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NASA finally admits what everyone already knows: SLS is unaffordable::“At current cost levels the SLS program is unsustainable.”

SoftBank is suing portfolio company IRL after it admitted 95% of its users were fake. VCs are stressing the need for ‘uncomfortable’ due diligence::undefined

Apple buys every 3 nm chip that TSMC can make for next-gen iPhones and Macs::TSMC is said to eat the cost of defective chips so it can keep Apple’s business.

A student, as part of a contest, used a machine-learning algorithm and CT scans to analyse on closed scrolls, buried by Mount Vesuvius in October AD 79. The breakthrough could unlock the contents of hundreds of never-before-seen writings.

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The world’s largest aircraft breaks cover in Silicon Valley::As dawn breaks over Silicon Valley, the world is getting its first look at Pathfinder 1, a prototype electric airship that its maker LTA Research hopes

Comcast Falls as NBC Owner Sheds Broadband, Cable Customers::(Bloomberg) – Comcast Corp. slid the most in more than a year after reporting drops in broadband and cable subscribers, and predicting more losses to come.Most Read from BloombergLi Keqiang, China’s Second-Most Powerful Man for a Decade, Dies at 68Israel Latest: US...

A milestone in electric aviation took place Thursday afternoon, when Beta Technologies landed its ALIA eVTOL aircraft at Duke Field, on Eglin Air Force Base, for a deployment period with the U.S. Air Force....

A deaf football team will debut a 5G-connected augmented reality helmet to call plays::The helmet, developed by AT&T and Gallaudet University, will debut at the school’s Saturday game. When a coach chooses a play on a tablet, it will then display on a small lens on the player’s helmet.

Drinks company appoints AI robot as ‘experimental CEO’ - The humanoid-robot CEO of a drinks company says it doesn’t have weekends and is ‘always on 24/7’::The Polish drinks company Dictador appointed an AI-powered humanoid robot named Mika as its experimental CEO in August 2022.

Google will begin deleting millions of inactive Gmail and Drive accounts in December::undefined

A food delivery robot’s footage led to a criminal conviction in LA - Serve Robotics handed footage over to the LAPD after two people attempted to steal one of its bots::Serve Robotics, a partner of Uber Eats, provided LAPD with footage from one of its robots after an attempted theft. The robot was able to get away on its own.

How Much Does It Cost to Charge an Electric Vehicle? (A comparison at home and on the road, with gasoline)::Few people know what a kilowatt-hour costs them, so they don’t realize how cheap EV home charging is versus gasoline. On the road, it’s more complicated.

A Pennsylvania court says state police can’t hide how it monitors social media::Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court handed civil liberties advocates a victory, ruling that state police can’t hide from the public its policy governing how it monitors social media.

Bots are better than humans at cracking ‘Are you a robot?’ Captcha tests, study finds::New study suggests effort users put in cracking these puzzles every day may be more trouble than its worth

The student ended up with a fairer complexion, dark blonde hair and blue eyes after her Playground AI request

Job Hunting Sucks. This Programmer Filled Out 250 Applications to Find Out Why::Shikhar Sachdev wanted to reveal what made the process so draining—so he spent 11 hours filling applications. Now he has tips for both job seekers and hiring managers.

LinkedIn lays off 668 employees in second cut this year::Microsoft’s LinkedIn said on Monday it would lay off 668 employees across its engineering, talent and finance teams in the second round of job cuts this year for the social media network for professionals amid slowing revenue growth.