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SpaceX is aiming to fly its next-gen Super Heavy booster next month, according to a recent post on X by the company’s CEO, Elon Musk. As part of the Starship rocket that also includes the upper-stage Ship spacecraft, the Super Heavy is the most powerful booster ever built and has so far flown 11 times, with varying degrees of success. SpaceX has just rolled out the new rocket, called Booster 19, for preflight testing, and on Sunday it shared some video clips captured by a drone. You can watch the footage by selecting the top left image in the post…
Quick summary Why do GPU costs surge when scaling AI products? As AI models grow in size and complexity, their compute and memory needs expand super‑linearly. A constrained supply of GPUs—dominated by a few vendors and high‑bandwidth memory suppliers—pushes prices upward. Hidden costs such as underutilised resources, egress fees and compliance overhead further inflate budgets. Clarifai’s compute orchestration platform optimises utilisation through dynamic scaling and smart scheduling, cutting unnecessary expenditure. Setting the stage Artificial intelligence’s meteoric rise is powered by specialised chips called Graphics Processing Units (GPUs), which excel at the parallel linear‑algebra operations underpinning deep learning. But as organisations…
The wheels of the money churning machine need endless sleepless nights of slogging on, fueled by caffeine. Most billionaires and hustling entrepreneurs would vouch for it. Pulling in all-nighters and occasionally staying awake for two nights in a row to deliver projects on tight deadlines is not what just a high schooler does. Makes you wonder if billionaires are all just a bunch of high schoolers with tons of money. Well, Bill Gates was definitely one. In his recent podcast, ‘Unconfuse Me With Bill Gates’ with guests Seth Rogen and his wife, Lauren Miller Rogen, the billionaire talked about all…
You don’t need a four-figure Swiss movement to know what time it is—or look good doing it. One of the most wonderful things about “budget” watches today (although it’s kinder, or more appropriate, to say “affordable”) is that brands have learned to take design cues from luxury timepieces while quietly getting very good at the fundamentals: reliable movements, thoughtful materials, and proportions that don’t scream “cheap.” Take a look at the Orient in WIRED’s selection below as a prime example.It could easily be argued that we’re in a golden age of affordable horology (see our full guide here for definitive…
New AI tools launch constantly. Most agencies don’t have time to test even a fraction of them.
Hello Cyber Builders 🖖This is the third and final post in my series on cybersecurity and power grids. Today, I want to explore one of the most underestimated threats: the rise of new, hyper-connected grids and how that’s creating opportunities for attacks through devices you’d never expect. The first two posts explained the basics: power grids are complex systems with many stakeholders. There are the big players—state operators, energy producers, utilities—and then everyone else: local suppliers, consumers, and prosumers. These groups differ in size and cybersecurity maturity.Now let’s add renewables to the mix. Here’s the thing—this isn’t really about whether…
Podium provides a safe space for women as they navigate major milestones When we think about the term “modern woman,” some might picture characters like Miranda Priestly from The Devil Wears Prada: career-driven, ambitious, and willing to sacrifice relationships to stay on top. But when I met Alka Gupta and Mai Vo, they offered a far less restrictive definition: a modern woman is someone who gets to choose who she wants to be. “It’s really not that you have to work or that you have to be a mum. You can have no kids. You can have no career. As…
Microsoft Corp. last week delivered what looks on paper like a great quarter, with a beat of 1% and 5% on revenue and operating operating profit, respectively. But the two-day reaction from investors tells a different story, with the stock off double digits from its pre-earnings price. Last quarter, increased capital spending was interpreted as a signal for enthusiasm and confidence. But artificial intelligence ambition has turned into AI skepticism. Specifically, Microsoft’s capital expenditures came in higher than expected but Azure growth didn’t. Without a clean bridge from capital spend to clear cloud return on investment, Azure growth, despite an…
For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that a quantum computer can perform a verifiable algorithm faster than any classical supercomputer. The breakthrough, achieved with Google’s Willow quantum processor, marks a major stride toward practical, real-world applications of quantum computing: in fields ranging from drug discovery to materials science. The team’s innovation centers on a new algorithm called Quantum Echoes, capable of probing the hidden structure of nature with unprecedented precision. Much like how sonar sends a signal into the ocean and listens for the echo to reveal what lies beneath, Quantum Echoes sends a quantum signal into a system…