DefenseNews

Italy Defense Procurement: New F-35A Jets and Eurofighters

September 23, 2024
An F-35A Lightning II flies over Arizona, April 24, 2024. (A1C Mason Hargrove/Air Force) ROME — Italy is to purchase 25 extra F-35 jets as well as new Eurofighters as its defense procurement spending rises 16.8% this year to €9.3 billion, or $10.3 billion, a new budget document revealed on Tuesday. Rome will also invest half a billion euros in 2024 on development of the Global Combat Air…
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AI & RoboticsNews

OpenAI expands o1 AI models to enterprise and education, competing directly with Anthropic

September 23, 2024
OpenAI has made its latest AI models, o1-preview and o1-mini, available to all ChatGPT Enterprise and ChatGPT Edu customers. These models, designed to handle complex reasoning tasks, are poised to change how organizations and academic institutions tackle their most difficult challenges, from advanced coding to scientific research. The o1 models, first announced earlier this month, represent…
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MobileNews

Watch the iPhone 16’s electrically-charged battery replacement process

September 23, 2024
No sooner has the Phone 16 lineup arrived than the folks at iFixit start taking them apart, a process made easier this time around by the day-one release of repair manuals from Apple. The disassembly process shows the Camera control is a real button that moves, along with a flex cable that likely measures force, and the heat sink that appears positioned to keep the A18 chip’s Neural Engine cool…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Tesla produces 100 millionth battery cell, here's what it means

September 20, 2024
Tesla has announced that it produced its 100 millionth 4680 battery cell. Here’s what it means for its production growth. The 4680 battery cell is a new format, 46mm x 80mm, enabled by a few new technologies that Tesla announced at Battery Day in 2020. It’s the first time that Tesla is manufacturing its own battery cells – although other cell manufacturers have since announced plans to build…
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