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Visa invests in Replit to power agentic payments for developers

Visa has announced an undisclosed investment in AI coding platform Replit. The two companies are also exploring how to integrate Visa’s payment products into Replit, so that developers – and the AI agents they build – can accept payments directly from customers without leaving the platform. Visa added that more than 1,000 of its employees have been using Replit for prototyping and…
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Has the hunt for AI compute uncovered the next Cerebras?

The raging demand for computers to run AI models has only accelerated, but there are two major obstacles that anyone in the business needs to overcome: getting the right chips, and getting them into data centers where they can start generating revenue. General Compute, a new…
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Humans are going to the Moon. Cameras and massive seven-foot drones will help them arrive safely

NASA is building a base on the Moon – and cameras will be an integral part of getting humans there safely. On Tuesday, May 26, NASA announced a three-phase plan across the next decade to build a permanent base on the Moon. The plan is a massive $20 billion undertaking to build a base near the Moon’s south pole that eventually plans to send humans to the Moon at least every six months. The…
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Pine Point Schools cuts the ribbon on new, 2.7 MWh microgrid project

The Pine Point School district serving Minnesota’s White Earth Reservation community has taken a huge step towards energy independence this month, with the commissioning of a new solar + BESS microgrid project that will help insulate the district from energy rate hikes caused by new data center construction. The Pine Point Schools’ latest microgrid project from Ziegler Energy Solutions is the…
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DefenseNews

Germany’s defense minister makes rare personal pitch for submarine deal in Ottawa

VIENNA — German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius came to Canada’s CANSEC defense exhibition on Wednesday with a message that was as much political as commercial: Buy our submarines, and Germany will have your back. Standing alongside Canadian Defense Minister David McGuinty in front of a Franco-German helicopter fitted with Canadian engines, Pistorius made an explicit pitch for TKMS’ Type…
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