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Blue Origin New Glenn Mission NG-1 – Live

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Blue Origin was founded by Jeff Bezos with the vision of enabling a future where millions of people are living and working in space for the benefit of Earth.

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Britain seeks to build homegrown rival to OpenAI in bid to become world leader in artificial intelligence

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The Consensus on Havana Syndrome Is Cracking

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After long denying the possibility, some intelligence agencies are no longer willing to rule out a mystery weapon.

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Why Tesla And NVIDIA Are Taking Different Paths To Train AI Systems

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Self-driving cars and humanoid robots that can walk, talk and work alongside us are just two of the amazing ways in which AI promises to change the world in the near future.

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Mastering Apache Airflow® 3.0: What’s New (and What’s Next) for Data Orchestration

Speaker: Tamara Fingerlin, Developer Advocate

Apache Airflow® 3.0, the most anticipated Airflow release yet, officially launched this April. As the de facto standard for data orchestration, Airflow is trusted by over 77,000 organizations to power everything from advanced analytics to production AI and MLOps. With the 3.0 release, the top-requested features from the community were delivered, including a revamped UI for easier navigation, stronger security, and greater flexibility to run tasks anywhere at any time.

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Russia's Hidden War Debt

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Moscow has been stealthily funding much of its war costs with risky, off-budget financing overlooked by the West. That funding is now under pressure, offering new leverage to Ukraine and its allies.

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Nvidia is preparing for the post-GPU AI era as it is reportedly recruits ASIC engineers to fend off competition from Broadcom and Marvell

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Nvidia, already a leader in AI and GPU technologies, is moving into the Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) market to address growing

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Do new AI reasoning models require new approaches to prompting?

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The era of reasoning AI is well underway.

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Inconvenient truths about the fires burning in Los Angeles from two fire experts

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For years, renowned fire experts Jack Cohen and Stephen Pyne have tried to shift the conversation on fire prevention strategies. This weeks destruction, they say, could have been minimized.

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How to use Google Deep Research to save hours of time

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Google's new AI-powered tool does deep analysis on complex topics. Google hasnt been shy in pushing out new AI tools and features in recent months, from Gemini in Gmail to AI-hosted podcasts.

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Backdooring Your Backdoors – Another $20 Domain, More Governments

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After the excitement of our.MOBI research, we were left twiddling our thumbs.

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Agent Tooling: Connecting AI to Your Tools, Systems & Data

Speaker: Alex Salazar, CEO & Co-Founder @ Arcade | Nate Barbettini, Founding Engineer @ Arcade | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO @ Aggregage

There’s a lot of noise surrounding the ability of AI agents to connect to your tools, systems and data. But building an AI application into a reliable, secure workflow agent isn’t as simple as plugging in an API. As an engineering leader, it can be challenging to make sense of this evolving landscape, but agent tooling provides such high value that it’s critical we figure out how to move forward.

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AI is set to transform education — what enterprise leaders can learn from this development

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After six decades of dreaming and experimenting, we might be on the cusp of a technology-enabled revolution in education.

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Getting an all-optical AI to handle non-linear math

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Instead of sensing photons and processing the results, why not process the photons?

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5 Self-Paced, Free AI Courses To Study In 2025

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Demand for AI skills is skyrocketing in 2025. More industries and companies demand professionals with artificial intelligence skills, and the evidence suggests that the more AI skills you have to bolster your resume, the better for your paycheck.

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AI founders will learn The Bitter Lesson

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Historically, general approaches always win in AI. Founders in AI application space now repeat the mistakes of AI researchers.

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How to Modernize Manufacturing Without Losing Control

Speaker: Andrew Skoog, Founder of MachinistX & President of Hexis Representatives

Manufacturing is evolving, and the right technology can empower—not replace—your workforce. Smart automation and AI-driven software are revolutionizing decision-making, optimizing processes, and improving efficiency. But how do you implement these tools with confidence and ensure they complement human expertise rather than override it? Join industry expert Andrew Skoog as he explores how manufacturers can leverage automation to enhance operations, streamline workflows, and make smarter, data-dri

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AI-generated imagery poses a threat that isn't being talked about enough – and I can't find an answer

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AI imagery transparency is only half the creative war against the machines. How will increasing consumption of AI creations change our perception of hand-crafted imagery?

