Atletico Madrid Dominates Barcelona in Copa del Rey; Ariane 6 Makes Maiden Launch for Amazon
Atletico Madrid delivered a stunning 4-0 victory over Barcelona in the first leg of their Copa del Rey semifinal on Thursday, while Europe's most powerful rocket, the Ariane 6, successfully completed its maiden launch, carrying Amazon satellites into orbit. Meanwhile, a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan rocket experienced a booster issue shortly after liftoff, and Nvidia announced a new technique to reduce large language model (LLM) reasoning costs.
Atletico Madrid's dominant performance in the Copa del Rey left Barcelona facing a near-impossible task in the return match, according to Al Jazeera. The home side secured their commanding lead within the first half, capitalizing on early errors and opening up Barcelona's defense. The victory puts Atletico Madrid on the brink of the April final in Seville.
Simultaneously, the Ariane 6 rocket, developed by Europe, launched from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, on the northeastern coast of South America, as reported by Euronews. This marked the first launch for the Ariane 64 configuration, which utilizes four boosters. The rocket carried 32 satellites for Amazon's Leo network, aiming to compete with Elon Musk's Starlink, as noted by Ars Technica. The launch generated over 3.4 million pounds of thrust, according to Ars Technica.
However, ULA's Vulcan rocket encountered a booster problem shortly after liftoff from Florida's Space Coast on Thursday, as detailed by Ars Technica. Sparks emerged in the exhaust plume, and the rocket twisted before recovering and continuing its ascent with US military satellites. Details of the booster issue remain under investigation.
In the realm of technology, Nvidia researchers unveiled a new technique called dynamic memory sparsification (DMS) that can reduce the memory costs of LLM reasoning by up to eight times, as reported by VentureBeat. The technique compresses the key value (KV) cache, the temporary memory LLMs use. Experiments show that DMS enables LLMs to "think" longer and explore more solutions without sacrificing accuracy, according to VentureBeat.
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