Nvidia may guarantee $250bn so OpenAI can afford the data centre that will house its chips

Nvidia is in talks to provide roughly $250 billion in financing guarantees for OpenAI, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter. The backstop would let OpenAI lease a 10-gigawatt campus in southern Ohio that SoftBank’s energy subsidiary is developing. The reason such a guarantee is needed is straightforward: OpenAIContinue Reading

Starship in space! See highlights of SpaceX megarocket’s epic Flight 13 test launch (video)

The 13th test flight of SpaceX’s Starship megarocket went pretty well — and provided some amazing visuals, too. Flight 13 launched on Friday (July 24), sending the 408-foot-tall (124 meters) Starship Version 3 (V3) vehicle aloft from SpaceX’s Starbase site in South Texas. Starship’s Super Heavy booster had some engine issues on its way backContinue Reading

Rocket Lab to start launching missile-defense missions from Alaska under $266 million Space Force deal

Rocket Lab has signed a contract with the U.S. Space Force to launch up to 18 missile-defense missions, most of them from the Pacific Spaceport Complex in Alaska. (Image credit: Rocket Lab) Rocket Lab is expanding its launch operations to the snowy north. The California-based company, which already flies from New Zealand and Virginia, justContinue Reading

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Sponsored by Avery Dennison Performance Tapes. Intended for engineers and decision-makers in the EV battery design, manufacturing and implementation, the new “EV battery electrical insulation design guide” from Avery Dennison Performance Tapes, helps readers understand and make informed choices about using dielectric tapes as an electrical insulation solution. Featuring theContinue Reading