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Malfunctioning B-2 bomber damaged during landing at Missouri Air Force base

A B-2 Spirit stealth bomber made an emergency landing at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri earlier this week after the high-tech aircraft malfunctioned during a training flight.




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U.S., Slovenian military officials discuss joint response to potential threats

As U.S. and Slovenian troops wrapped up a joint exercise, military officials from both countries met to discuss their response to potential threats, the Air Force said Wednesday.




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USS John S. McCain headed to new U.S. home port after 24 years in Japan

The USS John S. McCain on Friday headed to its new homeport in Naval Station Everett, Wash., after 24 years in Yokosuka, Japan, the Navy said.




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Navy begins deep-sea search for downed helicopter, remains of crew

The U.S. Navy began its deep-sea search this week for the remains of an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter and the remains of five sailors who died after the aircraft crashed into waters off the San Diego coast on Aug. 31.




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USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. guided-missile destroyer completes acceptance trials

The USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. cleared another hurdle toward joining the Navy's fleet after it completed acceptance trials on Thursday.




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Ukraine-led Rapid Trident exercise to increase U.S., NATO interoperability

The Rapid Trident 21 exercise to enhance interoperability between Ukraine, U.S. and NATO partners started Monday, with an opening ceremony, and will run through Oct. 1.




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USS Wyoming submarine conducts two-missile Trident II test flight

The U.S. Navy conducted a two-missile test flight of unarmed life-extended Trident II-D5LE missiles from the USS Wyoming in the Eastern Test Range off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Fla, the Navy announced.




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Air Force secretary: Branch focused on confronting China, must retire old platforms

Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said the branch is looking toward confronting China, as well as unity in its ranks, and added that the service needs to retire older aircraft and programs -- and focus on ones that work.




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U.S. Air Force seeing ‘good progress’ on new B-21 Raider stealth bombers

An arms contractor is making "good progress" on the production of five B-21 Raider stealth bombers, U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall disclosed during a speech on Monday.




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U.S. Space Force presents new dress uniforms, drawing sci-fi comparisons

U.S. Space Force has made public the prototypes of its new uniforms, which immediately drew comparisons to those worn in Star Trek and other science fiction franchises.




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U.S. Army finishes exercises in Turkey as part of Europe-focused drill

A multinational military exercise intended to improve interoperability between the U.S. Army and allied nations wrapped up its final phase in Turkey on Monday.




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U.S. F-16 fighter jets intercept Cessna during U.N. General Assembly

U.S. fighter jets escorted a small plane flown by a U.S. Army soldier out of restricted air space over New York City during the United Nations General Assembly.




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U.S. Navy, Bahrain partner to ramp up unmanned systems use

Bahraini leaders committed Thursday to partnering with a new U.S. Navy task force to ramp up new unmanned system efforts.




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Army tests MK-22 Precision Sniper Rifle at Fort Bragg ahead of fielding

The Army has successfully tested the MK-22 Precision Sniper Rifle to clear it for fielding.




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Four Marines remain hospitalized month after suicide bombing at Afghan airport

Four U.S. Marines remain hospitalized after an attack near Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, last month as service members were evacuating foreign nationals and refugees.




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Army investigating suspected suicides of three Fort Drum soldiers

The U.S. Army is investigating the suspected suicides of three soldiers based at New York's Fort Drum.




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Pentagon orders all civilian employees to be fully vaccinated by Nov. 22

The Pentagon on Monday ordered all Department of Defense civilian employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by no later than Nov. 22.




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U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin signs new defense pact with Georgia

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin signed a new security agreement with Georgia Monday, seeking to buttress relations with the Black Sea nation as it continues to face Russian troops in two of its regions.





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IonQ Announces 3rd Quarter 2024 Financial Results

COLLEGE PARK, Md., Nov. 7, 2024 — IonQ (NYSE: IONQ), a leader in the quantum computing industry, has announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2024. “We had yet […]

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IonQ to Expand Quantum Networking Portfolio with Qubitekk Acquisition

COLLEGE PARK, Md. and VISTA, Calif., Nov. 8, 2024 — IonQ has announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the operating assets of Qubitekk, […]

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Role Reversal: Google Teases Nvidia’s Blackwell as It Softens TPU Rivalry

Customers now have access to Google’s homegrown hardware — its Axion CPU and latest Trillium TPU — in its Cloud service.  At the same time, Google gave customers a teaser […]

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Go (Mountain) West, Quantum Workers! CU, CUbit, and Elevate Quantum Issue Workforce Roadmap

Last week the University of Colorado (Boulder), the CUbit Quantum Initiative, and the Elevate Quantum consortium released workforce roadmap for educating and building a quantum workforce. “This roadmap provides a […]

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OSI Open AI Definition Stops Short of Requiring Open Data for LLMs

The movement toward open source AI made progress today when the Open Source Initiative released the first Open Source AI Definition (OSAID). While the OSAID provides one step forward, the […]

