US loses 45 MQ-9 Reaper drones worth over $1.3 billion to cheaper Iranian weapons in conflict
Approximately 45 MQ-9 Reaper drones, representing about 25 percent of the US fleet, have been lost in the war, costing more than $1.3 billion. These losses were caused by a series of comparatively cheap Iranian drones and missiles.
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An anonymous model called Ox Alpha was released on OpenRouter last week, free to use with a million-token context window, and developers have been impressed.
» readPalantir co-founder Peter Thiel: 'Anyone that has a monopoly will pretend that they're in incredible competition'
A strategy for hiding monopolistic power in the technology industry was outlined by Palantir and PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel in his book 'Zero to One'.
» readNvidia AI server prices to rise over 15% due to memory costs, customers told
Nvidia's largest customers have been informed that servers containing its AI chips will increase in price by more than 15% in many cases starting early next year, driven by rising memory costs.
» readBarge-Based Nuclear System Faces Unresolved Regulatory Hurdles in State with Longstanding Moratorium
A new 10 MWe nuclear system designed for port operations has been introduced by the startup Bluecore, with the company stating that the system can be scaled by pairing multiple units together.
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