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AI chip startup Etched has hit a ten point three billion dollar valuation after landing fresh investment from memory giant SK Hynix. The company builds processors designed exclusively for transformer-based AI inference, arguing that general-purpose GPUs burn through power doing work they were never optimized for. It's a focused bet, and apparently a well-funded one.
Shifting from silicon to space, a discarded SpaceX rocket stage is currently on a collision course with the moon. The booster, long past its useful life, has been drifting through cislunar space and is expected to impact at high speed. It's a reminder that the economics of disposable hardware carry consequences well beyond the launch pad.
And on the question of platforms quietly fading, there's a growing conversation about whether Google has effectively abandoned Google News. Writers and observers are pointing to neglected features, reduced visibility, and a product that feels increasingly like infrastructure nobody tends anymore. For publishers who once relied on it, that quiet decline carries real weight.
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