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Hardware·6h ago·all news from October 30, 2026

Google’s first data center satellite is online and writing poetry

Google has successfully deployed a Tensor Processing Unit onto an orbiting satellite, marking the first time the company has run an AI model in space. The onboard Gemma 4 model is now capable of processing prompts while in orbit, representing a technical milestone in testing the performance of AI hardware and software within remote, high-latency environments.

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