The Geography of Innovative Firms
Summary This article discusses an NBER paper that explores how innovation output in the U.S. is heavily concentrated within firms that manage R&D across multiple locations. The study analyses the…
Meta Uses Open Source AI To Design Greener Concrete For Its Next Data Center
Meta Uses Open Source AI To Design Greener Concrete For Its Next Data Center Meta has teamed up with Amrize and the University of Illinois to create an “AI-optimized” concrete…
Seagate’s 30TB HAMR Drives Hit Market for $600
Seagate’s 30TB HAMR Drives Hit Market for $600 Seagate has launched its first commercially available heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) hard drives. The new models include the 30TB IronWolf Pro and…
The Secret To Better Airplane Navigation Could Be Inside the Earth’s Crust
Summary Airbus’s Silicon Valley innovation centre, Acubed, along with Google spinoff SandboxAQ, has successfully trialled a device called MagNav, intended as a quantum-sensing navigation alternative to GPS. In tests spanning…
Meta Uses Open Source AI To Design Greener Concrete For Its Next Data Center
Summary Meta has joined forces with Amrize and the University of Illinois to create an innovative AI-optimised concrete mix, aiming to decrease carbon emissions by 35% for their upcoming data…
The Geography of Innovative Firms
Summary This article reviews a paper from NBER focusing on the geographic structure of U.S. innovative firms operating multiple R&D facilities. It finds that although these firms generate significant knowledge…
Trump tax law keeps Bill Gates’ nuclear datacenter dreams alive
Despite significant cuts to clean-energy tax credits under Trump’s budget bill, Bill Gates remains optimistic as new nuclear incentives survive. He highlighted that while programs benefiting regular Americans suffered, nuclear…
Meta Uses Open Source AI To Design Greener Concrete For Its Next Data Center
Summary Meta has teamed up with Amrize and the University of Illinois to create an “AI-optimized” concrete mix that reduces carbon emissions by 35% for its upcoming data centre. This…
Seagate’s 30TB HAMR Drives Hit Market for $600
Seagate’s 30TB HAMR Drives Hit Market for $600 Seagate has officially launched its heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) hard drives for individual consumers. The new 30TB IronWolf Pro and Exos M…
The Secret To Better Airplane Navigation Could Be Inside the Earth’s Crust
The Secret To Better Airplane Navigation Could Be Inside the Earth’s Crust Airbus’s innovation centre Acubed, along with Google spinout SandboxAQ, has tested a groundbreaking quantum-sensing navigation device designed to…