Cleantech & EV'sNews

Remember that $2,000 electric mini-truck I bought from China? Now they're down to $1,000

In what could either be a sign of the times or perhaps the start of a terrible decision-making chain, that famous $2,000 electric mini-truck I bought from China several years ago has somehow gotten even cheaper. If you aren’t already familiar with the story, here’s a quick summary. Back in 2021, I ordered an electric mini-truck from China. I paid the factory $2,000 for it, held my breath for…
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CryptoNews

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

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

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

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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