Skip to main content

Clarifications and Corrections

1 month 2 weeks ago
An article on 19 March said that the Rosebank oil field could produce millions of barrels a day. In fact, estimates put this at 70,000 barrels. 

Clarifications and Corrections

1 month 2 weeks ago
An article on 19 March said that the Rosebank oil field could produce millions of barrels a day. In fact, estimates put this at 70,000 barrels. 

NASA Launches Artemis II Astronauts Around the Moon

1 month 2 weeks ago
NASA's Artemis II mission has launched four astronauts around the moon and back, marking humanity's first crewed lunar voyage in 53 years and the first test flight of NASA's Orion capsule and Space Launch System (SLS) with people on board. Five minutes into the flight, Commander Reid Wiseman saw the team's target: "We have a beautiful moonrise, we're headed right at it," he said from the capsule. The Associated Press reports: Artemis II set sail from the same Florida launch site that sent Apollo's explorers to the moon so long ago. The handful still alive cheered this next generation's grand adventure as the Space Launch System rocket thundered into the early evening sky, a nearly full moon beckoning some 248,000 miles (400,000 kilometers) away. Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman led the charge into space with "Let's go to the moon!" accompanied by pilot Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canada's Jeremy Hansen. It was the most diverse lunar crew ever with the first woman, person of color and non-U.S. citizen riding in NASA's new Orion capsule. Carrying three Americans and one Canadian, the 32-story rocket rose from NASA's Kennedy Space Center where tens of thousands gathered to witness the dawn of this new era. Crowds also jammed the surrounding roads and beaches, reminiscent of the Apollo moonshots in the 1960s and '70s. It is NASA's biggest step yet toward establishing a permanent lunar presence. Visit NASA's Artemis II Launch Day blog for the latest updates. Developing...

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

BeauHD

Google's TurboQuant saves memory, but won't save us from DRAM-pricing hell

1 month 2 weeks ago
Chocolate Factory’s compression tech clears the way to cheaper AI inference, not more affordable memory

When Google unveiled TurboQuant, an AI data compression technology that promises to slash the amount of memory required to serve models, many hoped it would help with a memory shortage that has seen prices triple since last year. Not so much.…

Tobias Mann