$ASTS BlueBird 10 has successfully deployed in low Earth orbit with its tennis court-sized communications array fully unfurled.
BlueBirds 8 and 9 are next as AST SpaceMobile continues building cellular broadband from space.
$MSFT and $MMM announced a strategic AI partnership that will bring 3M's Expanded Beam Optical technology to Azure data centers.
Microsoft will become the first hyperscaler to deploy the technology as the companies deepen collaboration on AI infrastructure and enterprise AI.