Industry News: Week of April 5, 2021

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Every week we curate industry news and articles that reflect today’s trends so you can spend more time learning and less time searching. Here’s what we’ve been reading:

 

Microsoft wins $22 billion army contract for augmented reality headsets
The U.S. government and software giant Microsoft have agreed to a 10 year, $22 billion contract to develop augmented reality headsets based on HoloLens technology.
Honey I shrunk the model: why big machine learning models must go small
Massive, benchmark-breaking machine learning models are certainly impressive, but their size and performance requirements come at a cost.
5G and private wireless poised to accelerate digital transformation
5G continues to be improved and in its wake comes the promise of new disruptive applications free from the limitations of older cellular infrastructure.
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