CryptoNews

'Opaque' Crypto Political Contributions Erode Trust, Says Center for Political Accountability

March 10, 2025
The Center for Political Accountability is sounding the alarm on the secretive and unaccountable political contributions made by cryptocurrency firms, particularly Coinbase and Ripple Labs. Legal and Financial Risks The Center for Political Accountability (CPA) has stated that the “opaque and unaccountable political contributions” by crypto firms erode investor confidence and public trust in…
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AI & RoboticsNews

A standard, open framework for building AI agents is coming from Cisco, LangChain and Galileo

March 7, 2025
One goal for an agentic future is for AI agents from different organizations to freely and seamlessly talk to one another. But getting to that point requires interoperability, and these agents may have been built with different LLMs, data frameworks and code. A group of companies, including Cisco, LangChain, LlamaIndex, Galileo and Glean, have now created AGNTCY, an open-source collective with the…
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DefenseNews

Air Force sees historic recruitment surge with delayed entry program

March 7, 2025
AURORA, Colo. — The Air Force is seeing a historic surge in recruits in its delayed entry program, as the service works to further boost recruitment of new airmen and guardians, officials said this week. More potential recruits are making appointments with recruiters to discuss the possibility of joining the Air Force or Space Force, Air Force Recruiting Service commander Brig. Gen. Christopher…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Kia is working on an even smaller, cheaper EV1 electric car: Here's what we know so far

March 7, 2025
An even smaller, lower-priced Kia EV is on the way. With the growing demand for more affordable EVs, Kia wants to be the one to offer them. Kia said we may even see it at its next EV Day. Here’s what we know about what will likely be called the Kia EV1 when it arrives. What we know about the Kia EV1 so far During its EV Day event last week (see our recap), Kia unveiled several highly…
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