Welcome back to week in Review! We have tons of stories to share this week, such as the biggest hits of Nvidia GTC; The NASA astronauts finally came home; Rippel’s lawsuit; And Google bought wiz. Let’s go there!
Google finally does it: Google made its biggest acquisition in its history this week when it confirmed that the WIZ bought for $ 32 billion. Google says that the WIZ will position as a “multicloud” offer, which means that Wiz will not be a shop for Google alone. Last year, Google Wiz offered $ 23 billion for his company. I think it pays to say no.
Speaking of acquisitions: Xai, AI company from Elon Musk, bought Hotshot, a startup that worked on AI-driven video supply tools. The acquisition could indicate that Xai intends to build its own video range models to compete with OpenAi’s Sora, Google’s VEO 2 and others.
Nvidia GTC: Nvidia’s largest conference of the year ended Thursday and we were on site and brought you the last of the chip maker. The company announced two personal AI -Supercomputers; Groot N1, a fundamental model for humanoid robots; New GPUs, Blackwell Ultra, Vera Rubin and Feynman called; And much more.
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The gloves are switched off: HR Company Rippel SUED Deel, another player in space, claims racketeering, embezzlement of trade secrets, unlawful interference, unfair competition and helping a violation of the fiduciary duty. Share the allegations.
Welcome back to the earth: The two NASA astronauts who had been stranded at the international space station for more than nine months have finally returned to Earth. Sunita “Suni” Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore splashed in the Gulf of Mexico in a SpaceX Dragon Capsule on Tuesday after a return trip of 17 hours from the ISS.
Pixel Nomanity: Google has released a new pixel this week, called the 9a. The $ 499 smartphone has a upgraded 6.3-inch Actua display, of which Google says it is 35% brighter than the Pixel 8a. But the real update here is for the design: the ditch is camera bar on the back.
Hacked: The Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA), the largest organization for educators in Pennsylvania, says that Hackers have stolen the sensitive personal information of more than half a million of its members. PSEA said that member account numbers, pins, passwords and security codes were also accessible during the infringement, according to a letter sent to affected persons.
Neat! A 12th class built a website with the name Minecraft Bench (MC bench) that opens two AIs to see what better creations are building in Minecraft. MC-Bench is technically a programming benchmark, because the models are asked to write code to make the preached build.
Actually super useful: Google changes how UE -mail finds in your inbox. Instead of displaying everything chronologically, it will now use AI to consider factors such as news, most e-mails and frequent contacts when emerging e-mails based on your search. With a switch, people can switch between “most relevant” or “most recent” e -mails on a page with search results.
Humanoids at home: The hype around humanoid robots in front of the house seems to have reached new heights. Norwegian Robotics Company 1x benefits from this and announces that it will test its humanoid robot, Neo Gamma, in “a few hundred to a few thousand” houses towards the end of the year.
Analysis
Nvidia at the top: NVIDIA is on top of the AI world, but it is confronted with the American rates, deep cavity and shifting priorities of top AI customers. At the GTC this year, the company tried to insure those present – and the rest of the world – who will not slow down the demand for its chips.
Wayve drives the Golf: Wayve, which was launched in 2017 and has collected more than $ 1.3 billion in recent years, is planning to permit his self-driving software for automotive and fleet partners, such as Uber. Co-founder and CEO of Wayve Alex Kendall sees promise in bringing the technology of his autonomous vehicle startup on the market.