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Microsoft to expand Azure Maia system to multi-gigawatt deployments

Azure Maia 200 now in production; Azure Maia 300 coming in 2027 As we move into the era of Super Intelligence, Microsoft is entering a new phase of infrastructure. We will scale our Azure Maia family to multi-gigawatt deployments starting in 2027, making Maia the primary inference system for Microsoft products and services. The multigenerational……

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The Download: moon city problems and drone traffic controllers

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Mars may be a hellhole, but the moon is not far behind The US and China are racing to build bases on the moon, with NASA hoping to establish a small…

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Mars may be a hellhole, but the moon is not far behind

Welcome to the second space race. You can be forgiven for experiencing déjà vu. Last time, it was the Soviet Union and the United States vying to be the first to plant some flags. Now it’s a sprint to the lunar surface between America and China—alongside a host of varyingly friendly and rival nations—plus a…

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The ecologist revealing the invisible networks that revive rainforests

In a research station in central Panama, you can walk through a century of forest time, watching scrubby plots of adolescent trees give way to cathedral-­like canopies of mature growth. Forest ecologist Daisy Dent, a senior scientist at ETH Zurich, oversees this sequence of plots across the Barro Colorado Nature Monument, some of which date…

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No Man’s Sky is coming to the iPhone and iPad

The No Man’s Sky universe is about to get a little bit smaller – but in a good way. Hello Games announced that its long-running sci-fi exploration game will be coming to iOS, with versions for both the iPhone and iPad available starting on October 28th. According to Hello’s Sean Murray, the mobile version of…

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