DefenseNews

Defense spending bill would defund Biden’s Gaza pier

June 14, 2024
The House Appropriations Committee on Thursday advanced its fiscal 2025 defense spending bill while adding a provision that would eliminate the military’s makeshift pier off the coast of the Gaza Strip, which has struggled to deliver an adequate level of humanitarian aid to Palestinians facing famine-like conditions. The committee voted 34-25 along party lines to send the $833 billion bill to…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Ford poaches ex-Tesla, Rivian, and Apple talent to develop affordable EVs

June 14, 2024
As the race heats up to introduce more affordable electric cars, Ford is bringing on some of the best EV engineers to help it compete. Over the past few months, Ford has hired talent from Tesla, Rivian, Apple, and Lucid to help accelerate the development of affordable EVs. A bet on affordability Ford CEO Jim Farley revealed in February that the company made a bet to develop an affordable EV…
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CryptoNews

As UK Elections Approach, Crypto Industry Leaders Turn Attention to Keir Starmer, Labour Party

June 14, 2024
With U.K. opinion polls indicating a strong performance by the Labour Party in the July 4 elections, crypto executives and lobbyists are reportedly focusing their attention on party leader Keir Starmer. The crypto industry has also prioritized two other pro-tech Labour Party leaders in its ongoing effort to influence the U.K. government’s policy on digital assets. Keir Starmer’s Position on…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Databricks bolsters Mosaic AI with tools to build and evaluate compound AI systems

June 13, 2024
Databricks is raising the bar on enterprise gen AI developer tools. Today, at its annual data and AI conference, the Ali Ghodsi-led company announced several new enhancements for its Mosaic AI platform, aimed at helping enterprises deploy large language model (LLM)-powered applications. While Databricks has been providing enterprises tooling to build AI applications for quite some time, the Mosaic…
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