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Daily Tech & GNSS News Digest - May 27, 2026
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Daily Tech & GNSS News Digest - May 27, 2026
SK Hynix and Micron join the $1 trillion club as AI memory demand explodes, Marvell posts record Q1 on custom AI silicon, Beijing extends travel curbs to AI talent at Alibaba and DeepSeek, plus the FAA refreshes its GNSS interference playbook and ESA's first Celeste LEO-PNT satellites go operational.
Iridium Buys Aireon: One Constellation, the Whole Aviation Safety Stack
A $367M deal closes the loop on space-based ADS-B—and signals where Iridium is taking aviation safety, PNT, and IoT next. An explainer for GNSS and aviation pros.
Daily Tech & GNSS News Digest - May 26, 2026
Qualcomm strikes a multi-million-chip ASIC deal with ByteDance, Micron crosses a $1 trillion valuation on sold-out HBM4 supply, STMicroelectronics rolls out new GaN power chips for AI servers, plus FocalPoint Positioning unveils sub-metre Precise+ without sensor fusion and the UK MoD funds a £6 million eLoran prototype as a GPS-independent backup.
Daily Tech & GNSS News Digest - May 22, 2026
Nvidia posts $81.6B quarter as data center revenue doubles and Vera Rubin demand outruns supply, Google launches the always-on Gemini Spark agent at I/O, Anthropic eyes Microsoft's Maia chips, plus Starlink ends its 'pseudo-GPS' location service and Septentrio ships its ultra-resilient mosaic-G5 P8 module.
Daily Tech & GNSS News Digest - May 21, 2026
Today's top stories: SpaceX files for a record $1.75 trillion IPO, Nvidia posts $81.6B in revenue but concedes China to Huawei, Meta cuts 8,000 jobs amid record earnings, plus Norway's DNK launches maritime GNSS protection program.
Daily Tech & GNSS News Digest - May 20, 2026
Today's top stories: Google I/O 2026 unleashes Gemini 3.5 Flash, Gemini Omni, and TPU 8 dual-chip architecture, Samsung and Google preview Android XR smart glasses for fall launch, plus Northrop Grumman delivers first production EGI-M navigation system for GPS-denied operations.
What I Learned Building an AI Agent My Team Actually Uses
Design principles for practical AI agents in corporate settings — from context management to knowledge architecture.
Daily Tech & GNSS News Digest - May 19, 2026
Today's top stories: Google I/O 2026 unveils Gemini 3.5 and Android XR glasses, Kraken cuts 150 jobs after AI deployment, plus ESA Celeste LEO-PNT first signals and US Army NorthStar PNT contracts.
Daily Tech & GNSS News Digest - May 15, 2026
OpenAI prepares legal action against Apple over buried ChatGPT integration, Trump-Xi summit closes without AI deal as Nvidia H200 deliveries remain frozen, Powell exits as Fed chair, plus TrustPoint wins $4M Space Force contract for GPS-independent LEO constellation and Iridium acquires Aireon for $367M.
Daily Tech & GNSS News Digest - May 14, 2026
Cerebras surges 68% in blockbuster $5.55B AI chip IPO, US approves Nvidia H200 sales to 10 Chinese firms, Cisco jumps 17% on AI pivot, plus Hexagon completes Inertial Sense acquisition to bolster resilient navigation.
Daily Tech & GNSS News Digest - May 13, 2026
Jensen Huang boards Air Force One for Trump's China summit, Anthropic in talks to raise $30B at $900B valuation, Apple touches $300 for the first time, plus Starlink cuts location data access ahead of potential PNT service launch.
Daily Tech & GNSS News Digest - May 12, 2026
South Korea rattles markets with AI 'citizen dividend' proposal, CME launches computing power futures, SAP unveils the Autonomous Enterprise, plus UK Ministry of Defence awards £6M eLoran contract for GPS-independent navigation.