- Elon Musk and Sam Altman traded public barbs on X after Apple sued OpenAI and its io design partner for alleged trade‑secret theft — reigniting their long-running feud.
- The pair co‑founded OpenAI in 2015 but split bitterly; Musk even sued OpenAI in 2024 (and lost), so this latest flare‑up has a lot of history behind it.
- Altman framed Musk’s attention as a sign OpenAI is succeeding, while Musk mocked Altman as “Scam Altman” and taunted OpenAI’s hardware and data‑center plans.
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- China unveiled LineShine, now the world’s fastest supercomputer, built from a massive network of standard CPUs rather than banned GPUs — a clever workaround to U.S. export limits.
- U.S. export controls have repeatedly pushed China to develop homegrown alternatives; overly broad new rules (like the Remote Access Security Act) risk driving global customers to non‑U.S. providers.
- The better play for America is onshoring and winning global adoption — think CHIPS Act momentum and big fabs in Arizona — rather than just building more walls.
- Local firm Power Roll is developing a breakthrough flexible solar film using cells smaller than a human hair — a cheaper, more flexible way to put solar on buildings.
- The company, currently with about 35 staff, plans a full factory that could create up to 500 jobs in a deprived former‑coal area and already employs local apprentices.
- Power Roll and the wider regional net‑zero sector are calling for political certainty on green policy and net‑zero commitments to lock in investment and avoid jobs moving overseas.
- Trinidad and Tobago signed deals with U.S. firms to explore two large data centers (about 150 MW and 300 MW) — the first such agreements in the Caribbean.
- Locals and activists worry the centers could strain power and scarce water supplies and damage the environment.
- The government says the projects, plus a steel-plant revival, could create 5,000+ jobs and were facilitated with U.S. involvement.
- A mid‑Atlantic heat wave forced many data centers in Ashburn to run diesel backup generators, with dark smoke seen rising from a Digital Realty facility.
- Grid operator PJM said demand‑response programs helped avoid outages, but the episode highlighted reliance on fossil‑fuel backups during peak heat.
- Data centers bring huge tax revenue to localities yet prompt complaints about noise, emissions, higher bills, and changing neighborhood character.
- Japan's experimental RV-X reusable rocket performed a successful "hop" test, rising about 11 m, moving 16 m horizontally and landing upright in its first flight.
- The test is a key step toward cheaper, repeatable launches as Japan races to catch up with SpaceX and make its H3 successor more competitive.
- RV-X, co-developed by JAXA and Mitsubishi (with international partners), uses a heavily tested engine and will aim for higher ~100 m test flights next.
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