic efficiency will be a winning strategy but it's kind of weird to see Elon throw more money at the infra problem before trying harder to optimizing the process. Granted, he has said multiple times that massive efficiency improvements should be possible given that the human brain operates of far fewer kW but I haven't heard much happening on that front from xAI.
!summarize #china #economy #government
Cloud infrastructure services is a market dominated by U.S. technology giants Amazon and Microsoft. Amazon is the largest player, offering cloud services via its Amazon Web Services (AWS) arm. Microsoft is the second-largest, selling cloud products under its Microsoft Azure unit.
From Covid struggles to $2.7 billion
Jean-Christophe Taunay-Bucalo, president and chief operating officer at TravelPerk, told CNBC venture capitalists were drawn to the firm's growth story after it rebounded from times of struggle faced during the Covid-19 pandemic.
TravelPerk saw revenues decline rapidly in 2020 and 2021 as most business travel came to a standstill. Revenue has since grown to around five times the size it was before Covid hit, according to Taunay-Bucalo.
Chinese banks are the real story, even as China's government (intentionally?) stole the spotlight with its AI-knock-off, a distraction from the latest real economy warning and most importantly the banking sector's latest. The credit crisis in the latter may finally be coming to a head as it keeps the former from stabilizing.
"Why we are doing so well now is because we had that period where you had to be strong. You had to have a good foundation, you had to be scrappy," he said.
Hillary Ball, Atomico's growth-focused partner, said the firm was drawn to investing in TravelPerk as it's addressing "a complex and hard problem to solve" around corporate travel.
"This is a market that resurged following the pandemic," Ball told CNBC. "In the past year, the global value of corporate travel was $1.5 trillion — that's up by 6% relative to pre-pandemic and 2019. It's really clear that this is a market that's here to stay and one that's growing."
!summarize #china #deepseek #ai #bigtech
Corporate travel is a "mammoth area of spend" for businesses, she added.
Last year, TravelPerk raised $104 million in venture funding from SoftBank and others to ramp up its investments in the development of AI technology and products.
Later in the year the company subsequently raised a further $135 million in debt financing and acquired AmTrav, a Chicago-based corporate travel booking software firm, to help it expand in the U.S. market.
The company subsequently raised a further $135 million in debt financing and acquired AmTrav, a Chicago-based corporate travel booking software firm, in June to help it expand in the U.S. market.
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"We think this is a very big market. We've sized it at about $200 billion, between the U.S. and Europe, of directly addressable market, SME and mid-market," Carolina Brochado, found partner and deputy head of EQT's growth fund, told CNBC.
"We think that, out of that $200 billion, about half of that is unmanaged. So, it's you and me at a company going to Booking.com for the hotel, going to Expedia for the flight. This is a very fragmented, disjointed experience."
Despite reaching scale with over 1,500 employees and a $2.7 billion valuation, Taunay-Bucalo said TravelPerk is in no rush for an IPO and is primarily focused on keeping customers happy.
"There is no plan in the short term for it," he said. "We want to be here in 100 years ... We have this almost unusually long-term view for a tech company. And as a consequence, the way we see the world is a little bit different. We don't want to do these quick things and then get out."
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Not worried about AI 'agents'
Taunay-Bucalo said TravelPerk will continue investing in AI to enhance its product offering and that the Yokoy acquisition will bring an "extremely strong AI team."
Devis Lussi, Yokoy's chief technology officer, previously worked at the Swiss-French particle physics laboratory CERN.
TravelPerk's technology chief isn't concerned by the emergence of so-called "agentic" AI, which refers to systems that can carry out actions autonomously on people's behalf instead of relying on prompts.
According to your graphs China's economy should have "collapsed" many times already. It didn't and probably won't this time either. Every time an indicator goes below a certain point it goes back up again. So why wouldn't the present doomsday signal revert to the mean as well ? "Collapse" is just a panicky word to gain attention over nothing.
Last week, OpenAI released Operator, an AI agent that can perform tasks such as planning vacations and making restaurant reservations on a user's behalf.
"The reality is, things don't change overnight," said Taunay-Bucalo, discussing OpenAI's Operaor announcement.
"Anything that we see is happening, we're going test it," he added. "We're going to test it. We're going to release it. If it works, we keep it. If it doesn't work, we kill it."
All these issues stem from an economy grappling with uncertainties, including housing problems,foreclosures, global fluctuations, and the aftermath of the pandemic, leading to instability. Rising inflation, sluggish growth, and trade disruptions demand urgent attention from all sectors to restore stability and stimulate growth.
UFCW and some of the store's employees in November said that management at Whole Foods engaged in an "aggressive anti-union campaign" after they filed for a union vote. UFCW filed a number of unfair labor practices with the NLRB over Whole Foods' conduct during the union drive.
"This fight is far from over, but today's victory is an important step forward," Wendell Young, president of UFCW Local 1776, the chapter representing the workers, said in a statement. "We are ready to bring Whole Foods to the bargaining table to negotiate a fair first contract that reflects the workers' needs and priorities."
Whole Foods said in a statement that it was "disappointed" by the outcome of the election, adding that it offers "competitive compensation, great benefits and career advancement opportunities" for employees.
"We are committed to maintaining a positive working environment in our Philly Center City store," the company said.
Whole Foods has largely operated as an autonomous subsidiary of Amazon since it was acquired for $13.7 billion in 2017. But more recently, Amazon has sought to bring Whole Foods closer. The company on Monday tapped Whole Foods CEO Jason Buechel for an expanded role leading its worldwide grocery business, which includes its Fresh supermarket chain, online grocery service and Go convenience stores.
The Monday vote in Philadelphia marks the first successful union campaign at a Whole Foods since it was acquired in 2017.
Employees at a Whole Foods store in Madison, Wisconsin, voted to join the UFCW in 2002, but employees at that store dissolved the union in 2003.
The labor victory comes as Amazon has faced a groundswell of union activity among its warehouse and delivery workforce in recent years. Employees have sought to unionize to obtain higher wages and improvements to working conditions.
!summarize #politics
Amazon has disputed criticisms from its employees, lawmakers and advocacy groups that its breakneck pace of work has led to high injury rates among its frontline workers. It's also pushed back on complaints that it has engaged in union-busting activity. Amazon last year joined SpaceX and Trader Joe's in arguing that the NLRB is unconstitutional. The NLRB has accused Amazon of violating federal labor laws in several cases.
The company employees at a Staten Island, New York, site in 2022 formed the company's first union at a U.S. warehouse, though they have struggled to negotiate a contract. The group voted to affiliate with the Teamsters last June.
Workers at an Amazon warehouse in North Carolina are slated to hold a union election next month.
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Venice plans to add 14 million VVV tokens each year. This will start with an inflation rate of 14%, but decrease as time goes on.
The new tokens will be distributed based on the demand for Venice’s AI services.
The Erik Voorhees’ Venice platform and VVV token launch follow a trend of combining AI and blockchain. Similar projects include Virtual Protocol, which creates AI agents on Ethereum’s Base.
Also, Ai16z focuses on decentralized AI investments using its native token. These projects showcase the growing interest in decentralized AI-powered applications despite challenges like scalability and regulation.
Overall, the Hive blockchain aims to provide a decentralized and community-driven alternative to traditional social media platforms and financial systems.
Decentralized AI platform Venice AI has launched VVV, its native token.
The protocol launched VVV on the Base Network.
The team unveiled the tokenomics, which includes airdropping to users.
Venice, a pioneering decentralized AI platform, has launched its new VVV token on the Ethereum Layer 2 network, Base.
According to The Block, this move marks a significant step toward integrating blockchain with artificial intelligence (AI). It aims to make AI more open and accessible to everyone. This approach eliminates the need for intermediaries in the process.
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The Chinese artificial intelligence company aims to stand out from its competitors by focusing on its reasoning abilities, where the model creates a "chain of thought" before providing the final answer to improve the accuracy of its responses.
"DeepSeek is a risk to the U.S. exceptionalism narrative, further questioning the 'Magnificent 7' dominance," Citi analysts wrote in a note.
Venice AI is all about giving people access to AI in a way free from censorship and control. The platform is built on open-source models and decentralized infrastructure.
This structure allows users to interact with AI without traditional intermediaries. Venice also makes accessing Large Language Models (LLMs) cheaper and faster than other AI systems.
The newly launched VVV token will play a pivotal role in this vision. It is designed to let AI agents, developers, and even bots access the Venice platform’s AI capabilities through a simple API.
Interestingly, users do not need to use VVV tokens to interact with the platform, designed to be open and user-friendly.
Sell-off in chip stocks 'quite a mistake'
Chip giant Nvidia lost almost $600 billion in market cap on Monday, logging the largest drop for a company in a single day in the U.S. The company posted its worst day in the market since March 2020 after its stock price plunged 17%. However, a rotation into more defensive areas of the U.S. market helped ease Monday's losses.
Overnight, other chip-related shares in international markets also fell. Netherlands-based chip companies ASML and ASM International saw declines during European trading hours. Micron and Arm Holdings dropped more than 11% and 10%, respectively.
The platform reduces friction and costs compared to traditional, closed-source AI systems. Since launching in May 2024, Venice has quickly gained popularity.
With over 450,000 users and 50,000 daily active users, the platform handles thousands of AI requests every hour. Venice’s goal is to make AI available to everyone without interference from big corporations or governments.
L1 needs to accelerate scaling blobs.
L1 also needs to do a moderate amount of scaling the EVM and increasing the gas limit, to be able to handle the activity that it will continue to have even in an L2-dominated world (eg. proofs, large-scale defi, deposits and withdrawals, exceptional mass exit scenarios, keystore wallets, asset issuance).
