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Palantir CEO Alex Karp says there was ‘never a sense’ AI products would be used for domestic surveillance in Anthropic-DoD feud Palantir

Palantir CEO Alex Karp says there was ‘never a sense’ AI products would be used for domestic surveillance in Anthropic-DoD feud

Right in the middle of the ongoing feud between the Silicon Valley AI company Anthropic and the U.S. Department of Defense over whether the military will use—or not use—Anthropic’s large language models is yet another company: Palantir. Palantir, the Miami-based data analytics and artificial intelligence platform, is a key software…
bubmag
March 14, 2026
iMetalX emerges from stealth with technology to model resident space objects Space Debris

iMetalX emerges from stealth with technology to model resident space objects

Startup iMetalX offers models designed to help customers characterize resident space objects. Credit: iMetalX SAN FRANCISCO – Northern California startup iMetalX Inc. emerged from stealth to announce a collaboration with Psionic, a Hampton, Virginia, company focused on autonomous navigation in GPS-denied environments. Pairing Psionic’s Space Navigation Doppler Lidar with iMetalX’s…
bubmag
March 14, 2026
An obscure OS could surpass ChromeOS by the end of 2027 — Huawei’s Harmony OS grows 9x in 12 months, and it’s only the beginning Huawei

An obscure OS could surpass ChromeOS by the end of 2027 — Huawei’s Harmony OS grows 9x in 12 months, and it’s only the beginning

(Image credit: Huawei) HarmonyOS PC shipments projected to increase tenfold to 1.4 million units in 2026 Global PC market expected to fall 12% in 2026, while Chrome takes a 28% dive Rising memory and storage prices strain vendors of low-cost PCs sharply Huawei’s HarmonyOS is rapidly expanding beyond smartphones and…
bubmag
March 14, 2026
Lucid’s Upcoming Cosmos and Earth Electric SUVs are Part of the Company’s Path to Profitability Electric Car

Lucid’s Upcoming Cosmos and Earth Electric SUVs are Part of the Company’s Path to Profitability

Don’t write off Lucid yet. The electric car startup known for incredibly cool cars and equally dicey financials has big plans for the future that include expansion into midsize vehicles and robotaxis. The new midsize platform will yield three new models, beginning with the Lucid Cosmos and Lucid Earth SUVs,…
bubmag
March 13, 2026
Let Them Eat Skins: Fortnite Players Are Calling For A Boycott Over V-Buck Price Hikes Fortnite

Let Them Eat Skins: Fortnite Players Are Calling For A Boycott Over V-Buck Price Hikes

Earlier this week, Fortnite revealed V-Bucks are getting more expensive . That’s right, they’re doing shrinkflation on virtual currency; the nine dollars that used to get you a clean 1,000 V-Bucks, for instance, will soon only be worth 800. Subscribers to Fortnite Crew are also getting hammered. The price hikes…
bubmag
March 13, 2026
EPA Aims to Weaken Limits on Cancer-Linked Gas Used to Sterilize Medical Equipment Air Pollution

EPA Aims to Weaken Limits on Cancer-Linked Gas Used to Sterilize Medical Equipment

— Long-term exposure can cause cancer among those who work at or live near sterilization facilities by Associated Press March 13, 2026 • 3 min read The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed Friday to weaken air pollution limits on a chemical used to sterilize medical equipment, a move that would…
bubmag
March 13, 2026
Astroscale selects Isar Aerospace to launch ELSA-M mission Space Debris

Astroscale selects Isar Aerospace to launch ELSA-M mission

OneWeb satellites operate at 1,200 kilometers and would take around 2,000 years to reenter the atmosphere without intervention by Astroscale's ELSA-M service. Credit: Astroscale WASHINGTON — Japanese satellite servicing company Astroscale has selected Isar Aerospace to launch a deorbiting mission developed by its British subsidiary. Astroscale announced March 13 it…
bubmag
March 13, 2026