AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoVienna Tech & Industry: Valmet and Austria’s Lenzing are upgrading the Lenzing 1K6 gas boiler with a complete Valmet DNAe Distributed Control System, replacing an obsolete setup with a more secure, reliable, future-ready automation platform. Robotics & AI Testing: Daimon Robotics and Galbot unveiled RobOmni at ICRA 2026, a tactile-aware omni-modal benchmark aimed at making physical AI evaluation more standard and comparable. Clean Computing Power: Google and Intersect Power broke ground on the Meitner Energy Center in Texas, pairing 1+ GW of wind/solar/battery with air-cooled, zero-water data center operations. EU Digital Sovereignty: The European Parliament will switch its default search from Google to France’s Qwant, part of a broader push to reduce reliance on non-EU digital tools. Space/Climate Science: Research using GPS and Earth observations reports human activity is slowing Earth’s rotation in a way unseen for millions of years. Ancient Microbes to Modern Food: Scientists found cold-surviving yeast in Ötzi the Iceman and used it to bake sourdough bread. Culture Meets Tech: Marjane Satrapi, creator of Persepolis (with Vienna roots), died at 56.
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