Rocket Report: Blue Origin Rebuilds Its Launch Pad, Relativity Eyes Mars
SpaceX’s Starship Flight 13 could happen as soon as next month, according to president Gwynne Shotwell. But don’t hold your…
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The UK Will Scan Asylum Seekers’ Faces to Guess Their Age — Despite Knowing the Tech Gets It Wrong
Starting next year, the UK government plans to use AI-powered facial age estimation on asylum seekers arriving at the border….
Z.AI’s New GLM-5.2 Rivals Claude Opus Without a Single Nvidia Chip
Chinese AI lab Z.AI just released GLM-5.2, and the numbers are hard to ignore. On FrontierSWE — a benchmark that…
Trump’s coal money is keeping dirty, violation-plagued plants alive
The Cumberland Fossil Plant in Tennessee was supposed to close. Years of pollution, equipment failures, and health concerns had sealed…
From DARPA hacker to telescope builder: Dan Roelker’s unlikely journey
Dan Roelker’s career path doesn’t make sense until you see the pattern. Hacker, video game developer, SpaceX software lead, crypto…
Amazon Pulls Sam Altman Film ‘Artificial’ After $50 Billion OpenAI Bet
Amazon has abruptly shelved “Artificial,” its high-profile film about Sam Altman’s brief 2023 ouster as OpenAI CEO, pulling the nearly…
1,250 hp Hybrid Corvette Smashes Pikes Peak Production Record
If you drive the 12.4-mile, 156-corner route up Pikes Peak at the posted speed limit of 25 mph, it’ll take…
A US Military Space Exercise Happened and Almost Nobody Noticed
Rocket Lab quietly launched a small satellite from New Zealand on Friday as part of a US Space Force exercise…
Lucid Cuts 1,500 Jobs in Second Major Layoff of the Year
Just three months ago, Lucid Motors showed off a new midsize electric vehicle platform and talked about a lineup of…
GPT-5.6 Rumors Are Everywhere — Swear ChatGPT Just Got Smarter
Something felt off about ChatGPT this week — and a ton of people noticed at the same time. Across X,…