L2s need to continue improving security. The same security guarantees that one would expect from sharding (including eg. censorship resistance, light client verifiability, lack of enshrined trusted parties) should be available on L2s.
L2s, and wallets need to accelerate improving and standardizing interoperability. This includes chain-specific addresses, message-passing and bridge standards, efficient cross-chain payments, on-chain configs and more. Using Ethereum should feel like using a single ecosystem, not 34 different blockchains.
L2 deposit and withdraw times need to become much faster.
As long as basic interoperability needs are met, L2
As long as basic interoperability needs are met, L2 heterogeneity is good. Some L2s will be governance-minimized based rollups that run exact copies of the L1 EVM. Others will experiment with different VMs. Others will act more like servers that use Ethereum to give users extra security guarantees. We need L2s at each part of that spectrum.
We should think explicitly about economics of ETH. We need to make sure that ETH continues to accrue value even in an L2-heavy world, ideally solving for a variety of models of how value accrual happens.
DeepSeek either builds on existing inference infrastructure, or will itself stimulate new AI demand, said Richard Kaye, an analyst at global asset management group Comgest.
"In both cases, semiconductor intensity remains high," Kaye told CNBC via email.
"The deep fall in semiconductor equipment stocks, Tokyo Electron, ASML, Applied Materials, is quite a mistake," he added.
Scaling: blobs, blobs, blobs
With EIP-4844, we now have 3 blobs per slot, or a data bandwidth of 384 kB per slot. Quick napkin math suggests that this is 32 kB per second, and each transaction takes about 150 bytes onchain, so we get ~210 tx/sec. L2beat data gives us almost exactly this number.
With Pectra, scheduled for release in March, we plan to double this to 6 blobs per slot.
The current goal of Fusaka is to focus primarily on PeerDAS, ideally having nothing other than PeerDAS and EOF. PeerDAS could increase the blob count immediately by another 2-4x, and then 8x or more over time.
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Jensen Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., during a news conference in Taipei, Taiwan, on Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Nvidia is still working on the certification process for Samsung Electronics Co.'s high-bandwidth memory chips, a final required step before the Korean company can begin supplying a component essential to training AI platforms.
Nvidia also said that the GPUs that DeepSeek used were fully export compliant. That counters Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang's comments on CNBC last week that he believed DeepSeek used Nvidia GPUs models which are banned in mainland China. DeepSeek says it used special versions of Nvidia's GPUs intended for the Chinese market.
Analysts are now asking if multibillion-dollar capital investments from companies like Microsoft, Google and Meta for Nvidia-based AI infrastructure are being wasted when the same results can be achieved more cheaply.
Earlier this month, Microsoft said it is spending $80 billion on AI infrastructure in 2025 alone while Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg last week said the social media company planned to invest between $60 billion and $65 billion in capital expenditures in 2025 as part of its AI strategy.
"If model training costs prove to be significantly lower, we would expect a near-term cost benefit for advertising, travel, and other consumer app companies that use cloud AI services, while long-term hyperscaler AI-related revenues and costs would likely be lower," wrote BofA Securities analyst Justin Post in a note Monday.
!summarize #darioamodei #ai
Much of the AI boom and the demand for Nvidia GPUs was driven by the "scaling law," a concept in AI development proposed by OpenAI researchers in 2020. That concept suggested that better AI systems could be developed by greatly expanding the amount of computation and data that went into building a new model, requiring more and more chips.
Since November, Huang and Altman have been focusing on a new wrinkle to the scaling law, which Huang calls "test-time scaling."
This concept says that if a fully trained AI model spends more time using extra computer power when making predictions or generating text or images to allow it to "reason," it will provided better answers than it would have if it ran for less time.
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Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., greets customers during the first day of in-store sales of Apple's latest products at Apple's Fifth Avenue store in New York, US, on Friday, Sept. 20, 2024.
With the latest updates, Apple Intelligence will be turned on by default when the latest software update is installed, expanding the number of users who are exposed to the software. Apple Intelligence is marketed as being able to rewrite text, generate images, and summarize long emails and message threads.
"For users new or upgrading to iOS 18.3, Apple Intelligence will be enabled automatically during iPhone onboarding," Apple said in the developer release notes for the update.
Users will have to navigate to the Apple Intelligence page in the Settings app to turn it off, according to Apple.
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The latest software update also includes one of the most notable examples so far of Apple rolling back an AI feature after it generated controversy and subpar results. Apple joins Google and Microsoft as companies that were forced to recall new AI features after they generated harmful content or "hallucinations" that weren't based in reality.
Apple Intelligence can take stacks of notifications and simplify them into a three-sentence notification. However, the BBC and other news outlets discovered in December that the feature can twist news headlines into inaccurate information.
Earlier this month, Apple's system conflated notifications from BBC's sports app to say that "Brazilian tennis player, Rafael Nadal, comes out as gay." Nadal is Spanish and is married to Maria Francisca Perello.
The latest update disables Apple Intelligence for news and entertainment apps. Apple Intelligence also has been updated to show any notifications generated by its AI in italics, signifying which notifications are created by generative AI and which were pushed by the app itself.
"We're pleased that Apple has listened to our concerns and is pausing the summarization feature for news," a BBC spokesperson told CNBC.
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"Any organization can always push a little further and I'll be looking at additional opportunities," she said, referring to cost cutting, which sparked an internal reaction. Shortly after Ashkenazi's statements, employees pressed executives for clarity but weren't given any more details on Ashkenazi's plans.
The petition calls on Google CEO Sundar Pichai to offer buyouts before conducting layoffs, to guarantee severance to employees that get laid off and to not give low performance review ratings for the purpose of removing employees. The petition also calls for Google's leadership to offer voluntary buyouts before enacting layoffs.
In the petition, Google employees call on the company's leadership to not "force" low performance reviews to justify removing certain employees. Results from the company's annual performance review process, known as Google Reviews and Development, or GRAD, are expected soon.
The company does not have forced rating distributions for GRAD, and every employee is rated on their performance and impact based on their role, level and the expectations they set with their manager, a spokesperson for Google told CNBC.
The petition asks for guaranteed severance equivalent to what laid off employees were offered in January 2023. That year, Google laid off more than 12,000 employees. At the time, Google executives boasted of its severance package, which included 16 weeks salary plus two weeks for every additional year employees worked at the company.
Since then, Google has continued with more rounds of layoffs throughout its various division, and impacted employees have told CNBC that their severance packages have varied.
An OpenAI spokesperson told CNBC that the company acknowledges there are special considerations for government use of AI, and OpenAI wrote in a blog post Tuesday that the product is subject to its usage policies.
Aaron Wilkowitz, a solutions engineer at OpenAI, showed reporters a demo of a day in the life of a new Trump administration employee, allowing the person to sign into ChatGPT Gov and create a five-week plan for some of their job duties, then analyze an uploaded photo of the same printed-out plan with notes and markings all over it. Wilkowitz also demonstrated how ChatGPT Gov could draft a memo to the legal and compliance department summarizing its own AI-generated job plan and then translate the memo into different languages.
ChatGPT Enterprise, which underpins ChatGPT Gov, is currently going through the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, or FedRAMP, and has not yet been accredited for use on nonpublic data. Weil told CNBC it's a "long process," adding that he couldn't provide a timeline.
"I know President Trump is also looking at how we can potentially streamline that, because it's one way of getting more modern software tooling into the government and helping the government run more efficiently," Weil said. "So we're very excited about that."
But OpenAI's Millon said ChatGPT Gov will be available in the "near future," with customers potentially testing and using the product live "within a month." He said he foresees agencies with sensitive data, such as defense, law enforcement and health care, benefiting most from the product.
When asked if the Trump administration played a role in ChatGPT Gov, Weil said he was in Washington, D.C., for the inauguration and "got to spend a lot of time with folks coming into the new administration." He added that "the focus is on ensuring that the U.S. wins in AI" and that "our interests are very aligned."
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman attended the inauguration alongside other tech CEOs and has recently joined the growing tide of industry leaders publicly pronouncing their admiration for President Donald Trump or donating to his inauguration fund. Altman wrote on X that watching Trump "more carefully recently has really changed my perspective on him," adding that "he will be incredible for the country in many ways."
A few days before the inauguration, Altman received a letter from U.S. senators expressing concern that he is attempting to "cozy up to the incoming Trump administration" with the aim of avoiding regulation and limiting scrutiny.
Regarding China's DeepSeek, Weil told reporters the new developments don't change how OpenAI thinks about its product road map but instead "underscores how important it is that the U.S. wins this race."
"It's a super competitive industry, and this is showing that it's competitive globally, not just within the U.S.," Weil said. "We're committed to moving really quickly here. We want to stay ahead."
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks next to SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son after U.S. President Donald Trump delivered remarks on AI infrastructure at the Roosevelt room at White House in Washington, U.S., January 21, 2025.
Pat Riley and the Miami Heat announced Monday that...Jimmy Butler was suspended indefinitely. Jimmy Butler has been trying to force his way out of Miami...while Pat Riley and the Heat have had enough of his antics.
We discuss the Jimmy Butler situation in Miami...and explain how player empowerment has destroyed the NBA. We offer a solution to the problem...and explain why an extended labor strike is likely needed for the NBA to reset.
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Ever wonder where military planes go to retire? The world’s largest boneyard, AMARG in Arizona, holds thousands of aircraft across 2,600 acres—some scrapped, others preserved for future use.
Have you ever wondered what happens to military planes after they’re retired? Welcome to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG), the largest aircraft boneyard in the world. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this 2,600-acre facility is home to over 4,000 aircraft, including legendary bombers, fighters, and cargo planes.
