DefenseNews

Trump fires Joint Chiefs chairman, Navy head in DOD leadership purge

February 24, 2025
President Donald Trump on Friday evening fired Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti and Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Jim Slife. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a statement that Trump plans to nominate retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, who joined the venture capital firm Shield Capital in January, as the nation’s next…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Nissan turning to Tesla as potential investor after Honda deal fell through

February 24, 2025
Japan reportedly plans to try to convince Tesla to invest in Nissan after the merger with Honda fell through. Do you think it makes sense? Shortly after being announced, Nissan and Honda’s planned merger quickly fell apart earlier this month. The problem appears to be that Nissan expected a merger while Honda was looking for a takeover of its fellow Japanese automaker. Advertisement &#8211…
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CryptoNews

Hong Kong-Listed HK Asia Holdings Increases Its Bitcoin Investment to 8.88 BTC

February 24, 2025
HK Asia Holdings Limited has announced a further investment in bitcoin, purchasing approximately 7.88 BTC for around $761,000 on February 20, 2025. This decision follows a previous investment disclosed on February 16, 2025, and brings the company’s total Bitcoin holdings to approximately 8.88 BTC, with an average cost of about $97,000 per unit. The number 8 is considered very auspicious in Asian…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Together AI’s $305M bet: Reasoning models like DeepSeek-R1 are increasing, not decreasing, GPU demand

February 21, 2025
When DeepSeek-R1 first emerged, the prevailing fear that shook the industry was that advanced reasoning could be achieved with less infrastructure. As it turns out, that’s not necessarily the case. At least, according to Together AI, the rise of DeepSeek and open-source reasoning has had the exact opposite effect: Instead of reducing the need for infrastructure, it is increasing it. That…
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