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• June 2024: Apple unveiled its cloud intelligence system, Private Cloud Compute (PCC), tailored for cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) tasks, prioritizing privacy preservation. PCC aims to transfer complex, power-intensive requests to the cloud while guaranteeing that data remains confidential and is never exposed to any third party, including Apple.
• May 2024: VPS AI unveiled its decentralized cloud computing solutions. The launch of VPS AI marks a significant shift in the cloud computing landscape. VPS AI provides a decentralized solution for establishing virtual private servers and containerized nodes, enabling individuals and enterprises to liberate themselves from the dominance of major tech corporations.

• June 2023: Cardinal Health, a United States-based healthcare services company, announced that it had signed an official agreement to transfer its Outcomes business to BlackRock Long Term Private Capital and GTCR portfolio firm Transaction Data Systems (TDS) in exchange for a small equity investment in the newly formed organization. The purchase is going to generate one of the largest networks of 40,000 retail, chain, and grocery pharmacies in the country, as well as a broad, integrated portfolio of pharmacy software for workflow with involvement from patients and clinical solutions designed to serve patients, pharmacies, payers, and pharmaceutical company ecosystems.
• March 2023: Atrium Health and Best Buy Health announced a partnership in creating new hospital-at-home services to improve patients' experiences of obtaining hospital-level care at home. The partnership aims to empower healthcare professionals to offer patients high-quality treatment while easing the financial and mental stresses on patients and caregivers.

• April 2024 - Thales Alenia Space's contribution to this program, developed in cooperation with Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) and Hanwha Systems Corporation (HSC), for the Korean Agency for Defence and Development (ADD) as the prime developer, goes beyond the engineering support provided during the critical phases of the End-to-End System and Satellite System projects and contribution extends to the supply of our high-performance Synthetic Aperture RADAR (SAR) that utilizes an innovative antenna consisting of a Large deployable reflector with 24 deployable petals and an active phased array feed array in dual polarization. 
• April 2024 - South Korea has launched a nanosatellite into orbit as part of its project to create a constellation of satellites by 2027.The South Korean Yonhap Agency reported on Wednesday that the satellite was launched aboard Rocket Lab's Electron rocket from a spaceport in Mahia city, New Zealand. The agency quoted the South Korean Ministry of Science, Information Technology and Communications, saying that the satellite, called "Neonsat-1", is scheduled to be deployed in space at an altitude of 520 kilometers.

• May 2024: AWS invested USD 17 billion to expand its cloud and AI infrastructure services in Spain. Amazon’s cloud business expanded its cloud infrastructure in the Aragón region of northeastern Spain, creating 6,800 jobs across roles, including construction, engineering, and facilities maintenance. AWS stated that its infrastructure expansion would contribute USD 24 billion to Spain’s gross domestic product. More than half of the contribution came from the Aragón region while also supporting 17,500 jobs in local businesses.
• February 2024: OVHcloud, a prominent European cloud specialist, launched its first two public cloud 'Local Zones' in Madrid, Spain. Owing to a recent acquisition, OVHcloud rapidly deployed cloud capacity within weeks, targeting new international markets. The newly established Local Zones in Spain provided customers with improved access to OVHcloud's Public Cloud services, guaranteeing low latency and compliance with local data residency mandates.

• July 2024 - NASA will undertake six activities to meet the Earth observation satellite needs of U.S. Federal civilian agencies. These needs were identified through the 2022 Satellite Needs Working Group (SNWG) biennial survey of Federal agencies and represent high-profile needs for satellite Earth observation data. The SNWG is an initiative of the U.S. Group on Earth Observations (USGEO), which helps coordinate U.S. civilian satellite Earth observations. The SNWG Management Office (SNWG MO) at NASA's Interagency Implementation and Advanced Concepts Team (IMPACT) will oversee these activities.
• November 2023 - India and the US plan to introduce a new satellite for Earth observation called NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) in the first quarter of the upcoming year. The S-band SAR from ISRO and L-band SAR from NASA were combined at JPL/NASA and are currently being tested in Bangalore by URSC in collaboration with NASA/JPL officials.

