AI & RoboticsNews

Nexus isn’t going all in on AI, keeping half of its new $700M fund for India startups

While many venture firms seem to only have eyes for AI these days, Nexus Venture Partners is deliberately splitting its focus for its new $700 million fund. The firm will back AI startups and seek out India-focused startups in consumer, fintech, and digital infrastructure. AI has soaked up most of the venture capital raised globally and the 20-year-old VC firm also sees AI as a defining…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

White House unveils plan to raise your fuel costs, despite affordability crisis

The White House formally announced its plan to hike US fuel costs by $23 billion today, in the form of a new proposed rule cutting fuel efficiency requirements. Update 12/3: This article has been updated to reflect the formal announcement of the proposed rule. Since the beginning of this year, the occupants of the White House have been on a mission to raise costs for Americans. This mission has…
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DefenseNews

Slovenia stalls Patria vehicle purchase amid political wrangling

WARSAW, Poland — Slovenia’s government is delaying an envisioned purchase of roughly 100 AMV XP vehicles from Finnish manufacturer Patria during its current term, marking a new twist in the country’s long-running acquisition saga about armored vehicles. This means that, despite signing a letter of intent with Finland last February, the Cabinet will not authorize the procurement of new…
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ComputersNews

Corsair MP700 Micro SSD review: PCIe 5.0 meets the 2242 form-factor to good effect

There are a few devices out there (Lenovo/HP laptops, Nvidia DGX Spark) that sport smaller 2242 (42mm long) PCIe 5.0 M.2 slots. If you have one, then the new Corsair MP700 Micro, successor to the MP600, can leverage much of the extra bandwidth. I say much of, because the MP700 Micro’s sequential benchmark numbers are about 60 percent of what you’ll see from full 2280 PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSDs. That…
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