CryptoNews

Argentine Government Drops Crypto Legalizing Opportunity From Omnibus Bill

The Argentine government, presided by Javier Milei, has resolved to drop the tax opportunities for crypto in the omnibus bill presented to Congress. The bill allowed taxpayers to declare the ownership of some previously undeclared assets, with crypto also included, reducing the payments and fees for this task. Argentine Government Excludes Crypto Opportunities From Omnibus Bill The Argentine…
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US Representative French Hill Optimistic on Progress of Crypto Legislation

During a panel discussion at the recent Foundation for Defense of Democracies event, Arkansas Republican French Hill shared a positive update on the trajectory of the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act and the Clarity for Payment Stablecoins Act. US Representative French Hill Foresees Bright Future for Crypto Bills at FDD Event In a recent event hosted by the Foundation…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Meta’s OK-Robot performs zero-shot pick-and-drop in unseen environments

There have been many advances in vision-language models (VLM) that can match natural language queries to objects in a visual scene. And researchers are experimenting with how these models can be applied to robotics systems, which are still lagging in generalizing their abilities. A new paper by researchers at Meta AI and New York University introduces an open-knowledge-based framework that brings…
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DefenseNews

Mideast waters challenge unmanned vessels, says US Navy leader

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Operational and environmental challenges in Middle Eastern waters are hindering the pace of innovation around unmanned surface vessels, according to the chief of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command. “You bring things out, they look good on…
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US approves sale of F-16 jets to Turkey, F-35s to Greece

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has approved the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey following the Turkish government’s ratification this week of Sweden’s membership in NATO. The move is a significant development in the expansion of the alliance, which has taken on additional importance since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The State Department notified Congress of its approval of the…
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