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Tesla’s New Texas Factory Is Building Batteries Too Big for a Car
Megapack 3 production has started in Texas. Tesla’s expansion connects a new manufacturing line with a much bigger challenge: getting stored electricity onto the grid when it is needed.
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SpaceX’s Next Power Move Is a Giant Upgrade to Starlink
SpaceX’s next-generation satellites and Starship are designed to reinforce each other. That combination could give its internet network a powerful new growth engine.
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Intel’s Million-Wafer Milestone Turns Up the Pressure on TSMC
Intel and ASML say High-NA EUV has processed more than a million wafers. The achievement strengthens Intel’s manufacturing story, while leaving the toughest commercial tests ahead.
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AMD’s AI Challenge to Nvidia Just Went Live in Saudi Arabia
HUMAIN is serving customers on AMD-powered AI infrastructure. The important distinction is between that operating service and a much larger expansion still on the roadmap.
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Nvidia Is Making Room for Rival AI Chips—and Keeping the Keys
Nvidia’s new agreement with d-Matrix points to a larger ambition: keeping its technology at the centre of AI infrastructure even when another company supplies the accelerator.
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Wi-Fi 8 Takes Aim at the Glitches That Speed Tests Miss
Wi-Fi 8 is being built around steadier connections, fewer delays and smoother movement through your home. Early chips are here, but the standard is still taking shape.
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NASA Found 84 Strange X-Ray Sources in a Cosmic Blind Spot
A fresh look through Chandra’s archive has uncovered 84 unusually soft X-ray sources. Some could help reveal what happens before a star explodes.
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OpenAI Claims a Navier–Stokes Proof—and Releases the Work to Check
An AI system has produced a proposed solution to a famous fluid-mathematics problem. The public proof, its precise limits and the checking process matter as much as the headline.
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Wave Energy’s Next Test Is 11 Kilometres Out to Sea
Oregon’s newly opened PacWave South gives wave machines a grid connection and a demanding ocean test. The infrastructure is ready; proving dependable power comes next.
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Isembyld Gives SMA Treatment a New Target: Muscle Itself
The FDA has approved the first SMA medicine that directly targets muscle loss. Its trial shows an added motor-function benefit, with important limits and a fracture warning.
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A Star Racing Around Our Black Hole Could Reveal How Space Twists
S301 reaches around 25,000 kilometres per second near the Milky Way’s central black hole. Its orbit could become a powerful test of the black hole’s spin.
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Microsoft’s Glass Archive Takes Aim at a 10,000-Year Memory
Project Silica explores storing data inside glass rather than keeping it on conventional media. Its long-life promise comes with an important distinction: research is not a product launch.