Good Morning, Tech Fam! Here’s your quick dose of today’s biggest tech headlines.
Moore Threads challenges Nvidia with next-gen AI chips, the EU funds low-carbon tech, Python frameworks drive AI development, satellites reveal crypto mining heat, and NLC India opens apprenticeships.
Moore Threads is entering the AI chip war, signaling growing competition with Nvidia.
EU funding is bridging public-private efforts to scale climate-friendly tech.
Python frameworks remain central to AI development, supporting both research and real-world applications.
Satellite imagery reveals the environmental impact of large-scale crypto mining.
NLC India’s apprenticeship program shows rising demand for fresh tech talent in India.
Your Lightning Rundown: From AI hardware battles and green innovation funding to Python-powered AI projects, crypto energy footprints, and India’s tech apprenticeship surge, here’s everything shaping the tech world today.
A Chinese semiconductor firm, Moore Threads, has recently showcased its next-generation artificial intelligence processor, Huashan (for artificial intelligence training/inference), and Lushan gaming processors, which have the potential to rival those of Nvidia.
The EU Innovation Fund channels billions to scale low‑carbon technologies, including renewable energy, carbon capture, energy storage, and net zero mobility. Launched with a budget of the first call amounting to 40 billion euros, the project bridges the use of public and private funds.
The top 10 Python frameworks used in today’s AI are listed in the article from PyTorch to TensorFlow and Hugging Face Transformers to JAX and FastAPI and eventually finishing with LangChain, which are used for research purposes and model serving and distributed computing purposes and for supporting LLM models.
Satellite images have revealed unusual heat emissions at one of the biggest cryptocurrency mines in America, showing how massive heat leaks emanate from such processes. Thermal images reveal how energy is converted into heat by such massive crypto-mining processes.
NLC India Limited has advertised 575 Graduate and Technician Apprentice posts open for the training year 2025-26, inviting online applications (19 Dec-2 Jan). It is a one-year apprenticeship opportunity with stipend and selection on the merit of the candidates in diverse fields of engineering.