How a rocket scientist turned entrepreneur created the “ChatGPT for Earth data” using transformers and satellite imagery Bruno Sánchez is a rocket scientist with a somewhat deviant trajectory. An astrophysicist by training, he used the tools of his trade – mathematics and science – at the broadest possible scale: the universe. At some point, however, … Read more
At a recent exhibition in Copenhagen, visitors stepped into a dark room and were met by an unusual host: a jaguar that watched the crowd, selected individuals, and began to share stories about her daughter, her rainforest, and the fires that once threatened her home – the Bolivian Amazon. The live interaction with Huk, an … Read more
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Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Approach 2.1 Architecture 2.2 Multimodal Instruction Finetuning 2.3 Curriculum Learning with Parameter Efficient Finetuning 3 Experiments 4 Results 4.1 Evaluation of SpeechVerse models 4.2 Generalization Across Instructions 4.3 Strategies for Improving Performance 5 Related Work 6 Conclusion, Limitations, Ethics Statement, and References A Appendix A.1 Audio Encoder … Read more
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It’s a military expert’s season. Isn’t it amazing? Everybody has a take on the military parade (AKA Trump’s Bday parade). What do I know? I joined the military when I was 15. I spent six years training and learning to be an officer and a gentleman. For a soldier to be dressed like that and … Read more
Summer Game Fest 2025 was definitely a weird one, but even with everything going on outside, the games on display were still immaculate. My favorites, the ones that I live for, are small, unique, and made for pure love of expression. Being able to see that love so clearly on display, expressed through such painstaking … Read more
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It’s the latest in a string of setbacks for the mega-rocket, which SpaceX hopes to use to build Starlink and one day go to Mars.
Bluesky’s automated impersonation detection system took down JD Vance’s new account, but it was restored soon after.
Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Approach 2.1 Architecture 2.2 Multimodal Instruction Finetuning 2.3 Curriculum Learning with Parameter Efficient Finetuning 3 Experiments 4 Results 4.1 Evaluation of SpeechVerse models 4.2 Generalization Across Instructions 4.3 Strategies for Improving Performance 5 Related Work 6 Conclusion, Limitations, Ethics Statement, and References A Appendix A.1 Audio Encoder … Read more
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You’re not managing a quiet room of servers anymore. You’re wrangling a noisy, shape-shifting orchestra of containers, microservices, and distributed pieces that don’t always follow the rules. Most of them don’t even stick around long enough to say hello. According to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, more than 96% of organizations are now using or … Read more
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Big news, and all are welcome The year 2025 is off to a great start. Bitcoin has set new records, new rules are coming to protect investors, traditional financial institutions continue to get into crypto, and new funds are coming to the Boston puppy pack. ==But first: a Rabbi, a Muslim, a Buddhist, a Hindu … Read more
Electric Cars As I said in “In the Beginning was the Command Line … then there was Bitcoin”, Neal Stephenson predicted Teslas back in 1999. Electric Cars: Fast and Quiet and Clean as a Silicon Waffer Laboratory. Only problem is, they still run on batteries charged by intermittent solar papanels. Instead of running on Solar … Read more
The Global Shift Towards Digital Independence As I write this from my base on The Hill, Tele’a-Laiko at Vaini (V-Town) in Tonga, remarkable developments are unfolding across Europe that validate everything we’ve been advocating for in our scattered island nations. Denmark’s Ministry of Digital Affairs has announced they will transition away from Microsoft services, including … Read more
Cryptocurrencies are everywhere these days: on the news, in your social media feed, and even in mainstream finance conversations. With all this exposure, it’s no surprise that confusion is also growing. Many people are entering the crypto space for the first time, only to be met with a sea of jargon, hype, and half-truths. Whether … Read more
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When Joe Kinvi joined Touchtech Payments in 2017 as head of finance, the Irish startup couldn’t afford his full salary. So he negotiated for stock to make up the difference. Eighteen months later, Stripe acquired the company, and that equity converted into Stripe shares, enough to let Kinvi leave his job, bootstrap a side project, … Read more