Known as “The Boneyard,” AMARG isn’t just a graveyard for planes—it’s also a hub for recycling, preservation, and even restoration. Some aircraft are scrapped for parts, while others are refurbished for service or sold to allies. With its dry desert climate, Tucson provides the perfect conditions to preserve these aviation giants.
molecular biologists at University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass AMherst) are pioneering a method to extract critical minerals such as nickel using plants to transition to clean energy.
Currently, Amherst scientists aim to engineer Camelina sativa, a member of the mustard family, to behave like another plant that “hyperaccumulates” nickel.
According to UMASS Amherst, this ”critical electrical component” is needed in the United States to fuel the green economy, including energy-efficient batteries and electric vehicles.
All plants need nutrients to live and thrive, but a special group known as “hyperaccumulators” have a superstar ability to absorb minerals.
Om Parkash Dhankher, a professor of molecular biology and phytoremediation at UMASS Amherst’s Stockbridge School of Agriculture, has spent the last few decades developing a method to enhance this innate power to turn mining into a green enterprise.
Phytomining or turning plants into miners
Professor Om Parkash Dhankher specializes in “phytoremediation” at UMASS Amherst. He first studies how plants could possibly aid in detoxing the soil, effectively cleaning it, as all plants derive their food source by extracting nutrients.
The next logical step in his work would be to apply the same natural system of extraction to harvest minerals. And one plant, in particular, the Odontarrhena (formerly Alyssum murale) “hyperaccumulates” nickel.
Only one company, the press release states, is mining nickel conventionally in the US. Science wants to introduce a plant-based approach to evade the adverse environmental impact of mining.
This is important as nearly one million acres of topsoil contains trace amounts of nickel.
One of Tesla’s great advantages is its proprietary, fully integrated system. No manufacture, except, some say BYD, produces a proprietary, fully integrated system. Tesla produces its own components and writes its own software, so the car simply “works”. I don’t hear much about BYD’s proprietary systems anymore, does it really exist in their cars ?
Would love to see a smaller Cybertruck, I, like many others, passed on our Cybertruck reservations. The truck is simply too big, too expensive and does not have the range promised, a smaller Cybertruck would solve a lot of these issues, plus make it feasible to market the truck in foreign markets. I read for example, one tire for the Cybertruck runs $1700.
However, Alyssum’s profile as an invasive species even, though up to 3 percent of its biomass can be comprised of nickel, makes it unfavorable for industry use. Which is why Professor Dhankher and his colleague have turned to Camelina sativa.
The pesky weed, widely used in the US, grows twice and thrice as fast as Alyssum. Its seeds contain a central ingredient in biofuels, so the plant already has a presence in the US as “a green material.”
Professor Dhankher wants to learn how Alyssum biologically retains so much Nickel that he can engineer Camelina sativa to phytomine nickel.
“Our idea” Dhankher said as per the UMass Amherst release, “is to determine which genes and proteins are responsible for Alyssum’s nickel hyperaccumulation, then re-engineer Camelina so that it, too, can hyperaccumulate nickel. We also want to determine which soil amendments will optimize the engineered Camelina’s ability to pull even more nickel from the soil.”
Time to tap into nickel
If Dhankher can manipulate Camelina to act like Alyssum, the country could accelerate the green transition as it would bolster the environmentally friendly industries that need critical minerals and biofuels.
Though the technique wouldn’t be able to satiate the market, it could provide up to 20 to 30 percent of the demand, Dhankher said as per UMASS Amherst. He also believes that there is enough nickel available to supply for 50 years of phytomining.
The US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Project has granted Dhankher and colleague Xing an over million-dollar grant to cultivate this powerhouse plant, demonstrating the potential and appeal of their research.
With newly inaugurated President Trump appointing Mel Gibson, Jon Voight and Sylvester Stallone as his Hollywood Ambassadors, I sat down with Hollywood veteran Andrew Klavan.
Can Hollywood really be saved?
Andrew Klavan had a glittering as a Hollywood script writer. Since leaving, and on top of the over 40 books he’s published, he is a political pundit at The Daily Wire.
We discuss how Hollywood came on done, the role of Jesus in film and popular culture, politics in the arts and much more…
Innovative battery design propels Cornell’s jellyfish robot
Both bio-inspired robots’ core is the redox flow battery (RFB), a system where electrolytic fluids catalyze energy release through redox reactions. This “beating heart” powers the robots efficiently and sustainably.
The jellyfish robot, in particular, leverages an RFB enhanced by a tendon mechanism. This design allows the jellyfish to alter its shape and achieve movement, ascending when the bell expands and descending as it relaxes.
Professor Rob Shepherd highlights the leap in battery technology led by Lynden Archer’s team. Their robot features dual redox batteries using zinc iodide and zinc bromide. A key advancement is the integration of graphene, which prevents dendrite buildup, facilitating smoother and more reliable battery charging cycles.
Additionally, the strategic addition of bromine enhances ion transport in the zinc bromide battery, substantially boosting the robot’s power density and operational agility. These enhancements have extended the jellyfish robot’s active period to about 90 minutes, significantly increasing its efficacy and speed.
Modular design enhances mobility in Cornell’s worm robot
The worm robot showcases its unique, modular design, consisting of interconnected pods, each equipped with a motor and tendon actuator. This configuration allows the robot to alter its shape dynamically, enabling a broad range of movements.
Chong-Chan Kim, the study’s lead author, employed a novel dry-adhesion method during the manufacturing process, bonding Nafion separators directly to the robot’s frame. This technique efficiently separates anolytes and catholytes within the robot, facilitating smooth electron flow and energy distribution.
Professor Shepherd explained the dual functionality of the hydraulic fluid used in the robot, serving both as a battery and a force provider. “This dual role not only reduces the robot’s overall weight but enhances its energy efficiency, allowing for extended travel distances,” Shepherd noted.
The worm robot’s design enables it to navigate challenging terrains, from inching along flat surfaces to scaling vertical pipes using a two-anchor crawling method similar to a caterpillar’s movement.
Although not built for speed, taking about 35 hours to cover 344 feet (105 meters), the worm robot is faster than other hydraulically powered counterparts. It is ideally suited for exploration in confined spaces like pipelines, potentially aiding in maintenance and repairs.
Both robots represent significant progress toward robust, energy-efficient robotic designs capable of performing complex tasks in different environments. Shepherd envisions incorporating high-capacity lithium-polymer batteries in embodied-energy robots with skeletal structures as this technology evolves, making them more versatile.
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has partnered with the Carnegie Institution for Science to perform laboratory experiments that recreate the conditions of Saturn’s moon Titan in a tiny vial.
The experiments corroborate an existing theory regarding the way Titan maintains its dense atmosphere.
The scientific community has taken a particular interest in Titan due to the fact it may have once harbored microbial extraterrestrial life. It is also the only moon in our solar system that has a significant atmosphere.
Titan’s mysterious atmosphere
For the SwRI and Carnegie experiments, the scientists set out to better understand how Titan maintains its thick nitrogen-rich atmosphere. The team published their findings in a paper in the journal Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.
Titan, the second-largest moon in our solar system after Jupiter’s Ganymede, has a denser atmosphere than Earth. Ever since it was first discovered in 1944, scientists have pondered and investigated the evolution of Titan’s atmosphere.
“While just 40 percent the diameter of the Earth, Titan has an atmosphere 1.5 times as dense as the Earth’s, even with a lower gravity,” SwRI’s Dr. Kelly Miller, lead author of the paper, explained in a press statement. “Walking on the surface of Titan would feel a bit like scuba diving.”
Unsurprisingly, humans wouldn’t be able to survive on the surface of Titan, despite the fact it has an atmosphere. That dense lunar atmosphere is made up of approximately 95 percent nitrogen and 5 percent methane.
“The presence of methane is critical to the existence of Titan’s atmosphere,” Miller continued. “The methane is removed by reactions caused by sunlight and would disappear in about 30 million years after which the atmosphere would freeze onto the surface. Scientists think an internal source must replenish the methane, or else the atmosphere has a geologically short lifetime.”
Corroborating the replenishment theory
Miller was also lead author for a 2019 paper published in the Astrophysical Journal that proposed a theoretical model for the replenishment of Titan’s atmosphere. In it, Miller and a team of scientists theorized that organic materials are heated up in Titan’s rocky interior. These would then release nitrogen and methane, which seeps out at the surface, forming the moon’s thick atmosphere.
In their new experiments, Miller and his team corroborated this theory by simulating the conditions of Titan’s interior in small vials. To do this, they heated organic materials within the vials to temperatures of 482 to 932 degree Fahrenheit (250 to 500°C) at pressures of up to 10 kilobars.
As expected, these experiments produced carbon gases like carbon dioxide and methane. They did so in sufficient quantities to be able to supply Titan’s atmospheric reservoir.
Of course, there is a lot the scientific community doesn’t yet know about Titan. NASA will send a probe called Dragonfly to the Saturn moon in the year 2028.
The Dragonfly mission will include a quadcopter influenced by the US space agency’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter. The chopper will explore and investigate Titan’s atmosphere, beaming a wealth of new data back to Earth. Scientists hope they will be able to use this new information to determine whether Saturn’s moon once had habitable conditions.
Real: 1) It is/was the #1 download in the relevant App Store category. Obviously ahead of ChatGPT; something neither Gemini nor Claude was able to accomplish. 2) It is comparable to o1 from a quality perspective although lags o3. 3) There were real algorithmic breakthroughs that led to it being dramatically more efficient both to train and inference. Training in FP8, MLA and multi-token prediction are significant. 4) It is easy to verify that the r1 training run only cost $6m. While this is literally true, it is also deeply misleading. 5) Even their hardware architecture is novel and I will note that they use PCI-Express for scale up.
