Private space pilots are flying orbital missions for the US Space Force
True Anomaly and Rocket Lab are performing Top Gun-style satellite fly-bys for the U.S. military.
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Tesla driver faces manslaughter charges over Texas crash that killed a woman inside her home
The man whose Tesla struck and killed a woman inside her Texas home last month is now facing manslaughter charges, as reported earlier by The Wall Street Journal and local news outlet KHOU 11. 44-year-old Michael Butler was arrested on Wednesday and claimed to have been driving his Model 3 using Tesla’s Full-Self Driving (FSD) […]
Thiel Capital’s Jack Selby nabs stakes in hot startups like Etched through Arizona connections
Selby’s VC firm Copper Sky Capital is currently raising a $300 million second fund, according to a regulatory filing.
Meta has a new app called Pocket that is absolutely nothing like the old Pocket
Mozilla shut down the well-loved read-it-later Pocket app last year, and now Meta is launching an app called Pocket with an entirely different, AI-focused pitch: this new app lets you make and share little interactive “gizmos” built from an AI prompt, as reported by Business Insider. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is all in on AI […]
IQM, Europe’s first public quantum company, admits the future of the tech is uncertain
IQM, a full-stack quantum company out of Finland, went public on the Nasdaq today at a valuation of about $1.9 billion.
A warning sign about AI’s real cost, courtesy of Google and Amazon
AI has made it a lot harder for tech companies like Amazon and Google to deliver on their net-zero pledges.
Travel app Hopper to pay $35M in FTC settlement over ‘unfairly’ charging hidden fees
Hopper will pay $35 million to settle FTC allegations that it used deceptive “dark patterns” to hide fees and mislead travelers about the costs and benefits of services.
