Tencent has pushed its in-house AI family a big step up the ladder. On November 4, 2026, the company announced Hy4, the latest generation of its Hy large language model, and said it now sits among the strongest open-source models in the world. According to Tencent's announcement, the model weights and system cards will follow "in the coming days," which would put a model with vision, computer use and long-horizon agent skills into the hands of developers who want to run it themselves.
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BAT: The floating balloon Wind Turbine
Altaeros Energies is aiming high with new heights for wind energy.
The company, led by Ben Glass, has created a new invention with the help of balloon and airship technology to lift a wind turbine. Their novel Buoyant Airborne Turbine--the BAT--is a balloon that lifts a wind turbine.
Most wind turbine manufacturers are competing to build taller turbines to harness more powerful winds above 500 feet, or 150 meters.
The Altaeros BAT can reach 2,000 feet, or 600 meters. At this altitude, w...
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