DefenseNews

The Air Force is launching an era of transformation. Can it work?

The Air Force is entering what leaders say could be its most transformational period in a generation, as the service looks to position itself as a global powerhouse for decades to come. If their vision comes true, the Air Force would enter the 2030s as a smaller but more flexible force that is better positioned to win America’s wars, with sharper leaders and savvier airmen. Just give it…
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NewsSpace

Webb Detects Tiny Quartz Crystals in Clouds of Hot Gas Giant

Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have detected evidence for quartz nanocrystals in the high-altitude clouds of WASP-17 b, a hot Jupiter exoplanet 1,300 light-years from Earth. The detection, which was uniquely possible with Webb’s MIRI (Mid-Infrared…
AI & RoboticsNews

Smarter than humans in 5 years? The breakneck pace of AI

Geoffrey Hinton, often dubbed one of the “Godfathers of AI,” has been particularly outspoken since his retirement from Google earlier this year. He is credited with perfecting and popularizing “backpropagation,” a pivotal algorithm that enables multi-layer neural…
CryptoNews

Latam Insights: Venezuela and Argentina Leverage 'Unique' Crypto Use Cases, Brazilian Congress Advises Indicting CZ – Bitcoin News

Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: Venezuela and Argentina use crypto uniquely, according to Chainalysis; the Brazilian Congress recommends indicting Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, and the Argentine peso keeps falling to record lows. Chainalysis: Argentina and Venezuela Present Unique Crypto Use…
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DefenseNews

No, Rafael’s ‘Iron Beam’ laser didn’t blow up missiles over Israel

WASHINGTON — Videos circulating on social media purporting to show a high-energy laser weapon destroying missiles during the Israel-Hamas war are actually altered clips derived from a military simulation video game. Cropped, low-resolution footage depicting swarms of overhead projectiles being intercepted in front of a tower are sourced from Arma 3, a photorealistic game billed as a “massive…
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CryptoNews

Meme Coin Market Plummets $3.2 Billion in 2023: Dogecoin and Shiba Inu Lead Declines – Market Updates Bitcoin News

Data reveals that the meme coin market has diminished by over $3 billion in value since the dawn of 2023. The leading meme coin by market cap, dogecoin (DOGE), saw a decrease of $2.46 billion from January onwards. Concurrently, shiba inu (SHIB) experienced a drop of approximately $1.22 billion over the previous nine months. The Meme Coin Economy’s $3 Billion Dip Unraveled While pepe (PEPE)…
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