The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, which runs the city’s Muni Metro light rail, claims to be the first US
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Elon Musk’s Latest Mars Pitch Has Potential
Elon Musk has been talking publicly about his sweeping vision for Mars settlement for nearly eight years now, dating to
Continue readingInternational Space Station Trash May Have Hit This Florida House
A few weeks ago, something from the heavens came crashing through the roof of Alejandro Otero’s home, and NASA is
Continue readingThe XZ Backdoor: Everything You Need to Know
On Friday, a lone Microsoft developer rocked the world when he revealed a backdoor had been intentionally planted in XZ
Continue readingOpenAI Can Re-Create Human Voices—but Won’t Release the Tech Yet
Voice synthesis has come a long way since 1978’s Speak & Spell toy, which once wowed people with its state-of-the-art
Continue readingOregon’s Breakthrough Right-to-Repair Bill Is Now Law
Oregon governor Tina Kotek yesterday signed the state’s Right to Repair Act, which will push manufacturers to provide more repair
Continue readingSci-Fi Author Vernor Vinge, Who First Wrote of the AI Singularity, Dead at 79
On Wednesday, author David Brin announced that Vernor Vinge, sci-fi author, former professor, and father of the technological singularity concept,
Continue readingThere Are Already More Measles Cases in the US This Year Than All of 2023
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Medical Association sent out separate but similar pleas on Monday
Continue readingThe FCC Now Says Broadband Speed Should Be at Least 100 Mbps
The Federal Communications Commission this week voted to raise its internet speed benchmark for the first time since January 2015,
Continue readingA Startup Will Try to Mine Helium-3 on the Moon
Two of Blue Origin’s earliest employees, former president Rob Meyerson and chief architect Gary Lai, have started a company that
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