AI & RoboticsNews

Mistral releases weights for its trillion-parameter AI model, targeting cybersecurity

October 30, 2026
French AI company Mistral has released the weights for its trillion-parameter open source AI model Mistral Large 4 (ML4), allowing businesses and governments to download and deploy the system themselves. Nicknamed “Le Chonk,” the model was first introduced earlier this month. The release comes as competition between open-weight AI developers like Mistral and closed-model providers…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Ford casts 5,000 'unicastings' for Fathom EV truck in Tesla-style shift

October 30, 2026
Ford has now produced more than 5,000 large aluminum “unicastings” for the Fathom, its upcoming $28,350 midsize electric pickup, as it fine-tunes the process ahead of a 2027 launch. Each truck gets two of them, front and rear, replacing 146 individual parts. It’s the clearest sign yet that Ford is all-in on the manufacturing approach Tesla popularized with its Giga Press six years…
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DefenseNews

In Arctic, US Army researchers test camo that could adapt to changing landscapes

October 30, 2026
In a future battlespace, boats, vehicles and weapons could deploy and travel with outer shells or coverings that change with the terrain — or even light and time of year — to add an extra layer of concealment.  That concept was one of the key testing lines of effort in an Army Corps of Engineers and Army Research Laboratory experiment in Pituffik, Greenland, earlier this year. The whole…
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GamingNews

You Need to Have Completed Crimson Desert's Main Storyline to Begin Kliff, Oongka, and Damiane's New DLC Stories

October 29, 2026
You need to have completed Crimson Desert’s main storyline to begin Kliff, Oongka, and Damiane’s new DLC stories, Pearl Abyss has confirmed. Speaking on Dropped Frames, Pearl Abyss’ Will Powers confirmed two entry points for the Charting the Unknown DLC, which launches on October 29. You’ll need to have completed the main storyline to play the first entry point, which is the epilogue…
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