Nuance: 1) The $6m does not include “costs associated with prior research and ablation experiments on architectures, algorithms and data” per the technical paper. “Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?” This means that it is possible to train an r1 quality model with a $6m run if a lab has already spent hundreds of millions of dollars on prior research and has access to much larger clusters. Deepseek obviously has way more than 2048 H800s; one of their earlier papers referenced a cluster of 10k A100s. An equivalently smart team can’t just spin up a 2000 GPU cluster and train r1 from scratch with $6m. Roughly 20% of Nvidia’s revenue goes through Singapore. 20% of Nvidia’s GPUs are probably not in Singapore despite their best efforts. 2) There was a lot of distillation - i.e. it is unlikely they could have trained this without unhindered access to GPT-4o and o1.
The last point for the collaboration will be the evaluation of solutions for recycling and recovering waste material resulting from production and the recycling of used components.
3D printing XAMR micro reactors parts
3D printers will be used to produce components for the XAMR microreactor. Phoenix Manufacture will lend its expertise to assist NAAREA with design reviews and the manufacturing of these parts throughout the project phases.
“We have chosen to rely on the expertise and skill of Phoenix Manufacture, a French company that will contribute to the design of an XAMR micro reactor made in France. Incorporating additive manufacturing represents a major asset for us: it will allow us to produce parts with consistent quality controlled in situ at each step of the manufacturing process,” said Jean-Luc Alexandre, Founder and CEO of Naarea.
“Additive manufacturing also makes it possible to lower production costs, reduce assembly needs and meet the highest standards in terms of safety and security, which remains our absolute priority,” he added in the statement.
“We are proud of this strategic partnership with Naarea, since additive manufacturing is at the heart of our vision for French reindustrialization. We firmly believe that this disruptive technology is profoundly transforming all industries, in particular the nuclear sector,” said Marco Calcamuggi, CEO and co-founder of Phoenix Manufacture.
Naarea’s nuclear microreactor technology
The XAMR micro reactor from Naarea combines three key technologies: molten salt, fast neutrons and small modular reactors (SMRs). The microreactor will use long-lived nuclear waste. The company says it will use the spent radioactive material stored in France – with the reserve potentially lasting for several hundred years.
The company aims to close the fuel cycle and promote the circular economy completely. The fast neutron reactor can produce 40 MW of electricity and heat (80 MW thermal) from nuclear spent fuel.
“Naarea’s micro reactor consists of a molten salt reactor operating at close to atmospheric pressure and salt-cooled, in which an inherently auto-regulated fission reaction takes place at a high temperature around 1292 degrees Fahrenheit (700° C), as per the company.
Grok-3 looms large and might significantly impact the above conclusions. This will be the first significant test of scaling laws for pre-training arguably since GPT-4. In the same way that it took several weeks to turn v3 into r1 via RL, it will likely take several weeks to run the RL necessary to improve Grok-3’s reasoning capabilities. The better the base model, the better the reasoning model should be as the three scaling laws are multiplicative - pre-training, RL during post-training and test-time compute during inference (a function of the RL). Grok-3 has already shown it can do tasks beyond o1 - see the Tesseract demo - how far beyond is going to be important. To paraphrase an anonymous Orc from “The Two Towers,” meat might be back on the menu very shortly. Time will tell and “when the facts, I change my mind.”
Moreover, it will not use water which will reduce the risk of explosion. This, combined with other features, will give it a much higher safety profile.
The company says that on its own, it could produce the first microreactors by 2027 and increase production gradually over five years. Further, its small size can allow it to be installed close to consumers to meet their needs best, thus enabling the decentralization of energy production.
Supernova’s proprietary VLM technology
As per the company, VLM can handle materials of unlimited viscosity, which enables new formulations such as the high solid-loading used in energetic materials.
It is a lithography-based additive manufacturing technique that uses a transparent film to transfer material onto a build platform, where they are cured by light to form 3D printed parts.
The material is first picked up by a roller, laminated to the underside of a transparent film, then transferred to the printing area. The build plate comes into contact with the recently laminated material at the desired layer thickness. The UV light engine cures the material solely in the specified area to create a new layer of the object to be printed.
The build plate retreats, peeling the recently cured layer from the film, while the unused material is recovered and recirculated to the reservoir.
Supernova says that its formulations feature over 88 percent solid load, ensuring superior energy density and performance efficiency in energetic materials. Moreover, the particles are evenly distributed within the material, ensuring consistent performance, preventing weak spots, and eliminating air gaps, which improves the material’s strength and integrity.
The company says that its solutions offer capabilities to transform and enhance solid rocket motors’ propulsion systems, including missiles, rockets, and other aerospace applications. For example, it can use geometry to improve the propellant burn efficiency, resulting in a higher percentage of the chemical energy being converted into thrust, rather than being wasted as heat or unburned residues. It can also help design a specific geometry for each solid rocket motor according to its operational requirements.
It can also help design the next generation of explosives that can meet application-specific requirements for more efficient detonations with lighter components.
The third could be designing more efficient bullet grains with the highest energy density, higher velocity, and reduced weight.
US contract for designing military-grade energetic materials
Military-grade energetic materials are capable of rapidly releasing significant amounts of energy through chemical and physical reactions, used in explosives, propellants, and pyrotechnics.
These materials are necessary for the proper functioning of defense systems. However, traditional processing techniques limit their potential, as per a press release from the company.
Under the $2 million subcontract, Supernova’s VLM processing will aim to provide key innovations to enhance safety, ensure material consistency, reduce waste stream, and unlock new performance capabilities.
“The technology that Supernova is developing will enable the production of critical components for weapon systems that are essential for national security,” said Victor Boelscher, Head of Federal Programs at ACMI Federal.
“ACMI’s Critical Chemicals Pilot Program is designed to support Defense Industrial Base (DIB) resilience by taking commercial solutions and rapidly adapting them for DOD use. Supernova’s innovative technology fits this role, and we are excited to be partnering with them to meet a critical capability for the DOD.”
Infrastructure and vision
The WGEH will go further than just energy generation. It will also incorporate hydrogen electrolyzers, data centers, cooling systems, and a vast amount of auxiliary electric energy systems.
One of the principal parts will be a plant for green ammonia production, determined as the flagship export product for the hub’s environmental assessment. Ammonia, a green renewable energy source, can easily be used as a sustainable fuel and an industrial feedstock in global markets.
The development will also include worker accommodations, fabrication facilities, and an infrastructure corridor from the hub to the coast. The construction is planned to be done in approximately 30 years and will be split into 7 stages. The last stage will have 35 nodes of renewable energy, each with 2-3GW of power.
These undertakings are not new for InterContinental Energy and CWP Global. The duo had previously worked on a 26GW-sized mega project in Australia, which is currently owned by BP, and a 25GW-sized energy plant in Oman. But even with that said, WEGH is the most ambitious project as of yet as it has the power to greatly transform Australia’s renewable energy footprint.
The WGEH embodies the world’s transition to sustainable energy and climate resiliency.
This project intends to achieve exceptional new levels of renewable power and firmly place Australia as a green hydrogen and ammonia superpower, by taking advantage of the largely untapped coastal desert in Western Australia
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According to researchers, Georgia Tech’s Shimon advanced further, composing music using deep neural networks. Waseda University developed anthropomorphic robots like WABOT-2, WF-4RIV, and WAS-1, capable of playing instruments and interacting with humans. Additional examples include the drum robot to learn intricate rhythms and HRP-2 for drum and theremin jobs.
Studies also highlight human synchronicity by fusing sensory prediction, audio-visual cues, and sheet music identification. Intelligent humanoid robots that were previously rigid are becoming more flexible, which will allow for seamless musical interactions between people and technology.
With an emphasis on durability and versatility, the new study investigates the creation of a rock band utilizing humanoid robots devoid of complex mechanical designs. The goal is to create a system that allows for smooth collaboration with human musicians for complex concerts by utilizing already-existing robots.
In the Humanoid Application Challenge (HAC), the team’s efforts have been recognized, as they placed first in 2017 and second in 2018. The team created a humanoid robot band in response to HAC’s 2019 introduction of the robot music theme, placing second in both 2019 and 2020.
The band features Oscar, a Robotis-OP3 keyboardist, and Polaris, a custom-built drummer playing Wii Rock Band drums, showcasing innovative musical capabilities.
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Creative robot harmony
The research demonstrates significant advancements in integrating humanoid robots into creative fields, particularly music, through innovative synchronization, interaction, and technical systems.
To effortlessly synchronize with human musicians, the robots used sophisticated multimodal sensory integration, which combines visual, auditory, and predictive systems. Human-robot interaction was improved via improved communication protocols, which allowed the robots to react to human stimuli in a natural way.
The system’s exact hardware-software synchronization, made possible by the ROS, enables real-time beat prediction, musical note interpretation, and performance modifications.
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“The novelty of our system lies in the unified framework that enables both robots to perform synchronously using a centralized control architecture, which significantly reduces latency and ensures real-time communication,” said the team in a statement.
By introducing heuristic models for real-time musical improvisation, enhancing social interaction abilities to engage audiences, and refining synchronization algorithms for better timing, future research expands on this foundation.
According to the study, the study highlights the transformative potential of humanoid robots in music and beyond, paving the way for applications in education, therapy, and public engagement by demonstrating their ability to interact, adapt, and collaborate creatively in real-world scenarios.
