Vork 3D engine with a 2,500-token core API renders a simulation of 1 million birds in 97 seconds on an NVIDIA L4 GPU. It claims 2× token efficiency versus Blender, Unreal Engine, Houdini and up to 24× faster rendering, using Rust and Slang on Metal/Vulkan.
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Token efficiency: 2x more token-efficient vs Blender, Unreal Engine, Houdini
Benchmark: 1 million birds rendered in 97 s on one NVIDIA L4 GPU; Blender EEVEE takes 31 minutes
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Starship Flight 15 catch of booster and upper stage
Starship Flight 15 will attempt to catch both the Super Heavy Booster and Starship's upper stage, according to Elon. He called it the largest flying object ever made and said excitement is guaranteed.
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Flight 15 will attempt to catch both the Super Heavy Booster and Starship's upper stage
Described as the largest flying object ever made; excitement is guaranteed
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Cellebrite phone cloning software purchased by NIA and Indian police
Cellebrite phone cloning software is being bought by NIA and Indian police departments, according to a quoted tweet about a Delhi Police seizure of Dhruv Rathee’s phone. The tweet notes the claim that the phone may have been cloned with Cellebrite, though it cannot be verified.
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NIA and Indian police departments are buying phone cloning software from Cellebrite.
Delhi Police detained Dhruv Rathee on 10 Oct, seized his phone, and a podcast host said they may have tried to clone it with Cellebrite.