Boeing "incredibly excited" to serve as nation's only astronaut transportation
"We couldn't provide detailed pricing to the CLD suppliers."
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SpaceX's Starship goes orbital, deploying first next-gen Starlinks
Starship had already flown 99 percent of the way to low-Earth orbit. Monday's flight added the last bit.
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New device captures carbon dioxide by pumping it across a battery
The design requires less energy to capture CO2 than current systems.
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To keep drug prices high, pharma has been piling up the patents
Add-on patents have increased drug patent periods from two years to over six.
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Trump cuts fuel economy standards back to 2014 levels
In 2020, Trump cut CAFE to 40 mpg. Now he’s cut it again to just 35 mpg.
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Kalshi loses again as judges rule prediction markets must obey gambling laws
Kalshi's defiance of state gambling laws may be headed to Supreme Court.
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Google seemingly confirms plans to kill ChromeOS in 2034
Google support maps out how Googlebooks can take over where ChromeOS left off.
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Scientists solve 1840s space weather mystery
19th century Nature account of 1841 train delayed by geomagnetic storm got year wrong—due to a typo.
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F1 in Azerbaijan: That was almost a close-run thing
Kimi Antonelli could not repeat his Monza magic after a crash in qualifying.
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NASA 'troubleshooting' transporter for space station's robotic arm [Updated]
Recently, the astronauts on board the International Space Station performed a routine "walk-off" maneuver with the large, 58-foot-long robotic arm attached to the orbiting laboratory.
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How the Smithsonian became the latest front in Trump’s culture war
The Smithsonian has faced withering pressure from the Trump administration.
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Court rules Pentagon can blacklist Anthropic for refusing to enable Claude features
"Overly constrained AI models" could cause military operations to fail, judges say.
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Tesla workers balk at training Optimus humanoid robots as replacements
Despite challenges, Tesla aims for 1,000 Optimus robots per week by end of 2026.
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AI was supposed to hit new grads hard. So far, unemployment data says otherwise.
"There is no evidence of any significant, widespread displacement or reduction in hiring.”
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Microsoft stops insisting you need a "Copilot+ PC"
Since 2024, Microsoft has tried to sell “Copilot+ PC.” The marketing initiative was aimed at making it easy for people to know which Windows systems were approved to run AI-accelerated workloads locally.
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Trump admin using AI to deny medical care for seniors in disastrous experiment
Vendors rolling out AI have an "incentive to deny as many claims as possible."
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New Jersey fines data center $1.1M after drone pics expose 62 gas generators
Million-dollar fines won’t end billionaires’ data center pollution, neighbors fear.
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Google's first Suncatcher orbital data center test launches October 1
Google's experimental orbital data center will have four TPUs and only run for 15 minutes at a time.
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