Four things we’d need to put data centers in space

"Getting the heat out of such a system is surprisingly challenging. “Thermal management and cooling in space is generally a huge problem,” says Lilly Eichinger, CEO of the Austrian space tech startup Satellives."

https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/04/03/1135073/four-things-wed-need-to-put-data-centers-in-space/ #spaceinnovation #datacenters #thermalmanagement #spacetechnology #AerospaceEngineering

Four things we’d need to put data centers in space

"Proponents believe that putting data centers in space makes sense. The current AI boom is straining energy grids and adding to the demand for water, which is needed to cool the computers. Communities in the vicinity of large-scale data centers worry about increasing prices for those resources as a result of the growing demand, among other issues."

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How Teens Use and View AI

"About four-in-ten each report using chatbots to summarize articles, books or videos or create or edit images or videos. And about one-in-five say they use chatbots to get news, according to Pew Research Center’s survey of U.S. teens ages 13 to 17 conducted Sept. 25-Oct. 9, 2025."

https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2026/02/24/how-teens-use-and-view-ai/ #AI #Teens #Chatbots #YouthTechnology #DigitalTrends

The United States at 250: How the Country Has Changed in the Past 50 Years

"The U.S. population has grown by more than 120 million people to a new total of roughly 340 million over the past 50 years, with much of that growth driven by immigrants, longer life spans, as well as Asian and Hispanic Americans. Geographically, there has been a significant movement of people to Southern and Western states."

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The Hack That Exposed Syria’s Sweeping Security Failures

"“The fact that several official X accounts seemed to fall in quick succession suggested some form of centralized control, possibly with the same credentials used across multiple accounts,” says Muhannad Abo Hajia, cybersecurity expert at Damascus-based group Sanad. “That kind of setup is not inherently wrong, but only if proper safeguards are in place.”"

https://www.wired.com/story/inside-the-hack-that-exposed-syrias-security-failures/

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