Fiber-optic speeds from the stratosphere

Stratospheric infrastructure company Sceye has crossed the Pacific for the first time, taking its reflective, balloon-like High-Altitude Platform System from New Mexico to Japan. It’s the latest milestone on the road to commercialization for a platform that can deliver phone service and observation. Read more about alternative space and flight technology: New floating internet infrastructure…

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Obama calls for Dems to focus on AI

Former President Barack Obama is urging Democrats — including 2028 presidential candidates and congressional leaders — to more aggressively focus on a comprehensive AI agenda, warning in a closed-door fundraiser that the technology is at an inflection point. “This is something that is moving very fast in private hands, and if we don’t get on…

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