Starlink Begins Accepting Orders In Vietnam Starlink, the satellite internet service operated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, has begun accepting orders in Vietnam, according to the company’s local website. Households can now place deposits through the Starlink website for a residential service plan starting at 1.13 million dong ($43) per month. Customers will also need to pay 8.66 million dong for the required hardware. Starlink Enters Vietnam’s Market The minimum monthly subscription for corporate clients is 1.48 million dong. With the launch, Vietnam becomes the sixth Southeast Asian market where Starlink services are available. It joins Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore…
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New Zealand Agency Disrupts Chinese-Linked Satellite Tracking Plan New Zealand’s security agency has revealed that it disrupted an attempt by a Chinese state-linked observatory to install satellite-tracking infrastructure in the country. The case has been highlighted in an annual assessment that warns of an increasingly challenging espionage environment. The New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) said Purple Mountain Observatory, an organisation based in China with close ties to the government in Beijing, had sought to install ground-based space infrastructure through a local company. The company was likely unaware that the equipment could collect intelligence of military value. However, NZSIS did…
Meta And TikTok Agree To Fact-Check Ceuta Border Content Meta and TikTok have agreed to fact-check content about border crossings into Spain following a major surge of people attempting to enter the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco, European Union tech chief Henna Virkkunen said. The move aims to prevent criminal networks from encouraging potential migrants to attempt crossings using false information. Virkkunen said such misinformation has contributed to tragic deaths. Massive Surge Into Ceuta More than 70,000 would-be migrants flooded into Ceuta on July 30 during a surge that left nearly 100 people dead. A handful of viral videos…
D.C. Weighs Phased Approval for Autonomous Vehicles Washington, D.C. is considering legislation that could open the door to commercial autonomous vehicles on city streets through a phased approval process. The proposal would allow companies to begin testing driverless vehicles without a human operator inside. Then, operators could expand to a capped fleet of 200 vehicles. Eventually, they could seek approval for broader operations if they demonstrate safe performance. Phased Approach to Driverless Vehicles D.C. Councilmember Charles Allen said the legislation would establish clear stages for autonomous vehicle operators seeking to operate on city streets. “It sets up a schedule of…
Sheltered from the blazing summer sun, scientists in the northern Italian city of Padua spent weeks preparing an instrument they believe could transform the study of the solar corona. As a total solar eclipse sweeps across Europe on August 12, the Circular Slit Spectrometer (CISS) will face a decisive test at Spain’s Javalambre Astrophysical Observatory. Researchers hope to demonstrate that it can split the Sun’s light into its constituent wavelengths far faster than existing instruments. New Instrument Targets A Key Limitation Unlike conventional linear spectrometers, the CISS prototype uses a circular slit to capture the spectrum of the entire corona…
Nvidia Partners With Financial Giants To Raise $500 Billion For AI Infrastructure Nvidia has partnered with six major financial institutions to launch compute financing platforms designed to raise more than $500 billion in third-party capital for artificial intelligence infrastructure. The move comes as demand for AI computing capacity continues to surge. Governments, companies and startups are racing to expand data centres and secure the computing resources needed to support growing AI workloads. Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang said on X that the company has the option to backstop up to $125 billion of the potential deals. That amount represents 25%…
Microsoft Opens Largest India Data Centre As AI Race Intensifies Microsoft has launched its largest data centre in India in Hyderabad and signed up Adani Group and HDFC Bank among its early users, as the company accelerates its push into the country’s rapidly growing artificial intelligence market. The India South Central facility brings Microsoft’s cloud regions in India to four. It adds to existing centres in Pune, Chennai and Mumbai, strengthening the company’s position as India’s largest cloud-computing provider. Microsoft has committed about $20.5 billion to expanding its operations in India. The investment reflects its bet on a market with…
IN-SPACe Moves To Privatise Operations Of Rs 986-Crore Spaceport IN-SPACe has begun the process of handing over operations and management of the Rs 986-crore Small Satellite Launch Complex (SLC) being developed by ISRO at Kulasekarapattinam in Tamil Nadu to the private sector. The space promoter-cum-regulator has issued an expression of interest (EoI) inviting eligible Indian entities to operate and manage the new launch complex. The facility is being built primarily to support launches involving small rockets. Private Sector To Manage New Launch Complex The SLC is part of the new Kulasekarapattinam spaceport, which is being developed as India’s second launch…
Why Is Anthropic Destroying Books? The idea of destroying books to obtain training data for artificial intelligence has emerged from court documents in the Bartz v Anthropic PBC case. The case, decided in late July, highlighted “Project Panama”, an effort by Anthropic to destructively scan books for use in improving its large language model, Claude. An internal memo described Project Panama as an effort to “destructively scan all the books in the world”. It also advised discretion about the project. The episode raises questions about how AI companies obtain high-quality training material and how copyright law treats that process. Anthropic’s…
India To Play Key Role In Next Industrial Revolution Driven By Biotechnology And AI: Jitendra Singh India is poised to become an essential player in the next industrial revolution, which is expected to be driven primarily by biotechnology and artificial intelligence, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Sunday. Addressing a media conclave attended by technology developers, industry leaders and other stakeholders, Singh said India had been late to participate in the previous industrial revolution, which was largely driven by information technology. However, he said the country is now well positioned to shape the next phase of technological transformation. “India will…