Google Plans $40B Investment in Texas Data Centers
The investment will boost AI capacity while raising questions about power and water demands.
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New Google Calendar Update Makes Deep Work Easier Than Ever
Google Calendar now lets you block time for Google Tasks with busy status, auto-decline, and DND settings, making deep work easier and more intentional.
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Extreme Star Factory: ALMA Detects Galaxy Y1 Forming Stars 180 Times Faster Than the Milky Way
Using ALMA’s ultra-sensitive Band 9 observations, astronomers identified galaxy Y1 as an extreme star-forming system in the early universe. Producing stars at 180 solar masses per year, Y1 reveals how intense, short-lived starbursts helped shape young galaxies and may have been more common than previously believed.
Gemini 3 Released as Google’s Most Intelligent AI Models Yet, Outperforms GPT-5.1 and Claude 4.5 Sonnet
Google finally released the Gemini 3 family of artificial intelligence (AI) models on Tuesday. The Mountain View-based tech giant called it the company’s most intelligent AI model yet, highlighting that it outperforms its predecessor as well as OpenAI’s GPT-5.1 in every single major benchmark. The new AI model brings improvements across various aspects, including ...
German Team Uses Autonomous AI to Steer CubeSat in Space
Researchers at JMU Würzburg have achieved the first autonomous in-orbit satellite orientation using an AI controller on the InnoCube CubeSat. Trained through deep reinforcement learning, the AI repeatedly reoriented the spacecraft, demonstrating a major step toward fully autonomous, lower-cost satellite systems and future AI-managed missions.