Palantir is launching a new operating system called Chain Reaction, built specifically for U.S. AI infrastructure. It partners with utility giant CenterPoint Energy and Nvidia to tackle the exploding power demands of data centers.
Intel’s upcoming integrated graphics are making dedicated laptop GPUs look obsolete. A leaked benchmark for the Arc B370, part of the Panther Lake chips, shows it’s dangerously close to NVIDIA’s mobile RTX 3050 Ti. This could mean cheaper, thinner, and longer-lasting gaming laptops by 2026.
Xiaomi’s latest software update is hitting more devices. The rollout is currently focused on the Chinese market, leaving international users in a familiar waiting pattern.
The biomass energy giant is preparing a planning application for an initial 100MW data center that could be online by 2027. The full 1GW campus, likely built with partners, wouldn’t come online until after 2031.
An OpenAI executive predicts AI will soon transform work in pharmaceuticals, coding, and customer support. He points to automation of administrative bottlenecks and routine intellectual tasks as the key driver.
A University of Michigan team has discovered that hypervelocity collisions between tiny pieces of orbital debris emit detectable radio signals. This intelligence-backed research could lead to a system for issuing “debris weather” alerts to satellite operators, helping to monitor the risk of a catast
Power Mining is deploying portable data centers that mine Bitcoin and use the waste heat to warm homes. The first two units are headed to a Scandinavian town to provide 1.52MW of thermal power.
In a surprising move, Boom Supersonic is using the core technology from its Symphony jet engine to build natural gas turbines for AI data centers. The company just closed a $300 million funding round and revealed a $1.25 billion backlog for its new Superpower turbine, with AI company Crusoe as its f
Three partners from German VC firm Earlybird are launching U2V, an independent fund targeting €60 million to invest in deeptech university spinouts. The fund will focus on pre-seed and seed stages in Europe, writing €1 million checks into AI, computing, and industrial tech startups.
The chatter about a SpaceX IPO is heating up again, with a new report pointing to a 2026 target. This time, the focus is squarely on spinning off the Starlink business unit.