• April 2024: IBM launched a multizone cloud region in Montreal, Canada. The region had three availability zones in the city in the south of Quebec. IBM stated the facility was designed to help Canadian enterprises address their evolving data sovereignty requirements and leverage technology such as generative AI.
• March 2024: OVHcloud US announced the opening of its parent company's second Canadian site, marking the Group's 42nd data center. This expansion came with a significant long-term investment of CAD 145 million. The newly inaugurated data center in Toronto, consistent with OVHcloud's global network, was made directly accessible to OVHcloud US customers. It promised enhanced latency benefits over the existing OVHcloud facility near Montreal and the one in Vint Hill, Virginia. This latest data center launch underscored OVHcloud's growing presence and momentum in the United States and broader North American markets.

• August 2024 - Loft Orbital and Marlan Space to create the Middle East’s first private manufacturing space company of commercial satellite constellations for LEO, Orbitworks has secured components for its first 10 satellites, the first of which could be launched as early as the first quarter of 2026. Orbitworks will help Loft Orbital further its vision of flying any payload for any customer in the shortest time to orbit.
• August 2024 - Bayanat AI PLC has announced the successful launch of their first Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite into orbit on August 16, 2024, in partnership with ICEYE, a pioneer in SAR satellite operations for earth observation, persistent monitoring, and natural catastrophe solutions. In a landmark achievement, the Bayanat-owned SAR satellite, in collaboration with Yahsat, was launched via integrator Exolaunch and successfully lifted off aboard SpaceX’s Transporter 11 rideshare from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, USA. The satellite has established communication, and early routine operations are underway.

• April 2024 - South Korea has successfully launched its second military spy satellite into orbit, days after North Korea reaffirmed its plan to launch multiple reconnaissance satellites this year. The Koreas each launched their first spy satellites last year — North Korea in November and South Korea in December — amid heightened animosities. They said their satellites would boost their abilities to monitor each other and enhance their own missile attack capabilities.
• April 2024 - Rocket Lab launched a small satellite from South Korea and a solar sail experiment from NASA on the company's fifth flight of the year. The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology's Satellite Technology Research Center in South Korea has developed a spacecraft with a camera system capable of taking images with a one-meter resolution. The intent of the South Korean government is to use the satellite and upcoming constellation for both civil and national security reasons.

• December 2023 - The UAE Space Agency has launched the operational phase of Geo-Spatial Analytics Platform. Image: UAE Space Agency, the platform will include three key services: facilitation an access to satellite imagery  from international space agencies and a number of world-leading private companies, offering Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based algorithms to generate analytics reports, and a market-place for space applications and AI Space-Based Models. 
• December 2023 - The ability to address them using aggregated and real-time insights into the Earth’s systems, to develop more effective and sustainable solutions, is the need of the hour. This is where the Space Data Centre can play a key role. Launched by the UAE government last year, the Space Data Centre is poised to transform the way space data is used globally. By providing scientists, public and private entities, start-ups and community members access to satellite data, the Centre will help facilitate the development of new solutions to help us understand and address national and global challenges.

• June 2023: Researchers from Brazil's National Space Research Institute (INPE) combined hydrodynamic models with models that forecast urban growth and changes in land use to develop a methodology that can identify flood-prone areas of cities, particularly those that are vulnerable to the effects of very heavy rainfall. The organization employed deep learning with extremely high-resolution spatial imagery.
• June 2023: PXGEO, a leading marine geophysical company, made an exciting announcement regarding its recent contract with Petrobras. The renowned Brazilian energy corporation has commissioned PXGEO to conduct a cutting-edge 3D ocean bottom node (OBN) study in the Campos Basin, Brazil. This project marks a significant step forward in the exploration and understanding of the region's offshore resources. According to PXGEO, the comprehensive survey is set to take place over an extensive period of ten months, delving deep into the ocean at an impressive depth of 2,300 meters.