Hackaday6d
Communicating With Satellites Like It’s 1957
When the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, was put into orbit around Earth, anyone in the path of the satellite could receive the beeps transmitted by the satellite provided they had some ...
Royal United Services Institute6d
What Would a ‘Sputnik Moment’ for US–China AI Competition Look Like?
On 4 October 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the world’s first artificial satellite, into orbit. This launch sparked panic in the US on account of the perceived capabilities gap between ...
Opinion
Commentary: From the Ground Up: A Guide to Seeing Earth Satellites
Summer-a time when the urge to explore places familiar and new beckons to young and old alike. Although the sun sets late during the summer months, we inevitably find ourselves outside looking at ...
The Australian Financial Review4d
Way beyond Sputnik: China’s AI drive just the tip of the iceberg
This is where we part ways with Sputnik. The Soviet economy that produced humanity’s first satellite could only get to half the size of America’s. Adjusting for purchasing power parity ...
aspistrategist.org.au4d
Will DeepSeek upend US tech dominance?
In 1957, the Soviet Union launched the world’s first artificial satellite into orbit, sparking fears in the United States ...
'China eats the world' as DeepSeek shows its strength in high-value sectors: Deutsche Bank
The launch of DeepSeek has unsettled the world's belief that it "could contain China", said Deutsche Bank, calling the emergence of the artificial-intelligence (AI) technology the country's "Sputnik ...
India needs to be agile on self-reliance in aerospace
India should be concerned with the developments across its northern borders as its depleting fighter aircraft inventory is ...
How AI start-up DeepSeek upended industry assumptions and changed China's narrative
On January 28 that year, Liang's hedge fund High-Flyer Quant issued a statement to the public denying that its quantum trading was responsible for a plunge in Chinese stocks. "In recent days, there ...
All That's Interesting on MSN3d
Inside Project A119, America’s Top-Secret Plot To Detonate A Nuclear Bomb On The Moon During The Cold War
"You know what? The Moon's big enough that we can nuke it and land on it at the same time, so let's give this a shot." In 1958, the U.S. government plotted to show up the Soviets in the Space Race — ...
Poland, Hungary: How two close allies came to be estranged
Within the space of 15 years, Poland and Hungary have gone from being bros to foes. How did it come to this and where does ...
DeepSeek efficiencies make AI cheaper but it may not slow growing energy demand
Despite the energy innovations of artificial intelligence newcomer DeepSeek's models, AI power requirements as a whole are ...
The Marshall News Messenger6d
Ben Shapiro: The Chinese Sputnik
Some, like investor Marc Andreessen, have likened China’s announcement to the Soviet announcement of the launch of the satellite Sputnik in ... China has fired the first shot in the AI battle.