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The UK military is jamming satellites belonging to other nations as a defensive measure, according to information given to the BBC. The disclosure highlights electronic warfare in orbit as an emerging area of military activity, with the UK reportedly interfering with adversarial satellite signals to protect itself. Satellite jamming has become increasingly significant as militaries depend on space assets for communications, navigation and surveillance.

Nvidia has named LG Electronics a preferred cooling provider within its Nvidia Partner Network, aiming to ease the enormous power and heat demands of AI data centers. As GPU performance races ahead, thermal management is becoming the real constraint, and the alliance gives LG a direct route to supply cooling technology for Nvidia's AI infrastructure buildout.

Music startup Thoughtful Things has launched a Kickstarter campaign for Engram, its first instrument, a sampler and groovebox that uses AI to mangle incoming audio and even hallucinate entirely new sounds. Early commentary stresses that it is not a generative music tool like Suno in a box, but a hands-on instrument aimed at producers, and the campaign is drawing attention among electronic music fans.

Researchers report that hyperbolic wave attractors, structures that trap and concentrate light waves, could be used to build next-generation optical chips. By confining light more efficiently, the approach may improve photonic circuits used in computing and communications. Details of the research and its practical applications remain limited in the available reporting.