Meta commits another $21 billion to CoreWeave, bringing total AI cloud spend to $35 billion

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In short: Meta has committed an additional $21 billion to CoreWeave for dedicated AI cloud capacity running from 2027 through December 2032, bringing the total value of the two companies’ infrastructure relationship to approximately $35 billion. The new contract will deliver early deployments of Nvidia’s Vera Rubin platform across multiple sites…Continue Reading

White House budget puts 54 NASA science missions on the chopping block

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White House budget seeks to scrap 54 major NASA science missions Experts found that the White House budget request for the upcoming fiscal year could defund 54 NASA science missions, including a spacecraft currently studying Jupiter and two planned Venus missions By Meghan Bartels edited by Claire Cameron Jupiter as seen by NASA’s Juno spacecraft.Continue Reading

NASA’s Artemis II moon mission is on track for Friday splashdown

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NASA’s Artemis II moon mission faces the final hurdle—coming home After a hectic eight days in space, the Artemis II crew—and the many NASA personnel supporting their journey—are ready for the mission’s final milestone By Meghan Bartels edited by Claire Cameron The Artemis II crew on April 7. NASA NASA has launched four astronauts onContinue Reading

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Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice — or go straight to the RSS feed. In this week’s roundup ofContinue Reading

webinar:-why-axial-flux-motors-are-powering-the-hybrid-shift

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This transformation is occurring globally, and axial flux technology is the answer. Across on-highway, off-highway, marine, and industrial equipment sectors, the path to decarbonization is rarely linear. Real-world duty cycles, infrastructure limitations, cost pressures, and regulatory diversity mean that a single powertrain solution cannot meet every operational need. Hybrid systemsContinue Reading

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A new version of Miracle-wm, a tiling window manager built around the Wayland compositor Mir, has been released with a new WebAssembly plugin system and Rust API. Developer Matthew Kosarek, an engineer at Canonical who created miracle-wm as a personal side project, says the new plugin system in v0.9 releaseContinue Reading