Raytheon has won a potential $24.4 billion U.S. contract to produce Standard Missile-6 interceptors over the next five years. The agreement also includes two option years, giving the U.S. Navy a longer path to expanding its SM-6 inventory. The missile supports both defensive and offensive missions from ships and land-based launchers. The size of the … Read more
Nvidia has released a software security update for the display driver for GeForce Maxwell, Volta and Pascal series GPUs, which are no longer supported by Game Ready drivers. What’s new: This update resolves several issues that may have security implications. Supported products: GeForce 10 series GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, GeForce GTX 1080, GeForce GTX 1070 … Read more
Microsoft Corp. today expanded its MAI artificial intelligence model family with its first streaming transcription model, debuting along with two others focused on text-to-speech. They are designed for developers who want to create voice agents that can listen to people’s voices and respond instantly, similar to how people talk to each other. The most consequential … Read more
The US military now believes that directed energy weapons will no longer be used experimentally, but will instead be used regularly on the battlefield in the Strait of Hormuz. Laser systems are used against drones and other aerial threats, and the U.S. Army has also committed nearly half a billion dollars to bring a new … Read more
Crystal ball: Michael Burry rose to fame as one of America’s best-known investors after profiting from the subprime mortgage crisis in 2008. He no longer manages outside funds, but remains deeply pessimistic about the AI boom and warns that a bubble could do serious damage to the world’s financial fortunes. In a recent post on … Read more
Cybersecurity startup Armadin Inc. announced today that it has raised $255.5 million in funding at a valuation of over $2.5 billion. Andreessen Horowitz and Accel jointly led the Series B round. They were joined by Alphabet Inc.’s GV Startup Fund, Kleiner Perkins, Menlo Ventures and others. Armadin was founded last year by well-known cybersecurity entrepreneur … Read more
NANO Nuclear Energy has agreed to acquire US nuclear fuel processing facilities, including an existing license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, in a deal valued at $13.5 million. The Company is purchasing the assets of Radnostix, formerly International Isotopes, and its subsidiary International Isotopes Fluorine Products. The package includes technologies for deconversion of depleted uranium … Read more
In short: It’s been just over seven months since Apple introduced the MacBook Neo, the sub-$600 laptop that sent the entire PC industry into a frenzy. Several major players in the PC space have since released countermeasures, and HP’s latest version looks pretty tempting. The new HP OmniBook 5 is described as a premium consumer … Read more
The economics of AI factories increasingly depend on more than just access to powerful graphics processing units. Because agent systems rely on multiple models, databases and tools, the entire data center must function as a single computer system. This transition shifts attention from individual chips to the infrastructure that converts computing capacity into useful intelligence. … Read more
Future fusion reactors and commercial jet engines share a common challenge: their critical parts must withstand high heat and stress without cracking. Building materials tough enough for these extreme conditions typically require heavy industrial processing, such as repeated rolling or forging of hot metal. Researchers at the University of Birmingham have found that heat alone … Read more