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  • ULA launches ViaSat's ViaSat-3 F2 on Atlas 5, edging toward Tbps broadband
    November 15, 2025, 12:26 AM EST. ULA launched ViaSat-3 F2 atop an Atlas 5 from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral toward geostationary orbit. The six-ton satellite entered an elliptical transfer orbit and is expected to reach its final GEO position at 79° West over the Americas after about three months. If successful, the mission would push toward a Tbps-class network, delivering more bandwidth than Viasat's current fleet combined. The launch followed a scrub caused by a faulty booster LOX vent valve that was replaced. Earlier setbacks included a 2019 aim and a 2023 delay with a lost capacity from a failed antenna deployment on ViaSat-3 F1. Boeing remains under contract for three ViaSat-3s; the third will serve Asia using a deployable mesh antenna from L3Harris. Viasat plans to complete health checks and begin service early next year.
  • Exowatt, Sam Altman-backed, bets on rocks-in-a-box solar to power AI data centers
    November 15, 2025, 12:24 AM EST. Exowatt, the Sam Altman-backed startup, is racing toward a one-cent-per-kWh goal with compact, solar-thermal boxes nicknamed rocks-in-a-box. The company has extended its Series A with a $50 million raise, joining investors MVP Ventures and 8090 Industries, alongside earlier backers like Andreessen Horowitz. Exowatt's backlog spans about 10 million P3 units-roughly 90 gigawatt-hours of capacity-and the team aims to scale to millions, then billions, of units. The approach reuses decades-old concentrated solar power, heating a brick inside a shipping container and driving a Stirling engine to generate electricity. If production hits about 1 million units per year, Exowatt believes it can unlock the one-cent-per-kWh price to power AI data centers and beyond.
  • Deep Dive: Quantum Leaps for Quantum Computing - IBM, Google, and Government Stakes
    November 15, 2025, 12:22 AM EST. Quantum computing remains a hot tech-policy battleground. IBM is eyeing breakthroughs by 2028-2029, predicting real-time bond pricing and improved aircraft corrosion forecasts as coherence times push toward a millisecond. IBM is also building smaller, business-oriented models for its quantum hardware. Google's Willow chip drove a Quantum Echo algorithm to run 13,000× faster than on a classical supercomputer, a tangible real-world use case that's sparked chatter about the technology's viability. IBM and Microsoft have introduced new quantum chips-Loon, Nighthawk and Majorana 1-amid a growing hardware ecosystem. Separately, the US government is weighing equity stakes in smaller quantum startups in exchange for grants, underscoring quantum's national-security and economic importance. If successful, quantum could rival classical computers in crypto-style security, drug discovery, and materials science.
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 review - hallucinogenic dystopian shooter with chaotic, addictive multiplayer
    November 15, 2025, 12:18 AM EST. Set in a dystopian 2035, Black Ops 7 lobs conspiracy, rogue corporations and hybrid warfare at four elite operatives as they relive their nightmares in a hallucinogenic campaign. The campaign is only part of the package: it adds a co-op Endgame mode, MMO-like end-content where teams tackle missions around Avalon's open environments with evolving objectives. Yet the heart remains classic COD-massive shootouts, slick gadgetry, and fast, brutal maps-best enjoyed with friends. The 12-player multiplayer showcases Tokyo-style districts, a deep-sea rig, and the Alaska base map Imprint, plus steady weapon and gadget upgrades. It's chaotic, relentless, and stupidly pleasurable for series fans, delivering a pulsing blend of spectacle and competition.
  • Cornell study warns AI growth could add 24-44 million tons of CO2 by 2030; data-center siting matters
    November 15, 2025, 12:16 AM EST. A Cornell University team uses data analytics and AI to map AI's environmental impact by state, projecting that AI growth in the U.S. could emit 24-44 million metric tons of CO2 by 2030 and require water comparable to that used by 6-10 million Americans annually. The findings suggest these emissions could push tech's climate goals out of reach, despite net-zero pledges from Google, Microsoft, Meta and others. A key takeaway is that data-center siting matters: build AI where the grid is clean and cooling is efficient. Regions like the Midwest and windbelt states-including Texas, Montana, Nebraska and South Dakota-emerge as promising locations. The study highlights policy and planning implications as the industry scales.