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Infrastructure
Google to launch Project Suncatcher satellite to trial TPUs in orbit
The mission will test whether Google’s TPUs can reliably run in space, with follow-on laser link trials planned for 2027.
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Infrastructure
China launches Supercomputing-1 satellite to process Earth data in orbit
The AI-powered satellite shifts Earth-observation workloads off the ground, as China organizes a broader space computing network.
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Infrastructure
China’s rural AI data centres tie national ambitions to physical compute
Massive server farms in remote provinces anchor China’s AI strategy, reshaping talent flows, infrastructure and local communities.
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Infrastructure
AWS says some Middle East customer data is permanently lost after attacks
The loss exposes limits of regional redundancy and widens scrutiny of how AWS markets resilience versus what customers must build themselves.
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Infrastructure
Toyota to roll out 400,000 humanoid factory robots from 2028
Toyota is preparing a large-scale humanoid robot deployment while insisting the systems will augment, not directly replace, its workers.
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Infrastructure
Browsers standardize out-of-order HTML streaming for faster page loads
Chrome, Edge and the HTML standard now support server-driven streaming so usable page sections can render before the full response arrives.
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Infrastructure
SpaceX sets date for Starship’s first orbital mission with Starlink payload
The flight aims to reach orbit and deploy 26 new Starlink V3 satellites into active service.