AT&T gets into a legal spat with California over legacy phone network maintenance rules

Maintaining copper lines in California is a $1 billion annual expense that serves only 3% of its potential consumer base, claims the Dallas-based telecommunications giant.
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NASA reveals more on its moon base plans — and it seems the astronauts might have to assemble it all themselves, like a load of IKEA furniture

NASA outlines Moon Base missions, rover contracts, and cargo landers while relying on commercial partners and uncertain lunar economic potential
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Quote of the day by Steve Jobs: “Everybody in this country should learn how to program a computer, because it teaches you how to think” — advice on upskilling for the future

Steve Jobs was a huge believer in the power of education and learning skills like programming and development

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AMD’s rival to Nvidia’s GB10 AI workstation is set to go on preorder in days, but is it too little too late?

The AMD Ryzen AI Halo will be available for preorder in June 2026, as the California-based chipmaker aims to compete with Nvidia’s DGX by focusing on price and performance.
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Could Microsoft kill the web browser at Build? Everything developers need to know about the NLWeb Protocol

NLWeb is Microsoft’s open protocol for turning any website into a conversational AI app. Here’s what developers need to know before Build 2026
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‘Just imagine what could get done’ — How this US startup is building a ‘cheap’ fab-in-a-box to do for microchips what IBM did for PCs

InchFab developed compact semiconductor fabrication systems using smaller wafers to reduce manufacturing costs, simplify workforce training, and support specialized industries.
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‘Our ability to achieve orbital AI at scale depends on our ability to access a sufficient number of AI chips, significantly more than are currently available to us’: SpaceX admits that getting data centers in space may fall short due to a lack of chips

SpaceX admitted its orbital AI ambitions depend heavily upon scarce GPUs and uncertain semiconductor partnerships surrounding the TeraFab project.
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‘Built around volcanic materials’ — Turkish startup wants to make billion-dollar radar systems near obsolete with cheap spray-in-a-can tech that claims to bring stealth capabilities to low-cost drones

A Turkish company claims volcanic spray technology reduces drone radar visibility using inexpensive materials and simplified stealth application methods.
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‘AI adoption has become a game of chance’: Employees are being left to navigate AI tools on their own as businesses fail to implement proper training

Only around half of the workers using AI regularly have had any formal training from their employers.

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