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Company decisions, infrastructure, access, labour consequences, regulation and courts.
A contract, construction plan or policy discussion is a particular kind of evidence. Ask which decisions remain before the promised outcome.
Follow infrastructure and ownership decisions without turning a proposal into a delivered service.
Separate the programme decision from launch timing, technical evidence and the longer-term objective.
REPORTED STORY · INDUSTRY & POLICY
NASA and Boeing set out an engineering flight and a possible 2028 crewed return, while planning certification of the Vulcan rocket. We explain what the updated roadmap can establish and why spacecraft and launcher approval are separate jobs.
REPORTED STORY · INDUSTRY & POLICY
The new contract secures future transport to the International Space Station. Its price includes much more than launch—and its value depends on what that access enables.
REPORTED STORY · INDUSTRY & POLICY
MIT spinout Atlas is taking recycled-plastic composites into construction. A bridge and earlier load tests make the story tangible—but long-term durability, feedstock quality and economics still matter.
REPORTED STORY · INDUSTRY & POLICY
The planned data-centre investment comes with a 22-year nuclear power agreement and a large battery project. Understanding the deal means separating construction promises, electricity contracts and local benefits.
REPORTED STORY · INDUSTRY & POLICY
The September 8–11 meeting in Seville has ended. ESA Space Safety reports growth in the Zero Debris community and new policy working groups; neither development should be confused with proof that orbital debris risk has already fallen.
REPORTED STORY · INDUSTRY & POLICY
A September 8 NIST paper identifies research needs in circular design, systems modeling and digital threads for better repair, reuse and recovery.
REPORTED STORY · INDUSTRY & POLICY
The $12.93 billion agreement would put a central model-sharing platform inside the dominant AI-chip company. Hardware neutrality is promised; closing and long-term behavior remain ahead.
ANALYSIS · INDUSTRY & POLICY
The U.S. Department of Energy, Brookfield and NextEra Energy describe a privately financed AI and high-performance computing campus on 785 acres of the former Paducah uranium-enrichment site. The public releases agree on the planned power assets, but not on the completion year or on how 1.8GW of campus capacity relates to more than 1.2GW of compute.
Selected reports from other sections that also address this topic.
ANALYSIS · COMPUTING & DEVICES
A spectacular reveal deserves more than a spectacular headline. Our extended analysis separates the reported demonstration, the different Roadster versions and the engineering evidence needed before a short aerial maneuver becomes useful transport.
REPORTED STORY · COMPUTING & DEVICES
A rack-scale announcement raises a practical question for organizations using AI tools: which part of the work needs more computing capacity? Our decision framework separates execution, model responses and the authority to act.
REPORTED STORY · SOFTWARE & PLATFORMS
The announced change leaves application owners with two different jobs: choosing a runtime and moving a running service. Our original migration walkthrough explains why saved state and recovery matter as much as a successful launch.
REPORTED STORY · SOFTWARE & PLATFORMS
Microsoft’s October rollout changes access for EWS-dependent integrations. Here is a practical inventory and migration checklist, including the limits of Graph.
REPORTED STORY · COMPUTING & DEVICES
The completed acquisition brings AI accelerators into a wider embedded-chip portfolio. For camera and robot makers, software support may matter as much as raw computing power.
REPORTED STORY · SECURITY & PRIVACY
Reporting duties under the Cyber Resilience Act began on September 11. Here is what changes for connected products, why the deadlines matter, and where the promise of safer technology still needs to be proved.
REPORTED STORY · COMPUTING & DEVICES
Their new collaboration covers customized chips and optical connections. The story is not just how quickly a processor works, but how efficiently the surrounding system can keep it busy.