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Micron filed a US lawsuit accusing Chinese memory maker YMTC of systematically poaching key engineers and then using the engineers' patents to sue Micron (Anton Shilov/Tom's Hardware)

Micron lawsuit claims sanctioned Chinese memory maker YMTC poached its engineers, then sued it using its own stolen tech — ex-employees hid roles on LinkedIn, patented Micron tech, and won a German injunction
Some of YMTC's patents can actually belong to Micron, the company alleges.

Job position for a software engineer at Neuralink Next Gen for working on robotic arms (CONVOY), visual prostheses (Blindsight), and medical imaging data pipelines https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/software-engineer-next-gen-at-oneclick-smart-res…

"Burning soil and peat drove most emissions in Canada's record 2023 wildfire season, study finds"
#Canada #Emissions #Wildfires

Burning soil and peat drove most emissions in Canada's record 2023 wildfire season, study finds
Most of the carbon released during Canada's record-breaking 2023 wildfire season came from burning soil and peat, rather than trees, according to new research from McMaster University.

Al wat ouder (2024) maar fijn paper over AI & Software engineering/coding. Zowel voor "believers" als totale sceptici 🙂
"tl;dr: Chill, y'all: AI Will Not Devour SE"
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.00764

tl;dr: Chill, y'all: AI Will Not Devour SE
Social media provide a steady diet of dire warnings that artificial intelligence (AI) will make software engineering (SE) irrelevant or obsolete. To the contrary, the engineering discipline of software is rich and robust; it encompasses the full scope of software design, development, deployment, and practical use; and it has regularly assimilated radical new offerings from AI. Current AI innovations such as machine learning, large language models (LLMs) and generative AI will offer new opportun…

from my link log —
Are aerospike engines better than traditional rocket engines?
https://everydayastronaut.com/aerospikes/
saved 2019-10-19 https://

Are Aerospike Engines Better Than Traditional Rocket Engines?
Today we’re going to look at the history of aerospike engines, go over how nozzles work including things like overexpansion, underexpansion and even expansion ratios, we’ll look at the pros and cons of the aerospike, the physical limitations and problems, then we’ll compare the aerospike to some other traditional rocket engines. But that’s not all, I obtained never seen before photos and videos of some aerospikes, we’ll get opinions from some people who have actually worked with aeros…

Flow, a hardware development platform for AI agents, raised a $50M Series B led by Valor's Antonio Gracias and Atreides' Gavin Baker at a $750M valuation (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/30/valor-a…

Valor, Atreides, and Sequoia back AI startup Flow Engineering at $750M valuation | TechCrunch
Flow Engineering, which is bringing AI agents to hardware design, also landed Roelof Botha as an angel investor and board member.

"Engineers blew up 4 dams on a dying river. Now the salmon population is exploding."
#Rivers #Fish #Environment

Engineers blew up 4 dams on a dying river. Now the salmon population is exploding.
The Klamath River Renewal Corporation removed four dams in California and Oregon. The results were even better than scientists anticipated.

Amazon's emissions rose 16% YoY in 2025, driven by data center construction and delivery fuel, while Google's "ambition-based" emissions jumped 18% YoY in 2025 (Bloomberg)