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Europe expands its Starlink rival to 348 satellites as IRIS² moves into implementation — €15.6 billion network will boost EU government capacity by 60%, with launches starting in 2029

Europe expands its Starlink rival to 348 satellites as IRIS² moves into implementation — €15.6 billion network will boost EU government capacity by 60%, with launches starting in 2029

💡 Verdict: Check out this gear. Check Price: See Deal ⚡ Quick Hits ** * Massive Investment: The €15.6 billion project marks a major European commitment to sovereign space-based internet. * Expanded Scope: The network will feature 348 satellites to increase EU government network capacity by 60%. * Launch Timeline: Deployment of the new

Amazon secretly circumvents community vote for massive AI data center using 45-year-old rules — Gilroy residents locked out of public comment window

Amazon secretly circumvents community vote for massive AI data center using 45-year-old rules — Gilroy residents locked out of public comment window

💡 Verdict: Amazon is utilizing a 45-year-old regulatory loophole to bypass local community votes and public comments for a new, massive AI data center in Gilroy. Check Price: AI Data Center ⚡ Quick Hits * Amazon is planning the construction of a massive new AI data center in Gilroy. * The company

Protesters haul a guillotine to city council meeting about a potential AI data center, company rep cornered by protestors — ‘ it no longer felt safe to stay,’ developer escorted out by police

Protesters haul a guillotine to city council meeting about a potential AI data center, company rep cornered by protestors — ‘ it no longer felt safe to stay,’ developer escorted out by police

💡 Verdict: Tensions over new AI infrastructure reached a boiling point when protestors brought a guillotine to a city council meeting, forcing a tech developer to be escorted out by police. Check Price: AI Data Center ⚡ Quick Hits * Protestors hauled a guillotine to a local city council meeting to fiercely oppose

Amazon cracks down on 'CPU waste' among engineers as agentic AI crunch intensifies — CPU demand makes low-utilization EC2 instances a hot commodity

Amazon cracks down on 'CPU waste' among engineers as agentic AI crunch intensifies — CPU demand makes low-utilization EC2 instances a hot commodity

💡 Verdict: Amazon is cracking down on "CPU waste" among its engineers by reclaiming low-utilization EC2 instances to meet the massive compute demands of agentic AI. Check Price: Amazon EC2 ⚡ Quick Hits * Amazon is actively reclaiming low-utilization EC2 instances from its own engineers. * The internal crackdown is

$1 billion of iPhone 18 Pro chips 'on the shelves awaiting packaging' due to DRAM shortages — memory shortages reportedly put a wrinkle in Apple's launch plans

$1 billion of iPhone 18 Pro chips 'on the shelves awaiting packaging' due to DRAM shortages — memory shortages reportedly put a wrinkle in Apple's launch plans

💡 Verdict: Apple's future iPhone 18 Pro launch may face complications as a staggering $1 billion worth of its chips are reportedly stalled in production due to global DRAM shortages. Check Price: iPhone 18 Pro ⚡ Quick Hits * An estimated $1 billion in un-packaged chips for the future iPhone

After severe 76% electricity price hikes due to AI data centers, Virginia requires firms to pay for all dedicated upstream electrical infrastructure — state regulators crack down, governor says move will save civilians ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’

After severe 76% electricity price hikes due to AI data centers, Virginia requires firms to pay for all dedicated upstream electrical infrastructure — state regulators crack down, governor says move will save civilians ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’

💡 Verdict: Virginia regulators are forcing tech companies to pay for their own upstream electrical infrastructure to prevent massive utility price hikes for local residents. Check Price: AI Data Centers ⚡ Quick Hits * AI data centers previously caused a shocking 76% increase in local electricity prices. * Virginia regulators now require tech firms

Microsoft quietly purges 32GB of RAM recommendations from its website — company reels from the effects of the memory shortage as it released 8GB base models for Surface laptops this year

Microsoft quietly purges 32GB of RAM recommendations from its website — company reels from the effects of the memory shortage as it released 8GB base models for Surface laptops this year

💡 Verdict: Microsoft has quietly removed its 32GB RAM recommendations from its website and shifted to 8GB base models for this year's Surface laptops due to ongoing memory shortages. Check Price: Surface Laptops ⚡ Quick Hits * Microsoft removed 32GB RAM recommendations from its official website. * The newest base model Surface