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World’s first ‘wall-of-turbines’ gets funding boost for offshore deployment
Technology incubator Enova has granted the concept 1.2 billion kroner, US$107 million, to build a demonstrator facility.
The world’s first-ever ‘wall-of-turbines’ took a major step towards becoming a reality after Norwegian technology incubator Enova granted the concept 1.2 billion kroner (US$107 million) funding to build the first demonstrator site. Wind Catching Systems (WCS), the company that proposed the concept, is expected to project by 2029, a press release said.
As the world looks for greener ways to power its economy, solar and wind power plants are being installed at an unprecedented scale. For countries with larger coastlines, offshore wind projects are preferred since they do not occupy land, freeing it up for other purposes.
Over the years, equipment manufacturers have been scaling up the size of the wind turbines to maximize the energy conversion from high-speed winds. However, this has also thrown up other challenges during the construction and maintenance of the turbines. Bigger supporting infrastructure, such as cranes, is required to maintain offshore wind farms, increasing energy production costs.
Norway-based Wind Catching Systems has a relatively simpler solution to this problem.
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Wall of Turbines
Founded in 2017, WCS’ journey began with the question of whether the conventional approach of using a single turbine for energy production was right. Instead, the founders devised a radically different multi-turbine design that could maximize energy generation in a given area.
Instead of a single turbine sweeping a large area, WCS’s WindCatcher uses multiple small turbines arranged in a wall-like pattern. According to the company, the 1 MW turbines used in its setup can capture 2.5 times more energy per square meter of wind flow than a standard three-blade turbine.
The smaller size of the turbines allows them to be mass-produced at a lower cost. In case of failure of one turbine, the WindCatcher continues to operate with other functional turbines without a significant drop in energy production. Replacement of the failed turbine can be carried out on-site without requiring specialized ships or cranes, reducing maintenance costs.
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Demonstrator project
As per the press release, the world’s first demonstrator for the Windcatcher will be located northwest of Bergen, outside the municipality of Øygarden and north of Vestavind in Norway. Financial support for the project comes from Enova, the country’s technology incubator, supported by the Ministry of Climate and Environment.
The Demonstrator will use 40 one-megawatt (MW) turbines to showcase the concept’s performance and cost-effectiveness. With a 40 MW installed capacity, the demonstrator will generate 99 GWh of energy annually.
While Norway currently has expertise in oil and gas, the government is keen to build technology and products for the renewable energy sector. Enova’s call for innovative designs for offshore wind projects received nine applications, from which WCS was selected.
“The technology that the Wind Catching Demonstrator uses has great potential, and the company behind the project has worked hard for several years to mature the technology and reduce the risk,” explained Oskar Gärdeman, senior advisor for floating offshore wind at Enova.
“Our role is to ensure technology development and in this way reduce costs,” said Nils Kristian Nakstad, CEO of Enova, in the press release. “It is gratifying that several players want to take the lead in such an exciting venture.”
The support scheme is intended to make floating offshore installations in Norway faster and cheaper. Norway has ambitious plans to float 30 GW of offshore wind energy projects by 2040.
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Ameya Paleja Ameya is a science writer based in Hyderabad, India. A Molecular Biologist at heart, he traded the micropipette to write about science during the pandemic and does not want to go back. He likes to write about genetics, microbes, technology, and public policy.
The United States Air Force (USAF) has announced a $7 billion cash injection for its prototype next-generation jet engine program. The next-generation adaptive propulsion (NGAP) program will receive additional funding to help General Electric (GE) and Pratt & Whitney continue their research and development without further delay.
The NGAP is a fundamental part of the larger Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) initiative but is also potentially crucial for other advanced aviation programs.
According to a daily contracting notice from the USAF, Pratt and Whitney (now a subsidiary of Raytheon) include a new $3.5 billion funding ceiling for “design, analysis, rig testing, prototype engine build and testing, and weapon system integration.” GE has also received a similar funding ceiling.
The notice also states that “The contract modification is for the execution of the prototype phase of the Next Generation Adaptive Propulsion program and is focused on delivering a state-of-the-art propulsion system with a flexible architecture that can be tailored for future combat aircraft operating across various mission threads, and digitally transforming the propulsion industrial base.”
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NGAP gets a finance boost
Funding for the NGAP first commenced in 2022, with additional contracts awarded to Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman, the three primary contractors for the NGAD jet. Each of them received somewhere in the region of $1 billion apiece for their research.
However, only GE and Pratt and Whitney will be funded to further their XA102 and XA103 engine designs. Beyond the names, however, little concrete information is publically available.
It is known that both engines are examples of adaptive cycle designs. This means their bypass ratios can be adjusted on demand while in flight between modes.
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Such a design translates into very high fuel efficiency or added power depending on the aircraft’s needs at a particular time.
This capability could prove vital for future large-scale combat situations where an aircraft might need to switch from fuel-efficient cruising en route to a combat situation. Once in position, the aircraft can then boost its power to actually engage the enemy.
That being said, the former, the XA102, passed a major design review in 2023, with the latter, the XA103, following suit last year. In both cases, The War Zone (TWZ) reports were based on earlier work for potential upgrade works on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighters.
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Other armed forces branches interested
According to Pratt and Whitney, its XA100-series engine is at least 25% more efficient than the F135 currently used on the F-35. They also claim it can provide 10- to 20% more thrust.
This work was part of the USAF’s former Adaptive Engine Transition Program (AETP), which was scrapped in 2023 to upgrade the existing Pratt & Whitney F135 engine. However, additional funding was made available last year for AETP to continue.
Beyond the USAF, other United States armed forces branches have also shown signs of interest in the NGAP engines. But this is not a certainty, especially with the United States Navy heavily invested in its 6th-gen carrier-capable stealth fighter called the F/A-XX.
The final working model of the NGAP is unlikely to be seen before 2032. However, the additional funding will likely go a long way for GE, Pratt, and Whitney to at least get past the prototype stage and deliver something more concrete for the USAF’s NGAD and other programs in the works.
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!summarize #china #deepseek
!summarize #trump #selenagomez #hollywood #deportation
!summarize #left #right #rfkjr #tulsi #senate #cabinet
!summarize #nymets #ryanmountcastle #trade #baltimore #orioles #mlb
Megyn Kelly is joined by Mark Halperin and Dan Turrentine, co-hosts of 2Way's The Morning Meeting, to discuss the attacks from both political parties on Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the challenges he faces to getting through the confirmation process, the wild accusations his cousin Caroline Kennedy is saying now publicly, the MAHA movement's growth and success, and more.
!summarize #generalmotots #buick #dealers #lithiummining #automotive
!summarize #tomhoman #deportation #immigration
!summarize4 #nymets #mountcastle #mlb #orioles
!summarize #stephenasmith #donaldtrump kamalaharris
!summarize #aaronboone #nyyankees #juansoto #mlb
!summarize #immigration #memphis #deportation #criminals
!summarize #tesla #modely #juniper
!summarize #nfl #coaches #aaronglenn #jacksonville #jauguars
The assassination of President John F Kennedy reverberated throughout the world as the tragic loss of a charismatic, energetic young leader. Known for his inspiring speeches and support for civil rights, his murder has spawned a library of conspiracies all about who could have benefited from it. Was it the Soviets? The CIA? The Mob?! Well, the truth may be about to come out, as Donald Trump has signed orders for the declassification of government reports on the JFK, RFK and MLK Jr assassinations. Conspiracy theorists and their detractors alike are anxious to see what these secretive files may reveal.
For an exploration of all possibilities, Piers Morgan brings together author Jefferson Morley, former Capo for the Colombo crime family Michael Franzese and former CIA officer and host of 'The President's Daily Brief' Mike Baker.
!summarize #kennedyfiles #declassification #assassination #conspiracy
!summarize #maga #elonmusk #vivek
!summarize #trump #jimacosta #cnn #media
Jim Acosta is outraged with CNN president Mark Thompson...and his demand that Jim Acosta move to midnights in CNN daily lineup. Instead of accepting these proposed changes...Jim Acosta has decided to leave CNN. Tuesday morning...Jim Acosta said goodbye to his CNN audience for the final time.
We reveal and react to Jim Acosta quitting CNN. We discuss media reaction to Jim Acosta quitting...and the media narrative that CNN is surrendering to Donald Trump. We explain why CNN is actually surrendering to normal people...while also explaining why letting go of Jim Acosta won't be enough.
!summarize #newyorkmagazine #megynkelly #maga #liberal
!summarize #jomabbott #mlb #pitcher
!summartize #carolinekennedy #rfkjr
!summarize #aaronglenn #nyjets #mlb
!summarize #universities #marcandreeson #woke #censorship
!summarize #shipping #blatic #bdi #job
!summarize #immigration #ice #deportation
Shipping rates have plunged in January. The sinking demand for raw materials is another warning about the state of the economy in 2025. It was one echoed yet again by American consumers who, after a short reprieve on rate cuts and election, are right back to worrying about jobs and incomes all over again.
!summarize #trump #federalworkers #buyout
!summarize #trump #federalworkers #buyout #resignation
!summarize #organizedcrime #retail #shoplifting #crime
!summarize #newyork #drug #policies #tax
!summarize #ice #newyorkcity #gang #arrest #bronx #washingtonheights
!summarize #market #crashi #valuation #investing
!summarize #oscars #slyvesterstallone #hollywood
!summarize #joyreid #cnn #msnbc #media
Megyn Kelly is joined by Mark Halperin and Dan Turrentine, co-hosts of 2Way's The Morning Meeting, to discuss the ridiculous attack by Joy Reid against Trump over his immigration policy, CNN pundit Catherine Rampell pushing the false narrative about Elon Musk's salute, and more.
