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  • Nvidia's Sovereign AI Revenue Poised to Top $20B This Year as Nations Invest in AI Infrastructure
    October 11, 2025, 1:27 PM EDT. Nvidia's sovereign AI business is the fastest-growing engine of its AI-driven data center platform. CFO Colette Kress says the segment is on track to exceed $20B in sovereign AI revenue this year, more than doubling last year. The EU plans to invest €20B to build 20 AI factories across France, Germany, Italy, and Spain, including five gigafactories powered by Nvidia GPUs. CEO Jensen Huang notes nations are investing in AI infrastructure like they did electricity and the Internet, expanding national programs from Sweden to Japan to the UK. Nvidia's sovereign AI demand comes from both public sector and policy-driven demand, strengthening Nvidia's position as the leader in the AI compute ecosystem and potentially accelerating overall NVDA revenue growth.
  • 3 reasons to buy a hybrid smartwatch: style, longevity, and discretion
    October 11, 2025, 1:26 PM EDT. Hybrid smartwatches blend a traditional analog dial with discreet smart features, offering a stylish alternative to typical wearables. They preserve a classic design—with a crown and real watch hands—while delivering essential health tracking and smart notifications without a constant digital footprint. Design flexibility shines on days you want a dressy look; devices like the Withings ScanWatch 2 have won beauty pages, showing that form can lead to broader appeal. Battery life is often stronger than full-display rivals, letting you go longer between charges. If you value style, discretion, and simplicity alongside core smart features, a hybrid may be your best next wearable.
  • Stoke Space raises $510M to scale Nova Launch manufacturing
    October 11, 2025, 1:25 PM EDT. Stoke Space Technologies has raised $510 million in new funding from Thomas Tull's US Innovative Technology Fund and Silicon Valley Bank to accelerate the manufacture of its Nova Launch vehicle. The round brings Stoke's total capital raised to about $990 million. The funding will bolster production at its Moses Lake site, which features multiple launch pads, a lateral test site and a dedicated second-stage facility. Stoke aims for high-frequency access to orbit, enabling satellite constellation deployment, in-space mobility and downmass. The U.S. Space Force recently awarded Stoke a National Security Space Launch contract, underscoring demand for medium-lift capacity. Refurbishment of Launch Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral is expected to be complete and active in early 2026. CEO Andy Lapsa says the funding is essential to finish development and demonstrate Nova.
  • AI Helps Detect Heart Health Risks Using Medical Imaging
    October 11, 2025, 1:24 PM EDT. AI is being used to assess heart health risk by analyzing fat and muscle distribution on existing MRI, CT, and X-ray scans. The technique can save doctors time by automatically measuring tissue characteristics that used to take hours. Early studies suggest that internal fat around organs and muscle quality help predict who is most likely to develop diabetes or suffer a heart attack or stroke. The hope is to use this information from routine imaging to better identify high-risk patients and prevent problems before they arise. Reactions vary: some patients welcome clearer risk information, while others worry about AI explanations. Overall, this represents a new layer of medical imaging insight powered by AI to improve preventive care.
  • Orienspace Gravity-1 launches 3 satellites from barge in Yellow Sea
    October 11, 2025, 1:21 PM EDT. Orienspace marks its second orbital flight with the Gravity-1 solid rocket lifting off from a barge off the coast of the Yellow Sea near Haiyang. The Oct. 10–11 mission carried three satellites—Jilin-1 Wideband 02B07 for Changguang Satellite Technology, and Geespace’s Shutian Yuxing-01 and -02—into near-polar orbits. The Jilin-1 satellite delivers 0.5-meter resolution optical imagery with a 150-km swath. The two Shutian Yuxing sats run on Geespace’s GSP50 platform. This is Orienspace’s second orbital mission after its 2024 debut, with upgrades to reliability and production. Launched from the Haiyang Oriental Spaceport, the mission highlights sea-based multi-satellite deployments and the broader commercial launch surge in China.