Supersonic airliner in doubt as company shifts to powering AI data centers
Boom’s airliner may be delayed, and its data center power business lost a customer.
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Jeremy Hsu
Tech Reporter
jeremy.hsu@arstechnica.com
Jeremy Hsu is a NYC-based reporter with nearly two decades of experience exploring a wide range of topics across deep tech and AI. He has previously written for New Scientist, Scientific American, IEEE Spectrum, Wired, Undark Magazine, and MIT Technology Review, among many other publications, about topics such as deepfakes, data centers, drones, battery tech, robotics, and GPS jamming. He also has a Master of Arts in Journalism from NYU, and a bachelor's degree from University of Pennsylvania in History and Sociology of Science, with a minor in English. When Jeremy is not digging into the latest tech trends, he is reading science fiction and history books along with sneaking in the occasional board game session.
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Trump declares robot imports a national security threat
President orders trade talks on foreign-made factory robots, threatens tariffs.
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As US ties fray, Europe plans first undersea cable link to Greenland
Europe’s Pan-Arctic Cable will bypass US to link Canada, Japan, and South Korea.
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China’s snooping around Pacific undersea cables raises risks for Big Tech
US-owned trans-Pacific cables face growing risks from sabotage and China.
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ICE plan to buy robot dogs spurs protest from hundreds of Boston Dynamics employees
US robotics company stands by ICE deal as more than 300 employees warn of risk.
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Intel gets waiver after worries fuzzy US ban on foreign-made robots may hit fabs
Company says foreign-made robotic vehicles are crucial to US chip production.
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Ukraine learns to fight without Starlink as Musk plays politics with satellites
Ukraine has changed drone and war-fighting tech to reduce reliance on Starlink.
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Ukraine’s drone rescue of wounded soldier puts much touted idea into practice
Ukraine’s latest drone innovation may boost bleak odds of evacuating casualties.
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Amazon has over 1 million robot workers. What’s next for human employees?
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Ukraine’s drones knock out AI data center belonging to “Russia’s Google”
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Drones sink ships near NATO countries in “unacceptable” attacks, EU says
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Russian drones strike Ukraine’s data centers by exploiting air defense gaps
Russian attacks on Internet, phone services threaten Ukraine’s wartime economy.
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Robots make combat airdrops, clear mines as Ukraine defeats Russian pincer
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Toyota orders workers to train humanoid robots but says humans won’t be replaced
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Military milestone: Ukrainian naval drone sinks Russian kamikaze drone boat
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FAA tees up $875M AI tool to help manage air traffic congestion
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Small AI models let drones autonomously identify and attack battlefield targets
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Apple reportedly building server packed with M-series Ultra chips for AI
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Iran strikes on Amazon data centers caused permanent loss of customer data
War damage to data centers exceeded what AWS services are designed to withstand.
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Agility’s new humanoid robot will stop, squat to avoid harming human coworkers
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Founder’s cost-cutting obsession drove Unitree lead in cheap humanoid robots
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DJI drones that already supply Mount Everest camps assist Nepal’s flood relief.
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Popular navigation apps unlikely to ditch Mercator maps despite UN resolution
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Top chipmakers embrace ASML’s $400M machines, agree to crucial chipmaking change
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