One Mars spacecraft, two senators, and a cloud of questions
NASA released a much-anticipated contract solicitation for a Mars-orbiting spacecraft late last week, kicking off what is sure to be a hotly contested and potentially
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Australian Aboriginals cared for a dingo’s grave for decades
A thousand years ago, the ancestors of today’s Barkindji people carefully buried a dingo (or garli, in the Barkindji language) in a mound of shells.
OpenClaw creator’s $1.3 million monthly OpenAI bill reveals the real cost of autonomous AI coding at scale
Peter Steinberger, the creator of OpenClaw and an engineer at OpenAI, racked up $1.3 million in API costs in a single month by running approximately
SpaceX raises Starlink prices across every consumer plan and doubles the cost of Standby Mode
SpaceX has raised the price of every consumer Starlink plan in the United States, adding $5 to $10 per month across its residential and mobile
What to Know About Elon Musk’s Trial Against OpenAI
A jury in Oakland, Calif., reached a decision after a three-week-long trial seen as pivotal for the future of OpenAI and the artificial intelligence race.
Here’s what was on the jury’s list for a decision.
The Ronald V. Dellums U.S. Courthouse in Oakland, Calif.
Microsoft to retire ‘Together Mode,’ its virtual meeting space for Teams
Microsoft plans to retire “Together Mode” in Teams next month and is encouraging users to access its Gallery view for video calls instead. The company
Anthropic’s co-founder will speak at the Vatican launch of the pope’s AI encyclical
Pope Leo XIV will personally present his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, on 25 May at the Vatican’s Synod Hall, and one of the speakers alongside him
Omnia and Casa dos Ventos sign $2bn power deal anchoring TikTok’s Brazil data centre
The Pátria-controlled data-centre developer is buying renewable power from Brazil’s largest independent generator to underwrite a 200 MW campus in Pecém, the first ByteDance facility
Google has sold so much TPU capacity that its own researchers are queueing for the rest
Alphabet runs the most enviable AI infrastructure stack in the industry. The success of the third-party deals with Anthropic and Meta is the reason internal
XPeng starts its robotaxi line in Guangzhou, three years behind the leaders and ahead of any other Chinese automaker
The first car off the line on Monday marks the start of a slow ramp. Public pilots arrive in the second half, fully driverless by
The US space enterprise is desperately waiting for Starship—will it finally deliver?
These days, one would be forgiven for forgetting that SpaceX is, at its core, a rocket company. Consider the company’s mega deals over the last
Casimir force co-opted to generate free energy, midichlorians not included
This week, a company called Casimir Inc. emerged from “stealth mode” to announce that it had raised significant funding from venture capitalists willing to roll
5 ways to curb AI sprawl without stifling innovation
The trend shows no sign of slowing. McKinsey’s latest The State of AI report suggests that 88% of organizations now use AI in at least