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QCT QoolRack: An Optimized Liquid Cooling Solution for HPC/AI Workloads

Data center infrastructure running AI and HPC workloads requires powerful microprocessor chips and the use of CPUs, GPUs, and acceleration chips to carry out compute intensive tasks. AI and HPC […]

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QCT POD- An Adaptive Converged Platform for HPC and AI

Building an integrated workload-driven system with optimized performance is a resource-intensive and time-consuming effort. The QCT Platform on Demand (QCT POD) offers an on-premises HPC/AI converged system, featuring best-practice hardware […]

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Penguin Computing Scyld Cloud Central™: A New Cloud-First Approach to HPC and AI Workloads

Making the Most of Today’s Cloud-First Approach to Running HPC and AI Workloads With Penguin Scyld Cloud Central™ Bursting to cloud has long been used to complement on-premises HPC capacity […]

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Why More Organizations Are Running HPC Workloads in the Cloud

Hyperion Research shows how organizations running high performance computing (HPC) workloads are looking to the cloud to accelerate performance. Projected to reach $11.5 billion by 2026, the cloud market for […]

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Transforming Industrial and Automotive Manufacturing

Divergent Technologies developed a digital production system that can revolutionize automotive and industrial scale manufacturing. Divergent uses new manufacturing solutions and their Divergent Adaptive Production System (DAPS™) software to make […]

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How Direct Liquid Cooling Improves Data Center Energy Efficiency

Data centers are experiencing increasing power consumption, space constraints and cooling demands due to the unprecedented computing power required by today’s chips and servers. HVAC cooling systems consume approximately 40% […]

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Why IT Must Have an Influential Role in Strategic Decisions About Sustainability

In this era, expansion in digital infrastructure capacity is inevitable. Parallel to this, climate change consciousness is also rising, making sustainability a mandatory part of the organization’s functioning. As computing […]

The post Why IT Must Have an Influential Role in Strategic Decisions About Sustainability appeared first on HPCwire.




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The VDURA Data Platform: Elevating Data Storage for AI and HPC

The VDURA Data Platform is a next-generation data storage and management solution, purpose-built to meet the rigorous demands of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and High-Performance Computing (HPC). Leveraging a modern, shared-nothing […]

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CoolIT Systems Showcases AI and HPC Liquid Cooling Solutions at SC24

Nov. 6, 2024 — CoolIT Systems, a world leader in liquid cooling systems for artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC), will showcase its latest AI cooling products at the Supercomputing […]

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AlmaLinux OS Foundation Chair to Discuss Embracing Diversity in Open Source at SC24

FORT MYERS, Fla., Nov. 7, 2024 — The AlmaLinux OS Foundation, the nonprofit that stewards the free and community-governed open source enterprise Linux distribution, today announced that chair benny Vasquez is […]

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Cerabyte Discusses Use Cases for Its Ceramic Data Storage Solution at SC24

SANTA CLARA, Calif. and MUNICH, Nov. 7, 2024 — Cerabyte, a pioneer of ceramic-based data storage solutions, today announced its participation at SuperComputing 2024 (SC24), taking place at the Georgia […]

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SC24 Invited Talks to Spotlight HPC’s Role in AI, Quantum Computing, and Sustainability

ATLANTA, Nov. 7, 2024 — As the high-performance computing (HPC) community gathers in Atlanta for SC24, the world’s largest HPC conference, the event will feature presentations from thought leaders and […]

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UT Austin-UTEP Partnership Supports Growth of Texas CS Education

Nov. 8, 2024 — Across the United States, research shows that computer science (CS) courses teach a range of transferable skills that help students as they enter the workforce. But in […]

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Liquid Cooling: A Cool Approach for AI

HPE’s cooling expert, Jason Zeiler, explains why liquid cooling is ideally suited to cool next-generation accelerators for greater efficiency, sustainability, and density in future AI data centers In this article […]

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Loose cash leads Maryland man to lottery jackpot of $45,166

A Maryland man found some loose cash in his back pocket and ended up using it to buy a lottery ticket worth more than $45,000.




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CDC: U.S. epidemic of STDs may finally be slowing

The epidemic of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the United States appears to be cooling off after more than two decades, a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study says.




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Vitamin D supplements may help lower blood pressure in obese seniors

Vitamin D supplements might lower blood pressure in seniors who are obese, reducing their heart health risk, a new study says.




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Repairs to Tampa Bay Rays' Tropicana Field from Hurricane Milton put at $55.7 million

It will cost $55.7 million to repair Tropicana Field, home to the MLB Tampa Bay Rays, in time for the 2026 home opener, St. Petersburg., Fla., city officials said Tuesday.





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Quantum Software Specialist Q-CTRL Inks Deals with IBM, Rigetti, Oxford, and Diraq

Q-CTRL, the Australia-based start-up focusing on quantum infrastructure software, today announced that its performance-management software, Fire Opal, will be natively integrated into four of the world’s most advanced quantum computing […]

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