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How to turn off Apple Intelligence on your iPhone

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Make your iPhone un-Intelligent.

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Elon Musk Clamors That We’re Running Out Of Data For Advancing AI LLMs But Let’s Not Overlook Squeezing Out More Juice From Data That We Already Have

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In todays column, I examine a high-profile assertion that advancements in generative AI and large language models (LLMs) will be hampered or possibly curtailed by our soon-to-be dilemma of running out of available data.

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Physicists Want to Ditch Dark Energy

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The idea that mysterious stuff speeds up the acceleration of the universe could be a big mistake

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Automation, Evolved: Your New Playbook for Smarter Knowledge Work

Speaker: Frank Taliano

Documents are the backbone of enterprise operations, but they are also a common source of inefficiency. From buried insights to manual handoffs, document-based workflows can quietly stall decision-making and drain resources. For large, complex organizations, legacy systems and siloed processes create friction that AI is uniquely positioned to resolve.

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AI is still kind of pointless – and dangerous. Stop using it. | Opinion

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AI is the problem. Continuing to find ways to use it can't be the solution. Late last year, I started writing a column on generative artificial intelligence.

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Bad Apple but it's 6,500 regexes that I search for in Vim

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There's no reason I should exit vim just to watch a video

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Russian AI Drone Swarm? Not There Yet – A Guide to Drone Navigation

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However, recent reports and analysis suggest that Moscow is progressing in drone navigation and guidance, potentially with onboard artificial intelligence (AI).

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The Canva outage: another tale of saturation and resilience

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Today's public incident writeup comes courtesy of Brendan Humphries, the CTO of Canva. Like so many other incidents that came before, this is another tale of saturation, where the failure mode involves overload. There's a lot of great detail in Humpries's write-up, and I recommend you read it directly in addition to this post.

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How to Achieve High-Accuracy Results When Using LLMs

Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage

When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m

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Three-part series looks at how AI is changing health care

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The next time you go in for a checkup with your doctor there may be someone else in the room. Sort of. More doctors are turning to artificial intelligence to record conversations with patients and take notes.

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Mullenweg Shuts Down WordPress Sustainability Team, Igniting Backlash

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Members of the fledgling WordPress Sustainability Team have been left reeling after WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg abruptly dissolved the team this weekan action prominent tech journalist Kara Swisher has described as "bizarrely heinous behavior.

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AI Agents are Basically RPA with LLMs

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Every company, big tech or startups alike, is betting on agentic AI becoming the biggest trend in the near future.

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From ASCII to ASIC: Porting donut.c to a tiny slice of silicon

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Implementing the famous donut.

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Maximizing Profit and Productivity: The New Era of AI-Powered Accounting

Speaker: Yohan Lobo and Dennis Street

In the accounting world, staying ahead means embracing the tools that allow you to work smarter, not harder. Outdated processes and disconnected systems can hold your organization back, but the right technologies can help you streamline operations, boost productivity, and improve client delivery. Dive into the strategies and innovations transforming accounting practices.

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What is Data-driven vs AI-driven Practices?

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Summary: The article explores the differences between data driven and AI driven practices. The right approach is necessary to improve decisions and ensure your business remains competitive. Data-driven and AI-driven approaches have become key in how businesses address challenges, seize opportunities, and shape their strategic directions. Introduction Are you struggling to decide between data-driven practices and AI-driven strategies for your business?

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All-Band Receiver Lets You Listen to All the Radio at Once

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There are many ways to build a radio receiver, but most have a few things in common, such as oscillators, tuned circuits, detectors, mixers, and amplifiers. Put those together in the right order and y.

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Wall Street Pepe, The Ultimate Intelligent Trading Tool as AI Agents Set to Be The New Big Trend of 2025

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AI is reshaping every industry, and crypto trading is no exception.

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The Missing Nvidia GPU Glossary

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The 2nd Generation of Innovation Management: A Survival Guide

Speaker: Chris Townsend, VP of Product Marketing, Wellspring

Over the past decade, companies have embraced innovation with enthusiasm—Chief Innovation Officers have been hired, and in-house incubators, accelerators, and co-creation labs have been launched. CEOs have spoken with passion about “making everyone an innovator” and the need “to disrupt our own business.” But after years of experimentation, senior leaders are asking: Is this still just an experiment, or are we in it for the long haul?