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Taiwan weighs criminal ban on AI chip exports to all of China
By Luke James published
Taiwan is considering far stricter export controls that would restrict AI chip sales to every customer in China.

Elon Musk's first-gen orbital data center craft spans wider than a Boeing 747 and runs an interchangeable chip payload
By Luke James published
Elon Musk laid out the first detailed design of SpaceX's AI1 satellite in a 30-minute video posted to the company's X account.

SpaceX unveils 11-million-square-foot Gigasat factory, a new manufacturing facility for space-based data centers
By Etiido Uko published
SpaceX's new Gigasat factory will mass-produce AI satellites for orbital data centers. Musk says the company is targeting 1 GW of space AI compute by 2027 and 100 GW per year by 2030.

Startup’s ‘miracle’ solid-state battery actually uses lithium-ion chemistry, according to third-party tests
By Mark Tyson published
A Finnish startup’s startling claims to have a production-ready ‘miracle’ solid-state battery have thoroughly collapsed under independent scrutiny.

Chinese startup claims photonic chip production without DUV lithography, says nanoimprint process cuts costs by 90%
By Etiido Uko published
Chinese startup Prinano claims it produced 8-inch photonic chip wafers without DUV lithography, using nanoimprint technology that cuts costs by 90%.

Most new U.S. AI data centers are being built in drought zones
By Luke James published
About two-thirds of the 809 data centers planned across the U.S. are slated for land that has been in drought over the past year.

Farmer donates land for a park, city sells it for data center development
By Mark Tyson published
Texas farmland originally donated in 1999 to be used only as a public park has been sold to a data center developer for $10 million.

Disgruntled ASML employees threaten to boycott Elon Musk conference appearance
By Luke James published
ASML has confirmed that a group of disgruntled workers is pushing back hard against an invitation for Elon Musk to address the equipment maker’s closed annual tech conference.
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