Filing: SpaceX is seeking FCC approval to launch 1M satellites into space; SpaceX claims the fleet will orbit the Earth and use the sun to power AI data centers (Reuters)

Filing: SpaceX is seeking FCC approval to launch 1M satellites into space; SpaceX claims the fleet will orbit the Earth and use the sun to power AI data centers (Reuters)

Reuters : Filing: SpaceX is seeking FCC approval to launch 1M satellites into space; SpaceX claims the fleet will orbit the Earth and use the sun to power AI data centers —  Elon Musk's SpaceX wants to launch a constellation of 1 million satellites that will orbit Earth and harness the sun to power AI data centers …

SpaceX wants to launch a constellation of a million satellites to power AI needs

SpaceX wants to launch a constellation of a million satellites to power AI needs

Elon Musk and his aerospace company have requested to build a network that's 100 times the number of satellites that are currently in orbit. On Friday, SpaceX filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to launch a million satellites meant to create an "orbital data center." This isn't the first time we're hearing of Musk's plans to build an orbital data center, as it was mentioned by company insiders following the news that the CEO was reportedly preparing to take SpaceX public . According to the filing spotted by PCMag , this data center would run off solar power and deliver computing capacity for artificial intelligence needs . SpaceX is requesting to "deploy a system of up to one million satellites to operate within narrow orbital shells spanning up to 50 km each," as detailed in the filing. According to SpaceX's filing, "orbital data centers are the most efficient way to meet the accelerating demand for AI computing power" since they use "solar power with little operating and maintenance costs." To give some scale of the astronomical number of satellites SpaceX is asking for, the company recently hit a milestone of the 11,000th Starlink satellite launched. There aren't as many in orbit since the satellites can run into issues, but an unofficial website that tracks Starlink stats claims there are more than 9,600 satellites in orbit as of January 30, 2026. The FCC is likely to whittle down the amount that SpaceX is asking for in its filing, as the federal agency has done in the past. Earlier this month, the FCC approved SpaceX's request to deploy 7,500 more Starlink satellites, following another 7,500 launched in 2022. However, it's much less than the nearly 30,000 amount that SpaceX first asked for in 2020. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/science/space/spacex-wants-to-launch-a-constellation-of-a-million-satellites-to-power-ai-needs-175607771.html?src=rss

We’re Ranking AI Models All Wrong And Why Human Capability Should Drive The Benchmark

We’re Ranking AI Models All Wrong And Why Human Capability Should Drive The Benchmark

At a moment when the AI industry is obsessed with bigger models and higher scores, Professor Ganna Pogrebna opened the inaugural Behavioral AI Institute webinar with a provocation that cut against the grain. “We keep asking, ‘What can AI do?’” she told more than 300 participants. “When we should be asking, ‘What should humans remain remarkably good at?’” That reframing exposed a blind spot at the heart of modern AI development. We are optimizing relentlessly for machine capability—while quietly allowing human agency to thin out in the background. And most of us don’t even realize it’s happening.

Miami-based Indigo, which uses AI-powered underwriting tech to provide medical liability insurance to physicians, raised a $50M Series B led by Rubicon Founders (Brock E.W. Turner/Axios)

Miami-based Indigo, which uses AI-powered underwriting tech to provide medical liability insurance to physicians, raised a $50M Series B led by Rubicon Founders (Brock E.W. Turner/Axios)

Brock E.W. Turner / Axios : Miami-based Indigo, which uses AI-powered underwriting tech to provide medical liability insurance to physicians, raised a $50M Series B led by Rubicon Founders —  Indigo, which provides liability insurance to physicians, raised $50 million in a Series B funding round, CEO Jared Kaplan tells Axios Pro exclusively.

RayNeo Air 3s Pro review: Getting my mind to adjust to the 201-inch screen simulation took a while - but once it did, these display glasses proved impressive

RayNeo Air 3s Pro review: Getting my mind to adjust to the 201-inch screen simulation took a while - but once it did, these display glasses proved impressive

Are you missing the cinematic experience, huddling over a small screen on your daily commute? Then the Neo Air 3S Pro wearable display glasses are the solution. Simply plug them into your phone and suddenly you have access to a simulated 201-inch projection screen, all in a device no larger than a standard pair of spectacles.