Rocket Report: Space Force to Select Three; Pythom Launches Counterattack
Welcome to Edition 6.03 of the Rocket Report! Today marks the 54th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on the Moon. For decades this has meant a time to reflect on the glories of the past. But finally, with the Artemis Program, we can also look forward with hope about what is coming. That is
White House Secures AI Firms’ Commitment to Voluntary Safeguards, Shuns Imposing New Regulations
Head over to our on-demand library to view sessions from VB Transform 2023. Register Here Today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that it has secured voluntary commitments from seven leading AI companies to manage the short- and long-term risks of AI models. Representatives from OpenAI, Amazon, Anthropic, Google, Inflection, Meta and Microsoft are set to sign
“Family from ‘Church of Bleach’ Convicted on All Charges, Intends to File Appeal”
A Florida father and his three adult sons have been found guilty on all counts after falsely claiming a toxic, industrial-strength bleaching agent they sold as a "miracle" solution through their fake church could cure HIV, autism, cancer, COVID-19, and other serious illnesses. Further Reading“Church of Bleach” family goes to trial, representing themselves in courtOn
Splunk Introduces Splunk AI for Enhanced Security and Observability with Generative AI
Head over to our on-demand library to view sessions from VB Transform 2023. Register Here During Splunk’s .conf23 event, the company announced Splunk AI, a suite of AI-driven solutions designed to enhance its unified security and observability platform. According to the company, the latest development combines automation with human-in-the-loop experiences to empower organizations to improve their detection
Nasuni Collaborates with Microsoft Sentinel to Safeguard File Data against Cyber Threats
Head over to our on-demand library to view sessions from VB Transform 2023. Register Here File data service provider Nasuni Corporation has introduced enhanced platform capabilities to bolster business defenses against cyber-threats. The company has partnered with Microsoft Sentinel to integrate Nasuni’s cloud-native ransomware recovery solution with Microsoft’s security information and event management (SIEM) platform. Nasuni’s File Data Platform tackles
New Addition to US Military’s Roster of Launch Contractors
The US Space Force, long content with using just one or two contractors to carry the military’s most vital satellites into orbit, has announced it will seek a third provider for national security launch services in its next multibillion-dollar round of rocket procurement. This is good news for Blue Origin, which has long sought to
New Open-Source AI Full-Stack Platform Takes on OpenAI, Backs LLaMA 2
Head over to our on-demand library to view sessions from VB Transform 2023. Register Here Yesterday’s release of Meta’s LLaMA 2, under a commercial license, was undoubtedly an open-source AI mic drop. But startup Together, known for creating the RedPajama dataset in April, which replicated the LLaMA dataset, had its own big news over the
DART Asteroid Impact Generates 10,000-Kilometer Debris Field of Boulders
NASA's Double Asteroid Redirect Test (DART) mission was a success from the perspective of planetary defense, as it successfully shifted the orbit of an asteroid. But the mission had a scientific element to it, and we're still sifting through the debris of the collision to determine what the impact tells us about the asteroid. That's
DataStax introduces Astra DB, enabling vector database search across multiple clouds
Head over to our on-demand library to view sessions from VB Transform 2023. Register Here Data platform vendor DataStax is entering the vector database space, announcing the general availability of vector search in its flagship Astra DB cloud database. DataStax is one of the leading contributors to the open-source Apache Cassandra database, with Astra DB
US Public Urges NASA to Prioritize Asteroid Defense
The Pew Research Center published the results of a new public survey on Thursday, the 54th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on the Moon. The survey assessed Americans' attitudes toward space exploration and space policy issues. Similarly to five years ago, the survey found that Americans broadly support the national space agency, NASA. Three-quarters
