SpaceX no longer needs NASA, and that’s a problem for America’s space agency
For nearly a quarter of a century, Elon Musk and his essential partner at SpaceX, Gwynne Shotwell, viewed the United States government as El Dorado
Category: Tech
Pentagon suspects hackers behind freezer failures at US base stores
The Pentagon is investigating whether hackers caused freezers to fail at shops on US military bases in August, after a similar attack hit hundreds of
Pudu Robotics opens its European headquarters in Neuss, Germany
Chinese robot maker Pudu Robotics has opened its European headquarters in Neuss, near Düsseldorf, as it builds out its business across the region. The Shenzhen-based
DoorDash to Buy Instacart for $17 Billion, Uniting 2 Delivery Giants
The deal combines the country’s largest restaurant delivery service with its biggest online grocery platform.
Bodacious A.I. Bots Are Stealing Jokes From Young Female Comedians
Swiping jokes word for word, these bodacious bots mainly lift from young female comedians. What’s so insidious is how they’re subtly changing us, the audience.
Anthropic tells Governor Gavin Newsom courts should be able to block risky AI models
Anthropic has told California Governor Gavin Newsom that the state should be able to ask a court to block AI models that pose a serious
Ravical raises $17M to bring shared AI to accounting firms
Belgian startup Ravical, which builds AI software for accounting and tax firms, has raised $17M in a seed round led by MMC Ventures. Existing backers Lakestar
ULA’s Vulcan rocket is set to return to flight on Friday the 13th
United Launch Alliance announced Wednesday it plans to return its Vulcan rocket to service on November 13, nine months after a solid rocket booster anomaly
As US ties fray, Europe plans first undersea cable link to Greenland
The European Union plans to create the first subsea Internet cable directly connecting Europe to Greenland. The Pan-Arctic Cable project could also extend to Canada
Palantir’s defence chief says the AI race raises the risk to Taiwan
Palantir defence chief Mike Gallagher said the AI race makes it more tempting for Xi Jinping to seize Taiwan, home to TSMC, before China falls
Australia moves to ban AI chatbots from ‘emotional intimacy’ with children
Australia’s digital duty of care bill would bar AI chatbots from building “emotional intimacy” with children. The bill passed the House of Representatives on Wednesday
Discord messages from big public servers will show up in Google search
Messages posted in Discord’s largest public communities will start appearing in Google and other search engines from mid-December. Discord announced the change in a blog
Amazon Leo wins FCC approval to buy iPhone satellite partner Globalstar
The US Federal Communications Commission has approved Amazon Leo’s $11.5bn purchase of Globalstar. Globalstar runs the satellite service behind Apple’s iPhone emergency features. On Tuesday
It costs a lot more to use AI models in some languages
A new study from the Coalition for Language Equity in AI Research shows that AI models require significantly more tokens to process certain languages than