Rocket Report: SpaceX fires up seven Raptors; SpinLaunch raises big funding round
This is the first time the Rocket Report has used the word "yeeted" in its history. Enlarge / ArianeGroup seeks European funding to develop a reusable third stage for its launch vehicles. (credit: ArianeGroup) Welcome to Editi.....»»
Carbon capture must quadruple by 2050 to meet climate targets: Report
By 2050, humanity must durably remove four times as much CO2 from the air as today to cap global warming below the crucial target of two degrees Celsius, researchers said Tuesday......»»
Elon Musk asks Nvidia to ship AI chips booked for Tesla to X and xAI, report says
The news signals Musk is giving precedence to artificial intelligence-related development outside Tesla and comes ahead of a crucial shareholder vote on his pay package at the company......»»
Third-party vendors pose serious cybersecurity threat to national security
In this Help Net Security video, Paul Prudhomme, Principal Security Analyst at SecurityScorecard, discusses the findings of the 2024 Redefining Resilience: Concentrated Cyber Risk in a Global Economy Research report. This research details a surge in.....»»
Hit-and-run driver busted by AirPod lost after cyclist crashed through window
A bicyclist's fortuitous AirPod bounce after a terrible crash helped police track down a hit-and-run driver.Suspect's vehicle was tracked by an AirPod that fell into it after accident. Photo: Martin County Sheriff's Office.A New York Times report tol.....»»
WWDC unlikely to see debuts of any new hardware at all
A new report doubles-down on the improbability of new hardware debuts at WWDC — and pushes back the rumored arrival of an Apple TV set-top box update.Apple's next Mac Studio and Mac Pro models won't be announced at WWDCWalking back one of its own p.....»»
Elon Musk says Starship is ready to fly, but one thing stands in the way
SpaceX chief Elon Musk said on Monday that the mighty Starship rocket is ready for its fourth test flight, but there's one obstacle that still needs clearing......»»
New report discovers one culprit behind Nintendo game leaks: Google
A new report reveals that a Google employee had access to private videos inside Nintendo's YouTube account......»»
VC investment is sparking again for retail tech, F&I and more
Stella Automotive AI, Botdoc, AutoComplete, Detect Auto and QoreAI are among the companies seeking or winning new funding......»»
China lands on the Moon again, taking another step toward human missions
The most dominant space storyline for the rest of this decade is the US-China race. Enlarge / A Long March 5 rocket carrying the Chang'e 6 lunar probe blasts off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center on May 3, 2024, in Wenchang,.....»»
Spotify’s 2nd price hike in a year raises prices in July by up to $3
Spotify last raised prices in July 2023. Enlarge (credit: Spotify) After keeping Spotify Premium subscription pricing flat since debuting it in 2011, Spotify increased monthly pricing in July 2023 and will do so again i.....»»
Billionaire calls off moon flyby adventure
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has canceled his plan to fly around the moon because testing of the Starship rocket is taking longer than expected......»»
Billionaire calls off moon tourism flight
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has canceled his plan to fly around the moon because testing of the Starship rocket is taking longer than expected......»»
Meet Neo Px: the super plant that attacks air pollution
It may look like an innocent green plant, but its name evokes something far closer to a robot or interstellar rocket......»»
Japan billionaire Maezawa cancels moon trip due to uncertainty over SpaceX rocket development
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa on Saturday canceled his planned flight around the moon on a SpaceX vehicle because of uncertainty about when it may be possible......»»
Researchers report new solid contact, ion-selective electrodes
A research team led by Prof. Huang Xingjiu from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences constructed a highly stable solid contact calcium ion-selective electrode. They used synchrotron radiation technique to reveal.....»»
Here’s why a Japanese billionaire just canceled his lunar flight on Starship
"I feel terrible making the crew members wait longer." Enlarge / Elon Musk speaks as Yusaku Maezawa, founder and president of Start Today Co., looks on at an event at the SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, in 2018. (cr.....»»
Zombie Fire Season Is Here in the Arctic
Every year, peatlands in the Arctic suddenly ignite. Smoldering subterranean fires from the previous summer were thought to be to blame, but now modeling suggests a worrying new cause......»»
TikTok vaguely disputes report that it’s making a US-only app
TikTok has spent months separating code for US-only algorithm, insiders claim. Enlarge (credit: Future Publishing / Contributor | Future Publishing) TikTok is now disputing a Reuters report that claims the short-video ap.....»»
Boeing’s Starliner capsule poised for second try at first astronaut flight
"It is safe, and that is why we determined that we can fly with what we have.” Enlarge / Boeing's Starliner spacecraft sits on top of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. (cred.....»»
Researchers use AI to accelerate the chase for safer, better batteries
As the clean transition drives uptake of electric vehicles and energy storage for an electricity grid with ever greater dependence on variable renewable energy sources such as wind and solar, the danger from battery fires grows as well. To limit this.....»»