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UK-based Vertical Aerospace has selected a 30G energy-absorbing seating system and navigation technology from Northrop Grumman for its Valo electric air taxi as the company moves toward aircraft certification and production. The Bristol-based aircraft developer announced two long-term supply contracts on October 16. South Korean company ANH Structure will design and manufacture the aircraft’s seats, … Read more
88 The new Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 is a significant upgrade compared to last year’s model, but at the same time a bit disappointing. The changes to the chassis with rubber grips, improved sticks and buttons are great and it also looks fantastic with the semi-transparent chassis and yellow and gold accents. It just … Read more
Anthropic wants Congress to set strict limits on when federal agencies can prevent advanced AI models from reaching users. A confidential draft law received from POLITICALLY would condition government intervention on specific catastrophic threats and require court approval for suspensions. The proposal would provide pioneering AI developers with a clearer legal framework while limiting the … Read more
Microsoft Corp. has developed a new major language model that it claims is significantly more efficient than leading open source alternatives. The company’s artificial intelligence research group detailed the algorithm on Thursday. MAI-Base-2 is not a full-fledged LLM, but a basic model, a kind of no-frills prototype. Developers turn base models into LLMs by subjecting … Read more
WTF?! Nuengnara “23savage” Teeramahanon says he racked up 32 kills in a Dota 2 match while police watched to prove he was a professional player. The Xipto Esports carrier is keeping up the performance and convinced officials to release its team after a raid on its boot camp in Kuala Lumpur. The story has attracted … Read more
Blue Origin is expanding its operations in Florida to support a much faster launch schedule and is targeting multiple flights to New Glenn per week by the end of the decade. The plan includes a $330 million production expansion, additional launch pads and new facilities for payload processing and booster refurbishment. The company says it … Read more
Start Reflection AI Inc today made the weights of Beam, his first large language model, available on Hugging Face. The company has also released technical resources that allow developers to customize the algorithm. Originally launched last week, Beam is one of the most advanced open source LLMs in the industry. It has about 500 billion … Read more
What the FOSS: In recent years, Microsoft has transformed its “modest” anti-malware tool Defender into a comprehensive security solution for Windows computers and cloud environments. The Redmond-based company is now expanding Defender support to Linux desktops and servers. Microsoft believes that Linux systems also need an enterprise-focused security solution like Defender. Redmond’s anti-malware solution, notorious … Read more
Anthropic’s Claude Mythos 5 has developed a quantum circuit design that uses 17 times fewer gates than a previous approach. The result could help engineers run sophisticated quantum algorithms with fewer computing resources. It also offers a new way to address one of the biggest technical challenges of quantum computing: balancing memory requirements and processing … Read more
70 For now, if you want to dabble in gaming, content creation, and AI workflows, it’s probably the best laptop you can buy that isn’t a MacBook Pro. More importantly, I expect this to be the start of a new era in Windows laptops that will become something truly special in the not-too-distant future. On … Read more