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Blue Origin reveals 65-foot solar tower designed to power future bases on the Moon

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First look: Blue Origin is developing a solar power system designed for use on the Moon, where keeping equipment supplied with electricity will be one of the biggest practical challenges. The tower is still at an early stage of development, and Blue Origin has not said when it could fly to the Moon. But the system reflects the growing focus on the infrastructure needed for future surface operations. Launch vehicles and landers may get equipment to the surface. Systems such as the Power Tower would help keep it running once it arrives.

The company calls the systemthe Power Tower. It is a 20-meter-tall (65 foot) solar array that deploys vertically after landing and is designed to generate more than 10 kilowatts of electricity. Blue Origin said it is intended for Moon Base...

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PwC and Cohere form an enterprise AI alliance, launching first in Canada

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Apple adds new Full Disk Access controls on Macs because of AI agents

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Dutch eyewear chain Hans Anders stops selling Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses

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OpenAI’s chip chief tells More Than Moore he doesn’t fully trust AI design

OpenAI’s own AI models changed parts of its Jalapeño chip, and its engineers could not always say why. In one example, they saved more than 13% of die area, Richard Ho told Ian Cutress of More Than Moore. Ho leads OpenAI’s hardware team, and the interview was published

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