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 be…
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 systemic risk for…
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 coding-AI…
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 . The…
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RANKED · 7 THIS DAYUS 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 . The…
Google 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 .…
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 . The…