SpaceX sets an ambitious timeline for getting to the Red Planet. SpaceX‘s billionaire founder Elon Musk says that despite Starship setbacks, the space company hasn’t taken its eyes off the ball — and that ball is big, red, and roughly 140 million miles away. In a 42-minute video posted to X on Thursday …
Parents: Check out these new parental controls for Nintendo Switch 2
Oversee friends, GameChat history, and video sharing. As Nintendo gears up to launch the new Switch 2, the gaming giant is also revamping its parental controls. Parents will be getting more control of in-game communications, necessitated by the console’s brand new GameChat, an upcoming social feature for Switch 2 users that allows players to communicate […]
Listen to the eerie sounds of Mars recorded by a NASA rover
Perseverance has two microphones (but no turntable). A NASA rover ambling over the red desert planet for the past four years has been recording audio of Mars. In this alien world 156 million miles away in space, even the everyday whispers of wind and mechanical parts are exotic …
Poll: Banning state regulation of AI is massively unpopular
The One Big Beautiful Act would prohibit states from regulating AI, but voters really don't like the idea. Federal lawmakers in the Senate are poised to take up the One Big Beautiful Bill Act next week, but a new poll suggests that one of its controversial provisions is clearly unpopular with voters on both sides […]
Trump, stockholders, algorithms all coming for nonprofit kids' TV, incl. 'Sesame Street'
Without public funding, vital children's media is forced onto Big Tech's doorstep. On the set of Sesame Street in early May, as the show was deep in filming for its upcoming season, the team was still in lock-step — clearly experts after nearly six decades of producing the program. Some things still stood out: set […]
AI is helping rescue a nearly extinct bird species
A bioacoustics algorithm is helping conservationists locate the tooth-billed pigeon. The Colossal Foundation has developed an AI algorithm that can detect the critically endangered tooth-billed pigeon’s calls, helping conservationists locate the lost species. Partnering with the Samoa Conservation Society (SCS), Colossal Biosciences‘ nonprofit arm hopes that this technology will lead to more …
AI is helping rescue a nearly extinct bird species
A bioacoustics algorithm is helping conservationists locate the tooth-billed pigeon. The Colossal Foundation has developed an AI algorithm that can detect the critically endangered tooth-billed pigeon’s calls, helping conservationists locate the lost species. Partnering with the Samoa Conservation Society (SCS), Colossal Biosciences‘ nonprofit arm hopes that this technology will lead to more …
Watch the moment SpaceX Starship crushed a major milestone in latest test
The ninth Starship flight wasn't a complete failure. Many reports following SpaceX’s ninth flight test for Starship on Tuesday emphasized disaster: The company’s massive rocket and uncrewed spacecraft exploded — again. But each demonstration has had specific objectives, and though Starship didn’t come close to acing them all this time, one in …
Al-Futtaim Electric Mobility Launches the All-New BYD SEAL 7 DM-i Hybrid in the UAE
Featuring BYD’s next-gen DM-i platform, the SEAL 7 sets a new standard for plug-in hybrid performance and sustainable driving in the UAE.
SpaceX's ninth Starship test flight ends in another explosion
It's the third in a row to conclude with a “rapid unscheduled disassembly.” SpaceX‘s ninth Starship test flight ended abruptly on Tuesday when the rocket experienced a “rapid unscheduled disassembly” — the company’s favourite euphemism for “exploded.” It’s the third Starship test flight in a row to end in fiery failure, Elon Musk‘s space company […]