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Daily Tech & GNSS News Digest - April 14, 2026

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Daily Tech & GNSS News Digest - April 14, 2026
News Digest
Apr 14, 2026 Tech News • GNSS

Daily Tech & GNSS News Digest - April 14, 2026

IMF warns on AI cyber risk, US Treasury seeks access to Anthropic's Mythos model, TSMC rides AI demand, plus CHC Navigation's major GNSS receiver updates.

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Daily Tech & GNSS News Digest - April 13, 2026
News Digest
Apr 13, 2026 Tech News • GNSS

Daily Tech & GNSS News Digest - April 13, 2026

Today's top stories: Victory Giant targets $2.2 billion Hong Kong IPO as top AI PCB maker, Asia's richest families hit record $647 billion on AI infrastructure boom, Kuka pivots to US and Asia as Europe lags on AI, plus VIAVI and Ground Control bring LEO-based PNT to maritime navigation.

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Daily Tech & GNSS News Digest - April 10, 2026
News Digest
Apr 10, 2026 Tech News • GNSS

Daily Tech & GNSS News Digest - April 10, 2026

Today's top stories: Anthropic's Mythos model triggers emergency Wall Street meeting, CoreWeave signs multi-year Anthropic deal with stock surging 11%, Asian AI stocks rebound with $7.9 billion in foreign inflows, plus Pentagon considers canceling the $8 billion GPS ground control program.

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Daily Tech & GNSS News Digest - April 9, 2026
News Digest
Apr 9, 2026 Tech News • GNSS

Daily Tech & GNSS News Digest - April 9, 2026

Today's top stories: CoreWeave and Meta expand AI cloud deal to $21 billion, Amazon eyes external AI chip sales worth $50 billion, Starlink battles Iran's wartime internet blackout, plus FAA updates GNSS interference guide amid rising spoofing threats.

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Daily Tech & GNSS News Digest - April 8, 2026
News Digest
Apr 8, 2026 Tech News • GNSS

Daily Tech & GNSS News Digest - April 8, 2026

Today's top stories: Tech stocks surge on US-Iran ceasefire deal, Meta debuts Muse Spark AI model under Alexandr Wang, MATCH Act threatens ASML's China business, plus GPS IIIF satellites slip months behind schedule.

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Daily Tech & GNSS News Digest - April 7, 2026
News Digest
Apr 7, 2026 Tech News • GNSS

Daily Tech & GNSS News Digest - April 7, 2026

Today's top stories: Intel joins Musk's Terafab mega-chip project, Anthropic unveils Mythos AI model for cybersecurity, Samsung posts eightfold profit jump, plus the US Navy launches a GNSS ionospheric sensor into orbit.

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Daily Tech & GNSS News Digest - April 2, 2026
News Digest
Apr 2, 2026 Tech News • GNSS

Daily Tech & GNSS News Digest - April 2, 2026

Today's top stories: NASA launches Artemis II on first crewed lunar mission in 50 years, Intel buys back Ireland fab from Apollo for $14.2 billion, Anthropic scrambles to contain Claude Code source code leak — plus the Munich Space Summit reveals Europe's strategic pivot from GNSS to multi-layer PNT.

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Daily Tech & GNSS News Digest - April 1, 2026
News Digest
Apr 1, 2026 Tech News • GNSS

Daily Tech & GNSS News Digest - April 1, 2026

Today's top stories: Oracle cuts up to 30,000 jobs to fund AI infrastructure, 200+ experts demand YouTube ban AI-generated kids' content, Microsoft invests $1B+ in Thailand, plus Honeywell launches near-nav-grade IMU for GNSS-denied platforms.

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Daily Tech & GNSS News Digest - March 31, 2026
News Digest
Mar 31, 2026 Tech News • GNSS

Daily Tech & GNSS News Digest - March 31, 2026

Today's top stories: Nvidia invests $2 billion in Marvell to expand NVLink Fusion AI ecosystem, Taiwan approves TSMC's $17 billion 3nm upgrade at its Kumamoto Japan fab, Samsung-backed Rebellions raises $400M for AI inference chips — plus Anello Photonics and Q-CTRL combine silicon photonic and quantum sensing for GPS-denied UAV navigation.

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Daily Tech & GNSS News Digest - March 30, 2026
News Digest
Mar 30, 2026 Tech News • GNSS

Daily Tech & GNSS News Digest - March 30, 2026

Today's top stories: Trump's new PCAST tech council excludes Musk and Altman, SpaceX IPO retail allocation could hit 30% via E*Trade, all 11 xAI co-founders have now departed — plus ESA's Celeste LEO-PNT satellites successfully reach orbit.

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GNSS RF Parameters Demystified: From Antenna to Position Fix
Space Tech
Mar 27, 2026 GNSS • RF

GNSS RF Parameters Demystified: From Antenna to Position Fix

A practical guide to every RF parameter that matters in GNSS receiver design—noise figure, IP3, P1dB, C/N0, antenna gain, axial ratio, and more.

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Daily Tech & GNSS News Digest - March 27, 2026
News Digest
Mar 27, 2026 Tech News • GNSS

Daily Tech & GNSS News Digest - March 27, 2026

Today's top stories: SoftBank secures a record $40B bridge loan for OpenAI, Anthropic's leaked Mythos model sends cybersecurity stocks tumbling, Google warns quantum computers could break encryption by 2029 — plus Septentrio launches the AsteRx EB receiver with built-in anti-jam technology.

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