White House Issues National Space Transportation Policy Memorandum
The White House released a presidential memorandum directing that U.S. space transportation ranges must grow to support more than 1,000 launches and reentries per year by 2030. The memorandum requires U.S. Government payloads to b…
Data-Center Backlash Goes Bipartisan, Threatening AI Buildout
The political ground beneath AI infrastructure is shifting simultaneously in three jurisdictions — Ohio, New York, and Alberta — and the convergence signals that data-center opposition has crossed from local nuisance into systemi…
Cognition Rebuffs SpaceX Acquisition Approach, Talks Shift to Compute Partnership
SpaceX's reported attempt to acquire Cognition AI — and the startup's swift, public rejection — suggests that Musk's strategy of assembling an AI empire through aggressive M&A faces resistance in a market where the most valuable…
Alibaba AI Capex Hits $10B in June Quarter as Net Income Falls 75%
Alibaba Group Holding reported capital expenditure of RMB 67.7 billion ($10 billion) in the June quarter, up 75% year-over-year and 151.6% from RMB 26.9 billion in the March quarter, driven primarily by AI infrastructure investment…
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RANKED · 7 THIS DAYGoogle Secures Warrant to Buy Up to $12.2B in Marvell Shares in Expanded AI Chip Deal
Marvell Technology and Alphabet's Google announced an expanded chip-development partnership that includes a warrant granting Google the right to purchase up to 58,970,907 Marvell shares at $206.58 each, totaling up to $12.2 billion…
US Agencies Warn of AI-Generated Exploits Targeting Siemens PLCs in Critical Infrastructure
Five U.S. federal agencies issued a joint advisory warning that threat actors are actively using AI-generated scripts to exploit Siemens S7 Series programmable logic controllers deployed across American critical infrastructure[SRC…
Nebius Plans $4.5B Convertible Note Sale to Fund AI Infrastructure Buildout
Nebius, the Amsterdam-headquartered AI infrastructure provider listed on Nasdaq as NBIS, announced plans to raise $4.5 billion through convertible senior notes, its third multi-billion-dollar convertible issue within the past year…