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WASHINGTON — NASA expects to continue using electric vans it acquired to transport astronauts to the pad for Artemis missions even though the vehicles’ manufacturer has gone out of business.NASA awarded a contract to Canoo Technologies in 2022 for three Artemis Crew Transportation Vehicles, vans that the agency plans to use to ferry astronauts to the launch pad for Artemis missions. The vans, with a value of nearly $150,000 under the contract, were delivered to NASA in July 2023.Canoo, however, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation Jan. 17, citing the inability to secure capital from a Department of Energy loan…
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San Francisco: Elon Musk on Wednesday said his Neuralink startup is “moving on” to a second test patient as its tech for linking brains and computers improves.Musk and members of the Neuralink team fielded questions during an update streamed on X, formerly Twitter, discussing where it is on the path to making its brain implants commonplace.”We’re only just moving now to our second Neuralink patient,” Musk said. “But we hope to have, if things go well, high single digits this year.”Musk’s neurotechnology company in January installed a brain implant in Noland Arbaugh, which the billionaire head of Tesla and X…
The Boring Company (TBC) officially announced Tesla Giga Texas’ upcoming Cybertunel. Elon Musk’s tunneling company announced that Giga Texas’ Cybertunnel will be online by July 2024. TBC’s Prufrock 3 broke ground at Tesla Texas headquarters recently after months of preparations and weeks of tunneling. In January, the company’s latest tunnel boring machine (TBM), Prufrock 3, was first spotted near Tesla’s Giga Texas. Prufrock-3 has emerged in the @Tesla Giga Texas expansion! Cybertunnel will be online in July. pic.twitter.com/5Q9t4IGzxp— The Boring Company (@boringcompany) June 9, 2024 It took some time for The Boring Company to assemble Prufrock 3, but once it…
Este artículo también está disponible en español. Dogecoin (DOGE) is gaining momentum as bullish pressure strengthens, positioning the price for a potential move toward the $0.2677 mark. After facing recent turbulence, buyers are stepping in to reclaim control, signaling a possible shift in market sentiment. This renewed push comes as Dogecoin finds stability above key support levels, allowing bulls to build upward pressure and challenge higher resistance zones. The growing optimism surrounding Dogecoin is driven by increasing trading volume and improved market conditions, which could fuel an extended rally. If the price continues to climb and breaks through critical resistance…
Elon Musk called for a pause in the development of artificial intelligence once again on Friday when speaking at the VivaTech conference in Paris, warning people of the dangers of AI if it is not regulated. Musk has been a proponent of more refined regulation in terms of AI development for several years. Dating back to 2017, he has pushed for there to be guidelines for it moving forward, as the overdevelopment before regulations are set could be detrimental to the human race. “I have exposure to the most cutting-edge AI, and I think people should be really concerned about…
The Mars Pivot by Frank Genin Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 20, 2025 Just two weeks ago, in these very pages, I outlined what seemed then a bold prediction about America’s space strategy. President Trump’s inaugural declaration to ‘pursue our manifest destiny into the stars’ and ‘plant the Stars and Stripes on the planet Mars’- is not anymore campaign rhetoric it’s the ultimate cosmic mic drop! The Moon, our faithful celestial companion for millennia, has officially been relegated to the status of mere stepping stone in American space policy. The great space drama unfolds exactly…
The Boring Company’s efforts to dig a tunnel system below the Baltimore-Washington Parkway hit an unexpected roadblock recently, after Maryland Assistant Attorney General David Stamper voiced his opposition to the tunneling startup’s permit granted by the State Highway Administration last year. According to Stamper, the operations of the Elon Musk-led tunneling startup does not align with the company’s current conditional utility permit. Back in October 2017, the SHA granted The Boring Co. a permit to begin digging its tunnels under the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, provided that the tunneling startup meets the necessary requirements. As noted by the Maryland Attorney General in…
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Wednesday said India is now OpenAI’s second-largest market by number of users, which have tripled in the past year.Altman met with IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and discussed India’s plan of creating a low-cost AI ecosystem. Altman lauded the country’s rapid AI adoption and growing ambitions.Vaishnaw posted on X that he had a “super cool discussion” with Altman on India’s “strategy of creating the entire AI stack – GPUs, model, and apps” and that OpenAI was willing to collaborate on all three.”I think India should be doing everything. I think India should be one of the leaders of the AI revolution”, Altman said, a reversal from last year when he cast doubt on whether the country could build…