No Contracts Cancelled, Says CoreWeave IPO-bound AI cloud startup CoreWeave has denied reports that its largest customer, Microsoft, has withdrawn from some agreements. The Financial Times (FT) reported that Microsoft moved away from certain contracts due to delivery issues and missed deadlines, but CoreWeave dismissed these claims. “We pride ourselves in our client partnerships, and there have been no contract cancellations or walking away from commitments. Any claim to the contrary is false and misleading,” a CoreWeave spokesperson told Reuters. Microsoft Remains a Key Partner While the FT report suggested that Microsoft had stepped back from some agreements, it also…
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Starship Explodes Minutes After Launch SpaceX’s Starship explodes in space on Thursday, minutes after lifting off from Texas. The failure prompted the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to temporarily halt air traffic over parts of Florida. This marks the second consecutive failure this year for Elon Musk’s ambitious Mars rocket program. Videos shared on social media captured fiery debris streaking across the skies near South Florida and the Bahamas. SpaceX’s live stream showed the Starship upper stage spinning uncontrollably before losing communication. Back-to-Back Failures Raise Concerns The latest Starship test failure comes just over a month after another ended in a…
Microsoft Pulls Back from Some CoreWeave Contracts Microsoft has scaled back certain agreements with cloud computing provider CoreWeave due to delivery issues and missed deadlines, according to a report by the Financial Times. The decision affects some of Microsoft’s contracts with CoreWeave, which provides computing capacity from data centres in a multi-billion-dollar partnership. Despite this, Microsoft’s move is not linked to any major shift in its broader data centre strategy, the report noted. Neither Microsoft, CoreWeave, nor Nvidia has commented on the matter. CoreWeave’s Expanding Cloud Business and IPO Plans CoreWeave, founded in 2017, specialises in high-powered AI computing, primarily…
Tesla Moves Closer to Indian Market Entry Tesla has signed a lease agreement for its first showroom in Mumbai as it pushes ahead with plans to sell imported electric vehicles in India. The lease, registered on February 16, 2025, marks a renewed effort by the US-based automaker after it previously shelved similar plans. The lease documents, sourced by analytics firm CRE Matrix, indicate that Tesla will initially pay $446,000 in rent for the 4,003-square-foot (372-square-meter) showroom. The rent will increase by 5% annually, with the total lease expenditure exceeding $2.5 million over five years. The showroom will be housed in…
L&T Expanding Into the Space Sector Larsen & Toubro (L&T), one of India’s largest industrial conglomerates, is making a major push into the aerospace sector. The company is focusing on launch vehicle and satellite manufacturing as India reduces its reliance on imports and increases private-sector involvement in space exploration. L&T, India’s largest private-sector defence manufacturer by revenue, saw its Precision Engineering and Systems unit generate ₹46.10 billion ($548.3 million) in fiscal year 2024, marking a 41% growth from the previous year. The company now aims to expand its role in space technology, leveraging its expertise in high-tech manufacturing and precision…
Defence Spending Boosts Performance Despite Space Losses French defence and technology group Thales exceeded earnings expectations for 2024, driven by increased arms spending and recovering air traffic. Despite setbacks in its space business, the company forecast higher sales and profitability for 2025. Operating income rose 5.7% on a like-for-like basis to €2.419 billion, while revenues grew by 8.3% to €20.577 billion. New orders also climbed by an underlying 6% to €25.289 billion, surpassing analysts’ estimates. Experts had predicted an operating profit of €2.351 billion, revenues of €20.138 billion, and order intake of €23.76 billion, according to a company-compiled consensus. Rising…
Historic Touchdown for Firefly Aerospace Firefly Aerospace successfully landed its uncrewed Blue Ghost spacecraft on the Moon on Sunday, marking a significant achievement in private space exploration. The four-legged lander, roughly the size of a compact car, touched down at 3:35 a.m. ET (0835 GMT) near an ancient volcanic vent in Mare Crisium, a large basin on the Moon’s Earth-facing side. As Blue Ghost made its final descent, suspense filled the mission control room at Firefly’s headquarters in Austin, Texas. Moments later, Will Coogan, the spacecraft’s chief engineer, confirmed that it had entered lunar gravity. Cheers erupted as he announced,…
Astronomers Lower Impact Risk for Asteroid 2024 YR4 New observations of a small asteroid, first discovered in December, have significantly reduced the likelihood of it striking Earth. Initially, astronomers estimated a 3% chance of asteroid 2024 YR4 impact in 2032, the highest ever recorded for an object of its size. However, updated data from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and other research facilities show the risk has dropped to nearly zero. New Data Sharply Lowers Risk The asteroid, named 2024 YR4, measures between 130 and 300 feet (40–90 meters) across. It follows an orbit that will bring it close to…
Meta to Test Paid Subscription for AI Chatbot Amid Growing Competition Meta Platforms (META.O) is preparing to test a paid subscription service for its AI-enabled chatbot, Meta AI, in a move similar to OpenAI and Microsoft’s premium chatbot offerings. A source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday that the test will begin in the second quarter of this year, though significant revenue is not expected until 2025. Meta AI Subscription and Expansion Plans Meta AI, launched in September 2023, is a virtual assistant powered by large language models designed to perform reasoning tasks. While Meta has not officially…
Amazon to Pay $39 Million in Trademark Case An Indian court has ordered Amazon to pay $39 million in damages for infringing the “Beverly Hills Polo Club” (BHPC) trademark. The ruling, delivered by the Delhi High Court on Wednesday, marks one of the highest damages awarded against a U.S. company in an Indian trademark case. The lawsuit was filed in 2020 by Lifestyle Equities, the owner of the BHPC horse trademark, which alleged that Amazon’s India website listed apparel featuring a nearly identical logo at lower prices. The infringing brand was owned by Amazon Technologies and sold on the platform,…