AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoAI and Digital Infrastructure: Germany’s Friedrich Merz called for faster development of homegrown AI to reduce reliance on outside providers, while the UK announced tests for data centres’ contributions to local communities and the economy. Orange Romania reported symmetrical speeds of 40 Gbps in its first 50G PON test, with latency below 1 millisecond. Ocean Science: The U.S. National Science Foundation renewed funding for the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s C-CoMP for five years, backing research into how marine microbes shape the ocean carbon cycle and climate. Health Research: A University of Maryland study found that higher exposure to methadone or buprenorphine during pregnancy did not worsen newborn withdrawal; researchers cautioned that reducing treatment doses can put mothers at risk. Automation: Walmart agreed to pay robotics firm Symbotic more than $6 billion to expand automation across 25 U.S. distribution centres and explore wider supply-chain use.
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