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Bloomberg reported that Oracle sent a 'force majeure' notice tied to its Project Jupiter data center campus in New Mexico, citing people familiar with the matter. The notice reportedly aims to let Oracle delay payments if the facility, being developed with Blue Owl Capital, isn't operational by 2028 as planned. Oracle shares dropped about 4% following the report.
Google will send a satellite carrying its Tensor Processing Units into low Earth orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on October 1st, as part of Project Suncatcher. The mission aims to test how the chips withstand spaceflight stress, radiation, and thermal extremes, with a cooling system using heat pipes and radiators also being trialed. Google plans to launch two more satellites next year as part of a broader effort toward a constellation of chip-equipped satellites.
Emma Waters, 28, joined the Heritage Foundation in 2022 as an analyst covering reproductive and fertility technology, writing policy briefs and op-eds and advising lawmakers on issues like embryo screening, IVF and surrogacy. In 2023 she appeared on Fox News warning that Chinese-linked surrogacy arrangements using American surrogates posed a national security risk, well before mainstream outlets covered the topic.
404 Media reports that contractors hired to review and critique real ChatGPT conversations to improve OpenAI's models have been terminated for secretly using AI tools to generate their feedback instead of doing it themselves. Multiple contractors told the outlet this is a widespread and frequently punished practice among the thousands of workers doing this human-review work.
Nvidia-backed startup Starcloud says it will fly dedicated Bitcoin mining hardware on its second satellite, Starcloud-2, targeting an early 2027 launch. CEO Philip Johnston argues that ASIC chips are far cheaper per kilowatt than GPUs, and that abundant orbital solar power could make space mining economically appealing, following the company's earlier Starcloud-1 test that put an Nvidia H100 GPU into orbit.
A leadership contributor for Entrepreneur describes how a project manager felt safe enough to flag risks that could have derailed a major initiative, allowing the team to address problems before they escalated. Publicly recognizing that manager's foresight later inspired a company-wide peer recognition program.
In Hickman, California, the Turlock Irrigation District has installed solar panels spanning sections of its irrigation canals as part of a pilot called Project Nexus. The project, inspired partly by tree-shaded canals Jordan Harris observed in France, aims to generate renewable electricity while shading the water from evaporation. UC Davis researchers project California's water supply could shrink up to 25% by 2050 due to climate-driven heat.
Shopify CEO Tobias Lütke, who last year told employees that using AI was a 'baseline expectation,' now says the push has flooded the company with low-quality AI output he calls 'slop grenades.' He described workers generating unreviewed AI content that colleagues then have to catch and fix, undermining the productivity gains he originally sought.
The systemd project, which provides the core init system and service manager for most Linux distributions, has released a formal brand identity guide. It specifies the official logo—designed by GNOME's Tobias Bernard in 2019 and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0—along with approved colors, typography, and correct spelling conventions for the project's name.
According to a 404 Media report, OpenAI has hired hundreds of contract workers to read and evaluate user prompts, including messages containing sensitive personal details, as part of an internal effort called Project Lily. The reviewers rate and critique ChatGPT's responses to help engineers reduce sycophantic and overly human-like behavior in the chatbot, rather than to moderate content.
A technical blog post reintroduces CRAP (Change Risk Anti-Patterns), a code-quality metric that combines cyclomatic complexity and test coverage to flag risky, poorly tested code. The author traces its origins and argues teams should apply it as a practical check during software projects.
Nitter and its downstream service XCancel, which let users read X posts without logging in or seeing ads, have gone offline following a cease-and-desist from X. Nitter's GitHub repository is now archived and read-only, while XCancel posted a notice saying it must suspend operations due to ongoing legal proceedings.