Why AI hardware needs to be open

Now it’s mounting a powerful second act, joined by a wave of AI open-source enthusiasts. This time around the stakes are higher, and we need to give it the support it never had. In 2024 the AI leader Hugging Face developed an open-source platform for AI robots, which already has 3,500+ robot data sets and…

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Distant exoplanet may be the most volcanic world ever found

Illustration of the volcanic exoplanet L 98-59 b NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center An alien world with a seemingly sulphur-filled atmosphere may be the most volcanic planet astronomers have ever spotted. We have never directly detected volcanic activity outside our solar system, in part because current telescopes aren’t powerful enough to take images of exoplanets’…

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My hope for Micro Four Thirds is waning – OM System’s latest travel camera is yet another disappointing upgrade

OM System’s OM-5 II is a modest upgrade of the OM-5 Available in three colorways, including a limited edition Sand Beige Body only price is £1,099 (US / Australia pricing TBC) I’m a fan of OM System’s Micro Four Thirds cameras. They’re compact, travel-friendly, compatible with a huge range of superb lenses, deliver incredible image…

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Arti 1.4.3 is released: Prometheus metrics support, inital work on Counter Galois Onion and congestion control.

Arti is our ongoing project to create a next-generation Tor client in Rust. Now we’re announcing the latest release, Arti 1.4.3. This release adds support for exporting metrics via Prometheus. To use this feature, compile Arti with the metrics feature, and add the [metrics] section to your configuration file, as shown in our example config….

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