!summarize #newhampshire #karolinelevitt #briefinf #presssecretary #trump
Join Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Jack Fowler for discussion of the fight for Hegseth, US Naval Academy, Elon salute, Trump in California takes on bureaucracy, Bass's radical past, pardons, and the special consideration of Mike Pompeo.
!summarize #deepseek #stock #trades
!summarize #eaton #california #wildfire #utility #lawsuit
!summarize #javiermilei #argentina #president
!summarize #victordavishanson #trump #president
Victor Davis Hanson dives deep into the Trump phenomenon, unraveling the former president's unconventional style and its impact on American politics. Hanson explores how Trump’s lack of adherence to traditional hierarchies and protocols sets him apart—both as a leader and as a disruptor. From dining with working-class individuals to surrounding himself with a menagerie of diverse figures like Hulk Hogan, Tulsi Gabbard, and Joe Rogan, Trump’s accessibility and disregard for elitist norms resonate with many but ruffle establishment feathers.
Hanson shares revealing anecdotes that highlight Trump’s empathy for everyday people, from generous gestures toward kitchen staff to affirming words for working-class Americans. He explains how this unique rapport with blue-collar voters stems from Trump’s background as a builder and outsider, contrasting sharply with traditional Republican and elitist tendencies.
The discussion shifts to policy, where Hanson outlines the challenges of Trump’s MAGA agenda. From the paradoxes of cutting taxes while expanding military spending to the complexities of immigration reform, Hanson critiques both the potential pitfalls and the broader implications of these initiatives. Whether it's confronting the misuse of H1-B visas or navigating the sensitive balance of deportations, Hanson paints a nuanced picture of the hurdles Trump faces in maintaining his populist base.
This thought-provoking analysis provides a deeper understanding of Trump’s approach to leadership, his connection to working Americans, and the strategic challenges ahead. Don’t miss Hanson’s insights into the evolving MAGA movement and its impact on America’s political and cultural landscape.
!summarize #drones #presssecretary #trump #media
!summarize #cnn #trump #ratings
!summarize #jimacosta #cnn #cablenews #media
!summarize #rondesantis #trump #rino #florida
!summarize #trump #deepstate
Megyn Kelly is joined by Mark Halperin and Dan Turrentine, co-hosts of 2Way's The Morning Meeting, to discuss the challenges that Tulsi Gabbard faces with her confirmation, the skepticism of her by some on the right, and more.
!summarize #media #military
!summarize #cohen #petealonso #nymets #mllb
Microsoft's underperformance has investors looking to cloud for growth
Microsoft's stock has badly lagged its tech peers in the past year as cloud growth has been basically stagnant in recent quarters.
Microsoft is in the middle of the artificial intelligence boom, but it's been a while since investors have seen the rewards.
The software giant's stock price is up less than 8% in the past year. That's by far the weakest gain among the eight U.S. tech megacap companies. Apple has the next slimmest increase at 19%, followed by Alphabet at 26%. All the others are up at least 48%, and Tesla is the top performer in the group, up 117%.
Microsoft is also badly trailing the tech-heavy Nasdaq, which has gained 25% in the past year.
#microsoft #ai #cloud #technology #stock
That's the backdrop heading into Microsoft's quarterly earnings report Wednesday. The company is kicking off tech earnings season, along with Meta and Tesla. Apple follows on Thursday, and Alphabet and Amazon report next week.
The biggest question for Microsoft shareholders surrounds the company's Azure cloud-computing business and whether it will show accelerating growth.
In October, Microsoft told investors that demand for Azure services outstripped supply because of a delay from a third-party provider. Finance chief Amy Hood said she still foresees an increase in Azure's growth rate in the first half of 2025, but for the December quarter, she called for 31% to 32% growth at constant currency, which would be down from 34% in the prior period. Microsoft's stock slipped 6% the next day.
UK raises cloud competition concerns, names Microsoft and Amazon as dominant players
Britain's antitrust watchdog on Tuesday raised concerns over competition in the multi-billion-pound cloud computing market.
Britain's antitrust watchdog on Tuesday raised concerns over competition in the multi-billion-pound cloud computing market and singled out Microsoft and Amazon as the dominant players.
An independent Competition and Markets Authority inquiry group provisionally recommended that the regulator considers investigating Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft's Azure cloud unit under new digital markets legislation.
#uk #cloud #microsoft #amazon #aws
In a statement, the CMA said it estimates the cloud services market was worth £9 billion ($11.18 billion) in 2023 — a figure growing over 30% year-on-year. The CMA noted that, currently, businesses face a limited choice of providers when it comes to cloud services.
The regulator called AWS and Microsoft "the two large providers of cloud services, each with a share of up to 40% of UK customer spend on cloud services."
Notably, it added Google was the third-biggest provider "with a much smaller share."
SoftBank-backed TravelPerk doubles valuation to $2.7 billion, plans fintech push
Corporate travel platform TravelPerk raised $200 million from investors including Atomico and EQT in a funding round valuing the startup at $2.7 billion.
TravelPerk, a corporate travel platform, raised $200 million from investors including Atomico and EQT in a funding round valuing the firm at $2.7 billion, the company told CNBC.
The fresh financing doubles TravelPerk's market value from January 2024, when it raised $104 million on a $1.4 billion valuation. Noteus Partners also participated in this latest investment round.
#softbank #travelperk #fintech #investing
In addition to the funding round, the Barcelona-based startup revealed it acquired Yokoy, a Swiss spend management platform, a deal that will see it expand its reach into financial services and become a more unified travel and expenses platform.
As a result of the acquisition, Yokoy investor Sequoia Capital will join TravelPerk's cap table alongside existing investors General Catalyst, Kinnevik, Softbank's Vision Fund and Blackstone.
TravelPerk said the fresh cash would be used to accelerate growth, fuel expansion in the U.S. market and investment in product, tech and artificial intelligence.
Whole Foods workers in Philadelphia vote to form Amazon-owned grocery store's first union
The vote marks the first successful organizing effort at Whole Foods since Amazon acquired the grocer for $13.7 billion in 2017.
Whole Foods employees at a Philadelphia store voted to form a union Monday night, marking the first successful organizing campaign at the Amazon-owned upscale grocer.
Store workers cast 130 votes in favor and 100 votes against joining the United Food and Commercial Workers union, a spokesperson for the UFCW said. The store, which is located in Philadelphia's Spring Garden neighborhood, employs roughly 300 workers.
#whilefoods #amazon #union #philadelphia
The vote is the latest instance of Amazon workers putting pressure on the company to deliver higher wages and safety improvements. Amazon has faced an upswing in organizing among its warehouse and delivery workforce in recent years. The company has argued its employees don't need unions, which stand to disrupt the control it has over its workforce.
Staffers are hoping that a union will help them negotiate for higher wages, improvements to their schedules and secure "a fair workload that doesn't leave us burned out," according to a UFCW webpage detailing the campaign. Employees at the store filed for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board in November.
Uncovering the Potential of Venice AI Agent VVV
The video discusses the potential of Venice AI Agent VVV, a project utilizing deep seek technology and AI agents, offering a possible 20-100x opportunity, with the token recently launching on the Ethereum layer and having airdropped to some users.
Summarized by Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
Introduction to Venice AI Agent VVV
Key Features and Benefits
Market and Airdrop Update
Investment Strategy and Portfolio Management
Sad to see it being lanched on Eth. Always make me less interested because of their fees. So spoiled from Hive 😂
It's on Base, not the mainnet ETH... The fees are veeeeeery low.
Oh thats change a lot!
Maybe I need to evaluate
To claim the VVV tokens, users needed to have interacted with Venice.ai before a certain snapshot date. Eligible users could then claim their tokens by visiting the Venice.ai website and following the provided instructions. The claiming process was available until March 13, 2025.
Yeah, the Claiming process can take up to 24 hours as well... I'm 7 hours in, and still waiting!
Venice AI is a privacy-focused, decentralized generative AI platform created by Erik Voorhees, the founder of the cryptocurrency exchange ShapeShift. Launched in 2024, Venice AI was designed to address growing concerns about privacy, censorship, and the centralization of artificial intelligence technologies.
At its core, Venice AI offers users a unique alternative to mainstream AI models like OpenAI's ChatGPT. It emphasizes user privacy by not storing any data or conversations on centralized servers. Instead, the platform employs end-to-end encryption and decentralized computing, ensuring that user interactions are secure and anonymous. This approach starkly contrasts with other AI systems that often store and analyze user data, potentially leading to privacy breaches.
Another significant feature of Venice AI is its commitment to free speech and uncensorship. Unlike many AI platforms that filter or moderate responses based on certain guidelines, Venice AI is designed to provide unfiltered, unbiased information. This commitment aligns with Voorhees' broader vision of promoting open-source technologies and reducing the control that large corporations and governments have over digital tools.
AI Super Cycle: Venice and Noose Research
The video discusses the recent launch of Venice, an AI project on the BASE chain, and its potential impact on the AI industry. Venice is a platform that allows developers to build AI agents, and its launch has sparked interest in the crypto community.
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Introduction to AI Disruption
AI Ecosystems and Competition
Quarter 2 of the AI Super Cycle
Key Players and Developments
DeepSeek FAQ
DeepSeek's R1 model, which is similar to OpenAI's o1, caused a meltdown in the tech industry over the weekend. Many of the revelations that contributed to the meltdown were included in DeepSeek's announcement over Christmas and most of the breakthroughs in V3 were actually revealed with the release of the V2 model last January. DeepSeek-V2 introduced two important breakthroughs, DeepSeekMoE and DeepSeekMLA - the implications of these breakthroughs only became apparent with V3, which added a new approach to load balancing and multi-token prediction in training. The cost of training the model amounted to only $5.576 million, but that excludes the costs associated with prior research, experiments, and data.
