2026-07-15

Orbiting space data centers may face an unexpected hurdle — from environmental politics

Environmental organizations want federal regulators to pause orbital data center approvals until comprehensive reviews examine cumulative environmental impacts and risks. [...]

2026-07-15

"Players using CryoTherm Palm felt 60% cooler, held 2.45% higher speeds and preserved sprint velocity 4.7% better" — I asked Therabody's Chief Science Officer how England's World Cup squad is using a new cooling device to combat heat and boost performanc

Therabody's Chief Science Officer tells us about the high-tech cooling gadgets his company supplied to England's World Cup squad — which work by cooling the user's palms. [...]

2026-07-15

Thinking Machines open sources first multimodal language model, Inkling, focused on low cost and 'resistance to censorship'

Enterprises looking to move more of their agentic AI workloads to open weights models they can customize, control and run on-premises or in virtual private clouds have a strong new contender to consider.Today, Thinking Machines—the highly capitalized American AI startup founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati—released Inkling, its first major language model under an enterprise-friendly Apache [...]

2026-07-15

Elon Musk bought a gas turbine company

It's likely to become a direct power source for SpaceXAI's data centers. [...]

2026-07-15

Sheetz moves 838 stores off VMware: Broadcom created “too much uncertainty"

The conveneince store chain will use StorMagic instead. [...]

2026-07-15

Judge: Trump can’t deport researchers just for working in content moderation

Disinformation researchers praise ruling blocking Trump visa denials and deportations. [...]

2026-07-15

Engineer identifies and explains every '90s computer seen in Jurassic Park

Yes, it was, in fact, a Unix system. [...]

2026-07-15

Quote of the day by Sam Altman: ;It also takes a lot of energy to train a human' — a staunch defense of the cost of AI training

The OpenAI CEO equates human intelligence with machine intelligence as he defends the massively expanding energy footprint [...]

2026-07-15

"Players using CryoTherm Palm felt 60% cooler, held 2.45% higher speeds and preserved sprint velocity 4.7% better" — I asked Therabody's Chief Science Officer how England's World Cup squad is using a new cooling device to combat heat and boost performanc

Therabody's Chief Science Officer tells us about the high-tech cooling gadgets his company supplied to England's World Cup squad — which work by cooling the user's palms. [...]