Nvidia-backed Firmus will build a 360MW AI data centre in Indonesia and expects $30 billion in offtake deals

Firmus Technologies, an Australian AI infrastructure company valued at $5.5 billion, will build its first data centre in Indonesia through an eight-year partnership with Nvidia. The 360-megawatt Nvidia DSX AI Factory campus in Batam, an island just off the coast of Singapore, is being developed with Singapore-based DayOne and is set to go live inContinue Reading

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Shotcut 26.6 brings powerful High Dynamic Range preview, restored external monitor support, and several useful improvements. A new version of the popular free and open-source video editor Shotcut 26.6.25 is now available. This release brings excellent HDR (High Dynamic Range) preview and export capabilities, brings back the long-missing external monitorContinue Reading

Japanese probe set for super-close flyby on July 5: ‘We’re going to discover another beast to put in the zoo of asteroids’

An artist’s depiction of Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft passing near Earth. (Image credit: JAXA) Japan’s Hayabusa2 sample-return spacecraft is on target to make one of the closest ever flybys of a near-Earth asteroid in early July, as part of its extended mission campaign. Hayabusa2 launched in December 2014 and rendezvoused with the asteroid Ryugu four yearsContinue Reading

Watch China’s Tiangong space station cross the moon in stunning amateur footage

Efrain Morales captured a breathtaking view of the Tiangong space station crossing the moon from Puerto Rico. (Image credit: Efrain Morales) Astrophotographer Efrain Morales captured spectacular footage of China’s Tiangong space station as its silhouette buzzed Tycho Crater during a lunar transit on May 29, one night before May’s Blue Moon. Morales recorded the outlinesContinue Reading

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Sponsored by Chroma. Lithium-ion batteries face increasingly severe challenges regarding safety and lifespan under high-rate charging. One of the most critical concerns is the phenomenon of lithium plating—when the charging current is too high or the temperature is too low, lithium-ions fails to intercalate effectively into the anode and insteadContinue Reading

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Within the next week, Congress is preparing to vote on the KIDS Act, a sprawling package of legislation that seeks to control Americans’ web browsing and private messaging. The package includes a revised version of the Kids Online Safety Act, or KOSA, combined with a collection of other internet bills, study bills,Continue Reading