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// Tech news at terminal velocity
cat 2026-02-01.md
$ cat TLDR.md
▸ SpaceX wants to launch 1 million flying data centers because ground clouds are so 2025.
▸ Waymo is reportedly raising a staggering $16B to keep its robotaxis rolling.
▸ Nvidia's Jensen Huang calls rumors of beef with OpenAI 'nonsense' while counting his chips.
In a move that screams 'Bond Villain', SpaceX asked the FCC to approve a constellation of 1 million solar-powered data centers. Their filing claims it's a step toward a 'Kardashev II-level civilization', which is a fancy way of saying they want all the sun's energy.
While competitors stumble, Waymo is reportedly backing up the money truck. The Alphabet-owned company is finalizing a round that would value it at $110 billion, proving that actually having working robotaxis is a decent business model.
Despite reports that Nvidia's $100B investment in OpenAI had stalled due to friction, CEO Jensen Huang says it's all 'nonsense'. He insists the relationship is fine, presumably because OpenAI is still buying every GPU he can manufacture.
The old continent is waking up. From Belgium to Ukraine, five European startups hit the $1B valuation mark in the first month of 2026 alone, signaling a potential thaw in the VC winter.
A masterclass in system design evolution. It starts with a simple monolith and walks through the painful but necessary additions of load balancers, CDNs, sharding, and microservices as you hit each user milestone.
Aside from the cool factor, space offers two things data centers love: infinite solar power and near-absolute zero cooling. The trade-off is latency and the minor issue of launching mass equivalent to a small city into orbit.
Researchers have found that certain fungi can detoxify the chemicals plants use to defend themselves, potentially turning them into super-insecticides. It's biological warfare, but for bugs.
A trending open-source alternative to traditional VPNs and tools like Tailscale. It uses WireGuard under the hood to create a mesh network that actually makes sense to configure.
Google DeepMind's latest paper tackles the 'Contextual Integrity' problem—basically, teaching AI when it's okay to share your data and when it needs to keep its digital mouth shut.
A look back at Amix, the Unix System V port for the Amiga 3000UX. It was a technical marvel that arrived just in time to be crushed by the market, but the documentation remains a goldmine for retro enthusiasts.
A new Zelda-like indie game where you rotate the world to solve puzzles. It's getting rave reviews for making players feel smart and nauseous at the same time.
The massive open-source meetup in Brussels just wrapped up. If you like beer, waffles, and arguing about Linux kernel patches, this was the place to be.