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Indigenous Australians were the world's first astronomers. But their knowledge is now at risk
https://phys.org/news/2026-05-indigenous-australians-world-astronomers-knowledge.html

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Kumulativer Zubau der #Windenergieleistung in #Deutschland mit Stand vom 15.04.2026.
Summen der Inbetriebnahmen minus Stilllegungen pro Jahr.
Der Datenbestand enthält ggf. unplausible Datensätze.
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Edra, which says it helps companies automate workflows by turning their operational data into a living knowledge base, raised a $30M Series A led by Sequoia (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/18/two-

Two Palantir veterans just came out of stealth with $30 million and a Sequoia stamp of approval | TechCrunch
The founders are worth paying attention to.

Indigenous knowledge confirms what scientists observe: Large birds are disappearing https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/03/indigenous-knowledge-confirms-what-scientists-observe-large-birds-are-disappearing…

Indigenous knowledge confirms what scientists observe: Large birds are disappearing
Indigenous knowledge confirms a trend scientists have observed- large bird populations are declining faster than small birds.

Please watch their charming video! Watch, and look at the faces: kids of many races and many genders, all different levels of knowledge, every one of them showing this deep-seated sense of agency and ownership about science and about their own learning: “I belong here. This is for me.” It’s everything the fascists fear.
Full disclosure: my kid is one of the kids in the program (but not in the video, sorry!). I can thus vouch for this fundraiser with extra confidence.
https://vimeo.com/1152657185
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Sources: Google has created strike team to improve its coding models; Sergey Brin told DeepMind staffers that they must aggressively pivot to catch up on agents (Erin Woo/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/google-creates-strike-t…

Google Creates Strike Team to Improve Coding Models
Google has assembled a strike team of researchers and engineers to improve its AI coding models, according to three people with direct knowledge of the situation, as it looks to automate more of its own coding and ultimately its AI research. The push was prompted in part by Anthropic’s recent AI ...

Sources: Google is in talks with Marvell Technology to develop a memory processing unit that works alongside TPUs, and a new TPU for running AI models (Qianer Liu/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/google-talks-marvell-build-new…

Google in Talks With Marvell to Build New AI Chips for Inference
Google is in talks with Marvell Technology to develop two new chips aimed at running AI models more efficiently, according to two people with direct knowledge of the discussions. One is a memory processing unit designed to work alongside Google’s tensor processing unit. The other is a new TPU ...

Sources: OpenAI has 200 people working on AI devices, including a smart speaker priced between $200 and $300, possibly smart glasses and a smart lamp (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/inside-openai-team-developing-ai-devices

Inside the OpenAI Team Developing its AI Devices
OpenAI has more than 200 people working on a family of AI-powered devices that will include a smart speaker and possibly smart glasses and a smart lamp, according to a person with knowledge of the plans. New details are starting to emerge about the group and its development strategy. The smart ...

Source: Fal, a GenAI model hosting service, is in talks to raise $300M to $350M at an $8B valuation; annualized revenue has hit $400M, up from $200M in October (Katie Roof/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/video-hosti…

Video Hosting Startup Fal in Funding Talks at $8 Billion Valuation
Fal, a fast-growing cloud service for accessing and storing AI models that generate images, video, and audio, is in talks to raise $300 million to $350 million, according to a person with direct knowledge of the fundraise. The deal, which would nearly double the company’s paper valuation to ...