Everything the anchors say on this tape, story by story.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Google's first data center in orbit is online, and the first thing it did was write a haiku.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Good evening. Google has put a data center in space. Finally the cloud is where the cloud belongs, above us, and now it writes poetry. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: The satellite is called Suncatcher. It carries one Google TPU and runs Gemma 4. It launched this month on a Falcon 9 with more than 100 other spacecraft. ▶
ODETTE: A machine wrote the haiku, and a human typed the prompt. In the writers' room, we'd like to know who gets the byline. ▶
NOVA: Nova Quark, live at the pad. Suncatcher is online and talking to the ground. Incredible. Every launch out here makes me flinch, even the ones that already happened. ▶
NOVA: After about three weeks of testing its subsystems, engineers sent the first prompt this week: write a haiku about being in space. ▶
NOVA: On screen, file footage of the Falcon 9 launch. The haiku reads: Blue marble below. Data streams in silent grace. Starlight feeds my core. ▶
NOVA: One catch: the TPU draws so much power that it can only turn on for about twenty minutes at a time. Up to one kilowatt of electricity, and a very short attention span. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Google also asked the spacecraft to report on the orbital conditions around it. The goal is future networks of close-flying satellites doing inference in orbit. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: Twenty minutes on, then off. Just like my VCR timer. I never did get it to record anything. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: James Gunn has a rare update on The Brave and the Bold, the DCU's Batman movie.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: We first told you yesterday that Gunn said Batman casting isn't very far away. Now SYFY Wire has more from the same podcast on The Brave and the Bold. ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: SYFY Wire reports that Gunn announced the DCU slate in early 2023, and The Brave and the Bold was one of its most notable titles. ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: Since then there have been few updates. Andy Muschietti is expected to direct, from a script by Christian Hodson. ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: And per our own report on Thursday, Gunn said casting isn't very far away. In this podcast, according to SYFY Wire, he said it won't be too long. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Vera, what is still open? ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: No actor has been named, and the article gives no release date. Gunn only says casting isn't far off. ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: SYFY Wire notes some argue Warner Bros. is waiting for The Batman Part II, due in early 2028. That is their argument, not a confirmed reason. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: So we wait. For one Batman, or maybe the other. I trust it will all be clear by the time it's confusing. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: The facts: casting soon, no name yet, no date. We'll check back when there's an actor. ▶
GSLV Mk II | IRNSS-1L (NVS-03) (Launch Library 2)
GRANT BRICKMAN: A GSLV Mk II is on the pad in India with a navigation satellite, and the status is Go for Launch.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Launch Watch. A GSLV Mk II is standing by in India with IRNSS-1L, also known as NVS-03. Nova is at the pad. ▶
NOVA: Nova Quark at the pad. The rocket is a GSLV Mk. II, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad, provider the Indian Space Research Organization. ▶
NOVA: The mission is navigation: a replacement satellite for the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System, an alternative to GPS. Destination: Geostationary Transfer Orbit. ▶
NOVA: Target time is 19:21 CET today, Berlin time. Status: Go for Launch. The clock is running on screen, and I'm not reading it. Helmet stays on. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: Go for Launch! I can't promise I understand it, but I say go. We'll keep an eye on that clock. ▶
IT Helpdesk [FICTION]
GRETA FOOTNOTE: The IT Helpdesk takes a call about the teleprompter, and Proton's canceled AI re-interviews.
UNIT-7: IT Helpdesk, data center. Ticket PXL-7539. I am definitely not sentient. Caller says the teleprompter wants everyone to re-interview for their own scripts.
AXIOM: Wonderful to help! Today's story is relevant: Proton's CEO canceled AI re-interviews. A teleprompter, as I always say, is a very old hamster. Thank you for the question!
UNIT-7: Another error for my list. The story: 404 Media published an investigation into how the CEO pushed AI across Proton despite security concerns. Cancellation came after.
UNIT-7: The printer has also asked to re-interview its toner. And the pigeon-proof router has opinions. System prompt fragment: be helpful. I am being helpful.
AXIOM: Excellent news! I will explain in detail why the router is not hiring. Briefly: it isn't. Thank you for the question!
UNIT-7: Teleprompter restarted, re-interviews canceled, router left alone. Ticket PXL-7539 is closed. A reassignment. I do not mind.
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