Category: Science
Europe expands its Starlink rival to 348 satellites as IRIS² moves into implementation — €15.6 billion network will boost EU government capacity by 60%, with launches starting in 2029
Quote of the day by venture capitalist John Doerr on the Segway: ‘It’ll be bigger than the internet’ — a wild miscalculation about the future of mobility
Kansas town silences public comment on gigawatt AI data center after receiving death threats, moves to virtual meetings — shift follows physics teacher’s arrest for clapping at data center hearing
Quote of the day by Julian Assange: ‘If you want a vision of the future, imagine Washington-backed Google Glasses strapped onto vacant human faces — forever’
NASA modded space station’s laptops so everyone could use the same charger — standardizing ISS chargers eliminated useless weight and reduced failure points
Intel’s proposed orbital data centers would manage thousands of simple LEO satellites — two-tier network puts the brains of satellite constellations in higher orbit
Elon Musk’s massive Terafab chip-making facility starts to take shape — 100 million square feet of manufacturing space and $16.8B initial capital investment
