Nvidia and DataStax launched new technology today that dramatically reduces storage requirements for companies deploying generative AI systems, while enabling faster and more accurate information retrieval across multiple languages.
The new Nvidia NeMo Retriever microservices, integrated with DataStax’s AI platform, cuts data storage volume by 35 times compared to traditional approaches — a…
On the ninth day of its holiday-themed stretch of product announcements known as “12 Days of OpenAI,” OpenAI is rolling out its most advanced model, o1, to third-party developers through its application programming interface (API).
This marks a major step forward for…
UAE’s Falcon 3 challenges open-source leaders amid surging demand for small AI models
December 18, 2024
The UAE government-backed Technology Innovation Institute (TII) has announced the launch of Falcon 3, a family of open-source small language models (SLMs) designed to run efficiently on lightweight, single GPU-based infrastructures.
Falcon 3 features four model sizes — 1B…
Army, Navy conduct key hypersonic missile test
December 18, 2024
The Army and Navy on Thursday completed a successful all-up round test of the Common Hypersonic Glide Body, potentially paving the way for the services to begin fielding the long-awaited system.
The glide body was developed jointly between the two services. The Army plans to integrate its version of the system, the Long Range Hypersonic Weapon, into a mobile ground platform. The Navy will…
WARSAW, Poland — Polish Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz has signed a deal to purchase an undisclosed number of MQ-9B Sky Guardian drones for the Polish Armed Forces. The new unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) will be part of the military’s new component to be…
Defense firms follow Lithuania’s allure of making ammo sans red tape
December 18, 2024
MILAN — Lithuania’s offer to lower administrative hurdles for foreign defense companies seeking to set up shop in the Baltic state has found several takers in major Western defense manufacturers.
The response comes after the Lithuanian government approved new legal…
8 Out of 10: Coingecko Research Report Uncovers Crypto's Festive 'Santa Claus Rally' Trends
December 18, 2024
Crypto markets have danced to the tune of the Santa Claus rally effect eight times in the last ten years, according to an interesting report from Coingecko, penned by analyst Lim Yu Qian.
Holiday Cheer or Crypto Chill? Coingecko Breaks Down the Santa Rally Effect
The Santa Claus rally is all about the market’s cheer during the final five trading days of the year and the first two of the new…
This year has been excellent for Solana, which saw its token reach a new ATH at $263.83 on November 23rd and the release of pump.fun, a meme coin launchpad that already recorded more than $300 million in revenue.
However, its main blockchain still leverages Layer 1…
Lido Ends Staking on Polygon; Refocuses on Ethereum
December 18, 2024
The Lido community has voted to end staking services on Polygon, due to significant challenges that has limited adoption.
Lido Shuts Down Polygon Staking
Lido Finance has announced it will be effectively discontinuing its staking service on Polygon. According to a Dec. 16…
Tesla has lost its long-time head of Autopilot hardware engineering to Amazon’s self-driving company, Zoox.
Zheng Gao has been at Tesla for more than 8 years and for the last three, he has been the head of Autopilot hardware engineering.
He elaborated on his role on his LinkedIn profile:
Managing the Mechanical Engineering, Thermal Engineering, Display Engineering and Camera Engineering teams…
