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Scaleway, an iliad Group subsidiary, is extending cloud credits to startups for utilizing its AI supercomputer cluster, equipped with 1,016 NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPUs. Being a regional CSP, Scaleway offers the added benefit of sovereign infrastructure, aligning with EU data protection laws — a crucial factor for businesses operating in Europe. Adhering to regulations on data and metadata storage in cloud computing is vital, especially for U.S. companies doing business in Europe, who must comply with EU sovereignty laws to protect data from foreign access. Failing to comply can lead to data risks, financial penalties, and legal issues. Scaleway’s…

A recent trend has shown that capital value growth is stronger in the North than in the South.According to Savills’ property report, this is likely to continue, with the North East, Wales, the North West, and Scotland all outperforming more southern regions with over 20% compound growth over 5 years to 2028.  North EastWalesNorth WestScotlandSouth EastLondon Mainstream Capital Value Forecast – 5 Years to 202821.40%21.40%20.20%20.20%16.70%13.90% Source: Savills Residential Market Forecast, Nov 2023 At the bottom of the table, Savills believes London properties will see 13.9% capital value growth leading up to 2028, which, whilst still an optimistic projection, means that capital…

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Decentralized exchange (DEX) dYdX was forced to use its insurance fund to cover $9 million in user liquidations on Nov. 17. According to dYdX founder Antonio Juliano, the losses resulted from a “targeted attack” against the exchange. Based on reports from the dYdX team on X (formerly Twitter), the v3 insurance fund was used “to fill gaps on liquidations processes in the YFI market.” The Yearn.Finance (YFI) token dropped 43% on Nov. 17 after soaring over 170% in the previous weeks. The sudden price crash raised concerns within the crypto community about a possible exit scam. The alleged attack targeted long…

Taking a common antibiotic could more than half the risk of children becoming sick with multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), according to findings presented this week at a conference on lung health. It is one of a number of emerging breakthroughs in the prevention of TB, which kills around 240,000 children each year – the majority of them aged under five. A single, daily dose of levofloxacin reduced the risk of MDR-TB disease in children by 56 per cent, researchers from the Desmond Tutu TB Centre at South Africa’s Stellenbosch University announced at the Union Conference on Lung Health in Paris…

The incident happened in the area of the A21 London Road and the A268 Hawkhurst Road in Flimwell, near Crowborough, between 5.30pm and 5.50pm on Thursday, November 16. In a new statement, Sussex Police confirmed that a 75-year-old man died in the crash.  A spokesman for the force said: “We can now confirm that a pedestrian involved in a collision in Flimwell has sadly died. “The victim – a 75-year-old local man – was tragically pronounced dead at the scene. His next of kin have now been traced and informed.” The driver of the HGV involved – a 57-year-old man from…

Location : The M1 southbound between junctions J22 and J21 . Reason : Congestion. Status : Currently Active. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected between 17:45 and 18:00 on 18 November 2023. Cause : Road traffic collision. Delay : There are currently delays of 30 minutes against expected traffic. Source link

Image Credit: Chris Chew/UPI/Shutterstock Taylor Swift, 33, is mourning a fan who reportedly died at her Eras Tour concert at at the Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Friday night. The singer took to Instagram to share a heartfelt message that revealed she learned about the passing and is “devastated” from the shocking news. “I can’t believe I’m writing these words, but it is with her shattered heart that I say we lost a fan earlier tonight before my show. I can’t even tell you how devastated I am by by this,” Taylor wrote in her…

For the next few weeks, TechCrunch’s robotics newsletter Actuator will be running Q&As with some of the top minds in robotics. Subscribe here for future updates.  Part 1: CMU’s Matthew Johnson-Roberson This week, we’ve got a two-fer. Toyota Research Institute’s Russ Tedrake and Max Bajracharya split the job. Tedrake is TRI’s vice president of Robotics Research. He is also MIT’s Toyota Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering and Aero/Astro. Bajracharya is TRI’s senior vice president of Robotics. He previously served as the Institute’s director of Robotics. What role(s) will generative AI play in the…

YouTube’s latest venture, Dream Track, marks an innovative leap in AI-generated music. This experimental feature, limited to a select group of U.S. creators, makes use of Google DeepMind’s advanced AI model, Lyria, to transform text prompts into 30-second tracks imitating the voices of renowned artists. The trial, focusing on YouTube Shorts, offers an unprecedented blend of AI technology and creative expression.   Artificial Intelligence in Music Creation   Dream Track is a great initiative, allowing AI to emulate the voices of nine prominent artists including John Legend, Sia, and Demi Lovato. As YouTube executives Lyor Cohen and Toni Reid explain,…