#technology #ai #deepseek
iPhone SE 4 appears in new photos and video, notch and all
A leaker shared a short video of the new iPhone SE over the weekend. Unlike previous models, the device appears to only have a single rear camera. It is the first iPhone SE model to feature a USB-C port. The device uses Apple's older notched display rather than the Dynamic Island design. Rumors point to a launch around March or April. The video is available in the article.
#technology #apple #iphone #se4
Huge Study Finds Constellation of Health Benefits for Ozempic Beyond Weight Loss
A new study that tracked millions of diabetes patient outcomes over a period of 3.5 years found that those on GLP-1 medications saw significant improvements across a staggering range of health concerns, far beyond anything clearly linked to weight or blood sugar. The patients experienced improvements in addiction and psychotic disorders and the risk of Alzheimer's was decreased. GLP-1RA drugs act on receptors that are expressed in brain areas involved in impulse control, reward, and addiction, which may potentially explain their effectiveness in curbing appetite and addiction disorders. While the findings are positive, the researchers found some issues that seemed to be exacerbated by taking GLP-1s, including an increase in risk for arthritis and pancreatitis.
#technology #health #ozempic
With successful New Glenn flight, Blue Origin may finally be turning the corner
Blue Origin is finally a real rocket company with the successful launch of New Glenn. The company's next steps will be to get better at building engines and rockets and flying New Glenn regularly. Its current priorities are rate manufacturing and driving urgency around building the 'machine that builds the machine'. Blue Origin is the world's largest single-donor nonprofit, so it has zero incentive to operate like SpaceX.
#technology #space #blueorigin #newglenn
Meta is reportedly scrambling ‘war rooms’ of engineers to figure out how DeepSeek’s AI is beating everyone else at a fraction of the price
Meta's Mark Zuckerberg responded to the release of DeepSeek R1 by assembling four war rooms of engineers to figure out how the Chinese hedge fund built the AI. DeepSeek's model may potentially outperform the next version of Meta's Llama AI due to be released in early 2025. Meta is working on deciphering how DeepSeek lowered the cost of training and running its model, finding out what data the Chinese lab used to train its model, and how Meta can restructure its models based on the attributes of the DeepSeek models.
#technology #ai #meta #deepseek
Ethereum News Update: Venice.ai VVV
Ethereum news roundup for Monday, January 27th, 2025, covers Venice AI's native token launch, Abstract's mainnet launch, and other updates.
New Launches and Releases
🚀 Venice AI launched its native token, VVV, on Base, allowing users to access the Venice API and earn yield through token emissions.
📈 Abstract, a consumer-focused rollup, went live on mainnet, enabling users to earn XP and badges by completing tasks.
🤖 ethPandaOps released Contributor, a data collection tool for Beacon nodes, to support Ethereum research and network improvements.
📚 Solady released version 0.1 of its library, a gas-optimized Solidity library for boosting smart contract performance.
Platform Updates and Features
🔒 Venice AI's platform supports advanced AI models, including Llama 3.3, Quen 2.5, Coder, and Deep Seek AI.
📊 Abstract's launch includes the Abstract Global wallet, a cross-app smart contract wallet, and a portal to discover leading applications.
📈 ethPandaOps' Contributor tool collects and securely forwards essential metrics to support Ethereum research.
Community and Development
👥 Since its launch in May 2024, Venice has attracted over 400,000 registered users.
💻 Solady's library was developed with funding support from Coinbase, aiming to reinforce ecosystem-wide reliability.
📄 Paradigm released a post on Ethereum acceleration, showcasing the ecosystem's growth and development.
You can find more information on these updates on the eth Daily website and subscribe to their newsletter for the latest Ethereum news.
Nvidia sheds almost $600 billion in market cap, biggest one-day loss in U.S. history
Nvidia experienced the biggest market cap drop for any company on a single day in US history on Monday when it lost close to $600 billion in market cap. Its stock price plummeted 17% and caused a 3.1% slide in the tech-heavy NASDAQ. The sell-off was sparked by DeepSeek presenting increased competition in the global AI industry. The Chinese AI lab released a free and open source large language model that only took two months and less than $6 million to build using Nvidia H800s. The release has caused investors to rethink spending on compute.
#technology #nvidia #ai #stocks
DeepSeek V3 and the actual cost of training frontier AI models
DeepSeek shows that a lot of the modern AI pipeline is not magic and that cutting-edge AI is not restricted to a select cohort of the San Francisco in-group.
#technology #ai #deepseek
Pump.fun set single-day revenue record, raking in $15.5 million in fees following anniversary
Pump.fun, a Solana-based memecoin launcher, achieved a record $15.5 million in single-day revenue on January 24 driven largely by the launch of Vine Coin, which reached a $425 million market cap amid speculation about the video platform's potential revival. The platform has processed $4 billion in the past two weeks and accumulated 2.5 million SOL in fees since launch. It faces new competition from Juptier's acquisition of rival platform Moonshot and potential legal challenges from investors who experienced losses on the platform.
#technology #crypto #solana #pumpfun #memecoin
KuCoin pleads guilty to US charges, agrees to pay $300M
Crypto exchange KuCoin has pleaded guilty to operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business in the US, agreeing to a $300 million settlement and a two-year exit from the US market. Founders Michael Gan and Eric Tang will step down from management roles and forfeit $2.7 million after the Justice Department found that the platform operated without KYC or AML procedures until mid-2024. US regulators have collected over $19 billion in crypto-related settlements since October 2024.
#technology #crypto #kucoin #lawsuit
Introducing the Venice token: VVV
Venice.ai has launched VVV, a novel token designed to provide AI agents and users with zero-marginal-cost access to its uncensored AI model API through staking. 25% of the initial supply was airdropped to AI community protocols on Base and another 25% to Venice's existing users. The token has a unique economic model where stakers receive a pro-rata share of Venice's inference capacity without per-request fees, while also earning staking yields. The platform, founded by prominent Bitcoiner Erik Vorhees, emphasizes privacy and censorship resistance in AI interactions.
#technology #crypto #veniceai
New Opportunities in Crypto
The video discusses several new opportunities in the crypto space, including a new SocialFi app called Tribe Run, the launch of a new AI token called Venice, and an update on airdrop farming strategies.
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Tribe Run
Abstract Chain
Other Opportunities
When Robots Start Paying Each Other: The AI-IoT Economy Is Coming
The convergence of IoT, AI agents, and blockchain will enable autonomous devices to conduct commerce without human intervention. While previous IoT visions faced numerous technical and practical limitations, the combination of advanced AI capabilities, DePIN, and blockchain-based payment systems is making machine-to-machine commerce increasingly feasible. This new form of commerce could drive unprecedented GDP growth by allowing devices to autonomously negotiate, transact, and optimize resources in real time.
#technology #crypto #ai #agents #iot
Crypto AI tokens crushed by DeepSeek-fueled NVDA sell-off
AI-related crypto tokens saw sharp declines as DeepSeek's cost-efficient AI model disrupted market expectations, mirroring a broader tech sell-off that included a 12% drop in Nvidia stock.
#technology #crypto #ai #deepseek
Japan chip stocks extend losses as DeepSeek worries fuel Wall Street tech rout
Japan's chip-related shares extended declines for a second day after DeepSeek triggered concerns over competitiveness in the artificial intelligence sector.
Semiconductor testing equipment supplier Advantest slid over 10%, Tokyo Electron fell 3.6%, while Renesas Electronics traded 2.29% lower Tuesday.
Softbank Group, which owns chip designer Arm, slid 5.26%. Data center-related shares also continued to take a hit, with wire and cable firms Furukawa and Fujikura dropping 8.22% and 8.1%, respectively.
#deepsake #japan #chip #semiconductors #ai
DeepSeek released a free, open-source large language model in late December, claiming it was created in only two months with a budget of under $6 million. Last week, the lab introduced R1, a reasoning model that outperformed OpenAI's latest o1 in several third-party tests.
"There will be a lot more pain to follow today as we follow the U.S. down," said Andrew Jackson, head of equity strategy at ORTUS Advisors.
"The big questions is whether the U.S. will U-turn on their approach and deregulate chip and SPE restrictions seeing as they are (currently) ineffectual or try and ramp things up even more," Jackson wrote in an email. DeepSeek had to navigate strict semiconductor restrictions imposed by the U.S. government on China, which limited access to advanced chips.
Google says it will change Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' in Maps app after government updates
In posts on X on Monday, Google said it will follow the government's lead in changing the names on its Maps app.
Google said Monday it will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to "Gulf of America" in Google Maps after the Trump administration updates its "official government sources."
The company also said it will start using the name "Mount McKinley" for the mountain in Alaska currently called Denali.
Last week, President Donald Trump signed executive actions that included an order to make the name changes on official maps and federal communications.
#google #gulfofmexico #gulfofamerica #maps
"We've received a few questions about naming within Google Maps," the company said in an X post. "We have a longstanding practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official government sources."
Google added that the name Gulf of Mexico will remain displayed for users in Mexico. Users in other countries will see both names, the company said.
Trump said he will restore former President William McKinley's name to the mountain. He said McKinley made the country "very rich" through tariffs and talent.
The mountain was named Mount McKinley until 2015, when President Barack Obama's administration changed it to Denali as a symbolic gesture to Alaska Natives.
Nvidia calls China’s DeepSeek R1 model ‘an excellent AI advancement’
Nvidia called DeepSeek's R1 model "an excellent AI advancement," despite the Chinese startup's emergence causing the chipmaker's stock price to plunge 17%.
