DefenseNews

US Army must plan how to manage electric battlefield, lawmakers say

WASHINGTON — A House draft of the fiscal 2024 defense policy bill would require the Army secretary conduct an analysis for determining which systems could store and distribute electric power on the battlefield. The service’s reliance on battery-powered capabilities to manage daily operations is increasing. Soldiers need batteries to, for example, operate the Samsung-based Nett Warrior…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Dremio bets on generative AI, adds new tools to accelerate data workflows

Dremio, the open data lakehouse vendor that combines the capabilities of a data lake and warehouse on a unified layer, is going all-in on generative AI. The company today announced two new gen AI capabilities for its platform: a text-to-SQL experience for conversational querying of data, and an autonomous semantic layer to help with data cataloging and processing. >>Follow VentureBeat’s…
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AI & RoboticsNews

MIT-based AI apps startup aims to block supply chain attacks with advanced cybersecurity

The digital pandemic of increasing breaches and ransomware attacks is hitting supply chains and the manufacturers who rely on them hard this year. VentureBeat has learned that supply chain-directed ransomware attacks have set records across every manufacturing sector, with medical devices, pharma and plastics taking the most brutal hits. Attackers are demanding ransoms equal to the full amount of…
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ComputersNews

Apple's new 15.3-inch MacBook Air is already $100 off

Apple has just released its new 15-inch Macbook Air, and it’s already touting a $100 price cut. Amazon had already run a pre-release sale knocking $50 off the price but the retailer has now discounted the 256GB model in Starlight from $1,300 to $1,200 (Space Gray and…
DefenseNews

Stop spending Defense Production Act money on foreign suppliers

For the second year in a row, and just as the fiscal 2024 National Defense Authorization Act process peaks in Congress, the Biden administration’s Defense Department seeks executive branch authority to spend U.S. taxpayer Defense Production Act money with foreign suppliers, in addition to American ones. Last year, Congress rejected the proposal, and it would be wise to do so again. For medical…
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