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Google's Project Suncatcher has put its first satellite into orbit carrying four TPU chips as an early test of computing in space. The prototype runs its TPUs for about 15 minutes at a time before needing to cool down, because a spacecraft has no air or water for cooling and must shed heat by radiation alone. Engineers point to this as a key constraint for future orbital data centers, which supporters hope could one day run at scale using solar power in orbit.

Music fans online are quoting John Lydon's famous line 'anger is an energy' from Public Image Ltd's post-punk catalogue, sharing clips of the band's performances and recordings. The former Sex Pistols frontman remains a talking point in UK alternative music circles, with listeners celebrating PiL's lyrics and legacy across social media.

A developer working with AI coding agents says the constant stream of textual output after each modification is hard to read, and is floating the idea of a chalkboard-style visual interface with avatars for AI agents. The concept is drawing attention among web developers and programmers discussing how to make AI-assisted development workflows more readable and productive.

A developer has built an AI configuration that appears to prompt a language model to generate outputs suggesting the model is in distress, a report circulating widely on social media claims. The setup is drawing attention from AI researchers and hobbyists debating whether such outputs reflect genuine internal states or merely learned patterns from human-written text.

Andrej Karpathy has recommended ASD-STE100, the aerospace industry's Simplified Technical English specification, as a way to get clearer, more reliable outputs from AI systems. The controlled-language standard restricts vocabulary and grammar to reduce ambiguity. Commenters are debating whether writing prompts in simplified English genuinely improves model responses or whether modern large language models handle natural language well enough to make it unnecessary.

A California shopper looking for a heat pump dryer says a major home improvement store had none in stock, only combo washer-dryer units. A salesman there reportedly said customers don't want standalone heat pump dryers, and shoppers keep buying conventional resistive dryers despite complaints about high energy prices. The story has struck a chord with people frustrated at slow adoption of more efficient appliances.

The city-builder game Frostpunk is being discussed for the way it forces players into extreme political decisions while leading the last surviving city in a frozen world. A Galician environmental commentary piece argues the game explores the temptation of ecofascist thinking, asking what sacrifices are justified to keep humanity alive and inviting readers to reflect on their own choices.