Nvidia called DeepSeek's R1 model "an excellent AI advancement," despite the Chinese startup's emergence causing the chipmaker's stock price to plunge 17% on Monday.
"DeepSeek is an excellent AI advancement and a perfect example of Test Time Scaling," an Nvidia spokesperson told CNBC on Monday. "DeepSeek's work illustrates how new models can be created using that technique, leveraging widely-available models and compute that is fully export control compliant."
#deepseek #nvidia #r1 #china #ai
The comments come after DeepSeek last week released R1, which is an open-source reasoning model that reportedly outperformed the best models from U.S. companies such as OpenAI. R1's self-reported training cost was less than $6 million, which is a fraction of the billions that Silicon Valley companies are spending to build their artificial intelligence models.
Nvidia's statement indicates that it sees DeepSeek's breakthrough as creating more work for the American chipmaker's graphics processing units, or GPUs.
"Inference requires significant numbers of NVIDIA GPUs and high-performance networking," the spokesperson added. "We now have three scaling laws: pre-training and post-training, which continue, and new test-time scaling."
Apple turns its AI on by default in latest software update
Apple released a software update for iPhones, iPads and Macs that turns Apple Intelligence on by default for users with supported devices.
Apple on Monday released a software update for iPhones, iPads and Macs that turns Apple Intelligence on by default for users with supported devices.
The updates, iOS 18.3, iPadOS 18.3 and macOS Sequoia 15.3, also disable AI summaries for news apps, which have gained a reputation for twisting news push notifications to display inaccurate facts.
The release is a milestone in the rollout of Apple Intelligence, the company's suite of artificial intelligence features. Apple Intelligence is a critical service for Apple as it seeks to distinguish its products from competitors with an AI system integrated into iPhones and its other devices.
#apple #ai #software #update
While Apple Intelligence is already featured in the company's marketing for the latest iPhones, the rollout has been deliberate and limited. Apple says that is to allow it to test new features and make sure it has enough server capacity. The entire Apple Intelligence suite is still officially in beta, and it's only available in a handful of English-speaking countries.
Apple's move to turn Apple Intelligence on by default is a step toward a more complete rollout of the feature. Previously, users with supported iPhones — models that were released in 2024 as well as 2023 "Pro" level models — were prompted to turn on Apple Intelligence when setting up their phone, a process that included downloading AI models from the internet and some installation.
Google employees petition for 'job security' ahead of expected cuts
Google employees have begun a petition for "job security" after CFO Anat Ashkenazi in October said the company could "push a little further" with cost cuts.
The petition has been signed by more than 1,250 employees and was viewed by CNBC. It is the latest sign of employee upheaval at Google, which has struggled to maintain high morale among its workforce after a year filled with embarrassing product rollouts, worker protests sparked by controversial enterprise contracts and continued rounds of layoffs that stretch back to 2023 and are expected to continue.
#google #employees #jobsecurity #layoffs
"We, the undersigned Google workers from offices across the US and Canada, are concerned about instability at Google that impacts our ability to do high quality, impactful work," the petition says. "Ongoing rounds of layoffs make us feel insecure about our jobs. The company is clearly in a strong financial position, making the loss of so many valuable colleagues without explanation hurt even more."
New CFO Anat Ashkenazi said in October that one of her top priorities would be to drive more cost cutting as Google expands its spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure in 2025.
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Gov for U.S. government agencies
OpenAI on Tuesday announced the launch of ChatGPT for government agencies in the U.S.
The Microsoft-backed company bills the new platform as a step beyond ChatGPT Enterprise as far as security. It allows government agencies, as customers, to feed "non-public, sensitive information" into OpenAI's models while operating within their own secure hosting environments, OpenAI CPO Kevin Weil told reporters during a briefing Monday.
Since the beginning of 2024, OpenAI said that more than 90,000 employees of federal, state and local governments have generated more than 18 million prompts within ChatGPT, using the tech to translate and summarize documents, write and draft policy memos, generate code, and build applications.
#openai #chatgpt #government
The user interface for ChatGPT Gov looks like ChatGPT Enterprise. The main difference is that government agencies will use ChatGPT Gov in their own Microsoft Azure commercial cloud, or Azure Government community cloud, so they can "manage their own security, privacy and compliance requirements," Felipe Millon, who leads federal sales and go-to-market for OpenAI, said on the call with reporters.
For as long as artificial intelligence has been used by government agencies, it's faced significant scrutiny due to its potentially harmful ripple effects, especially for vulnerable and minority populations, and data privacy concerns. Police use of AI has led to a number of wrongful arrests and, in California, voters rejected a plan to replace the state's bail system with an algorithm due to concerns it would increase bias.
Cornell uses ‘robot blood’ to give modular jellyfish and worm robots lifelike vigor
These new modular robots are inspired by nature’s evolutionary path from water to land.
Taking a cue from nature’s evolutionary path from water to land, the Organic Robotics Lab and the Archer Group at Cornell Engineering have made a fascinating development in modular robotics.
Their new worm and jellyfish robots are built around the transformative concept of “embodied energy,” where integrating the power source into the robot’s structure reduces weight and cost, mirroring the evolutionary advancements from aquatic to terrestrial life.
#cornell #robotblood #jellyfish #wormrobots
The technology stems from a 2019 prototype inspired by a lionfish, utilizing a hydraulic fluid system, or “robot blood,” that powers devices by circulating energy. This system has been refined for higher battery capacity and power density, supporting the new robotic forms in more complex environments.
Professor Rob Shepherd explains that the jellyfish’s enhanced capacity allows it to operate longer than its aquatic predecessor, while the worm, their first terrestrial model, demonstrates greater freedom of movement without needing a rigid structure.
French nuclear firms to deploy 40 MW microreactors with molten salt tech
The goal of the partnership is to structure the industrialization of XAMR micro reactor Naarea is developing.
France-based microreactor developer Naarea has formed a strategic partnership with Phoenix Manufacture – a French company specializing in precision engineering – for mass production of XAMR molten salt fast microreactor.
Phoenix Manufacture specializes in the industrialization of complex devices for the military, nuclear, petroleum, aerospace, and robotics sectors.
The goal of the partnership is to structure the industrialization of the XAMR microreactor Naarea is developing, integrating the key phases of the project: design, prototyping, first-of-a-kind (FOAK) manufacturing, and mass production.
#french #nuclear #microreactors #moltensalt #energy
The companies will use processes such as 3D printing and also possibly set up a joint plant, which will include reprocessing facilities. The collaboration will extend until the year 2032.
5 main phases of the collaboration
The partnership between the two companies will focus on five main points which will continue till 2032.
The preliminary phase will include the validation of raw materials and the manufacturability of parts designed by Naarea for additive manufacturing. The next step will be the prototyping of the components of the XAMR micro reactor.
The third important point will be the series production for providing the necessary parts for the FOAK and mass production. This will be followed by a study on the creation of a joint production facility for components of the XAMR microreactor, pooling of resources, and mutual skill development.
US firm to 3D print super military material to boost rocket motors, explosive power
The contract has been awarded under ACMI’s Critical Chemicals Pilot Program through the Department of Defense Information Analysis Center’s (DOD IAC) multiple-award contract (MAC) vehicle
Supernova Industries has been given a contract by the American Center for Manufacturing and Innovation (ACMI) to 3D print military-grade energetic materials.
The contract has been awarded under ACMI’s Critical Chemicals Pilot Program through the Department of Defense Information Analysis Center’s (DOD IAC) multiple-award contract (MAC) vehicle to support the United States DOD Industrial Base Policy Manufacturing Capability Expansions and Investment Prioritization (MCEIP) Pathfinders portfolio.
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The company’s proprietary technology, Viscous Lithography Manufacturing (VLM), is a lithography-based Additive Manufacturing (AM) process. The process uses a transparent film to transfer high-viscosity materials onto a build platform, where they are cured by light to form printed parts.
The company currently deals with two types of energetic materials – ammonium perchlorate composite propellant (APCP), which is a high-performance solid rocket motor, and Cyclonite (Cyclotrumetrylene trunitramine) or RDX, which is a high-grade explosive. It is also working to develop new types of energetic materials.
60 million solar panels to power El Salvador-sized, world’s largest renewable project
One of the principal parts will be a plant for green ammonia production, determined as the flagship export product for the hub’s environmental assessment.
The Western Green Energy Hub (WGEH), touted to be the world’s largest renewable energy project, has begun its first round of public consultation.
This one-of-a-kind energy project, which is bigger in area than the entire country of El Salvador, has the potential to revolutionize renewable energy generation at scale.
“The planned output of the Western Green Energy Hub would be targeted mainly for the export market as the ‘green fuels’ market expands during the 2030s. As well, the project would have the capability to supply domestic end-use markets,” says a press release.
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An energy behemoth on the horizon
WGEH is slated to be based in Western Australia and is a partnership between InterContinental Energy and CWP Global. Initially put forward with a capacity of 50GW, it was later increased to 70, which further aligns with its developer’s aspirations of a super green energy hub.
The WGEH aims to produce more than 200 terawatt hours (TWh) of renewable energy each year, which is almost equal to the entire power output of Australia, which was 274TWh in 2023.
The hub will consist of nearly 3,000 next-generation wind rotor blades, each rated at 7MW to 20MW, far greater than any onshore turbine currently in service.
Besides these, there will be 60 million solar panels mounted on 35 solar farms. All these installations will cover 22,700 square kilometers of the coastal desert of Western Australia – exceeding the sizes of countries like El Salvador and Slovenia.