Poolside has released Laguna S 2.1, a 118-billion-parameter open-weight AI model designed for agentic coding that matches or outperforms much larger models. It is compact enough to run on a single NVIDIA DGX Spark desktop and is available under an open license, providing Western enterprises and governments a competitive, self-hosted alternative to Chinese models. This release addresses growing demand for cost-effective, controllable AI solutions that keep data in-house, especially for regulated sectors. Laguna S 2.1 is built using Poolside's automated Model Factory platform, enabling rapid development and deployment, and is available now on Hugging Face and via Poolside's API.
Firefly Aerospace has been selected as a vendor under NASA's $10 billion Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) 2 contract, enabling it to compete for lunar delivery tasks over the next decade. Building on its successful Blue Ghost Mission 1 Moon l...
Diginex Limited has extended the Long Stop Date for its proposed acquisition of Resulticks from October 30 to November 19, 2026, allowing more time to meet closing conditions. The company also announced an extraordinary general meeting on November 20...
NFTX, an NFT trading platform, has launched on the AnubisChain network, enabling expanded support for issuing, displaying, and trading onchain digital assets. This integration enhances the ecosystem for creators, collectors, and other participants by...
Immutable Chain aims to migrate from a custom Geth fork to OP Stack by mid-2027, transforming it into an Ethereum rollup. This upgrade will reduce block time from two seconds to one second and enable faster adoption of security patches. The migration...
A Polymarket contract tracking whether Ether (ETH) will reach $2,200 in November priced the likelihood at 91% as of early Nov. 6. The contract settles based on one-minute high prices of ETH/USDT on Binance from Nov. 1 to Nov. 30, ignoring other excha...
