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SpaceX has launched a SmallSat Rideshare Program, an initiative designed to let smaller satellite operators split the cost of launches.
SpaceX

SpaceX Debuts “Rideshare” Program For Launching Satellites

Space has never been this cheap.

A fertility clinic's 30-minute operation is making it possible to delay menopause — and all the nasty health side effects that come with it.
Health & Medicine

New Operation Could Delay Menopause for 20 Years, Says Clinic

For about $10k, you can now press pause on menopause.

In response to two mass shootings, Trump says social media companies should spot mass shooters before they commit and violent crimes.
Future Society

Trump: Social Media Companies Should Spot Mass Shooters in Advance

He wants them to make a system for spotting red flags.

No, Violent Video Games Don’t Cause Mass Shootings
Future Society

No, Violent Video Games Don’t Cause Mass Shootings

Blaming violent media for mass shootings is a gross oversimplification.

A new CGI system can create a fully-rendered video game character based on a performer's motion capture data in real time.
Robots and Machines

Amazing Tech Turns You Into a CGI Character In Real Time

The tech cuts rendering times down to near-instantaneous.

Israel believes soldiers might control the "tank of the future" using a joystick like the one that comes with an Xbox gaming console.
Robots and Machines

Israel Demos “Tank of the Future” Featuring Xbox-Style Controller

Gaming hardware is making its way into the military.

Fed up with the challenges of living with diabetes, a biohacker built himself an artificial pancreas to automatically manage his insulin pump.
Prosthetics and Devices

How This Engineer Hacked Together His Own “Artificial Pancreas”

A biohacker turned an insulin pump into an artificial organ.

Some Elon Musk followers are suggesting that the CEO's jokey Twitter feed could be his way of foreshadowing the debut of a new Tesla vehicle.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Fans Think His Meme Tweets Are Teasing a New Tesla

Or maybe he's just making jokes about bee emojis.

Franky Zapata's second attempt to cross the English Channel on his flying hoverboard was a success — and now he's turning his attention to his flying car.
Advanced Transport

Hoverboard Guy Crosses English Channel, Shifts Focus to Flying Car

"It has to come out before the end of the year."

A Bay Area group is attempting to hack insulin to address the skyrocketing cost of the hormone for people with diabetes in the U.S.
Health & Medicine

Biohackers Are Attempting to Make Their Own Insulin

The skyrocketing cost of insulin has led to a desperate DIY attempt.

Teens and young adults are finding themselves in the hospital with severe respiratory illnesses caused by vaping, even when they're otherwise healthy.
Developments

Health Officials Blame Vaping for “Severe Respiratory Illnesses”

Fourteen young folks were hospitalized in Wisconsin and Illinois.

A deepfake answers the age-old question: "What would it look like if Keanu Reeves had the body of a child actor singing in an episode of 'Sesame Street?'"
Artificial Intelligence

Someone Deepfaked Keanu Reeves Into “Sesame Street”

Yes, they're creepy and democracy-threatening, but deepfakes can also be fun.

CEO Elon Musk has tweeted that SpaceX's Starship prototype should be "almost ready to fly" in time for the company's August 24 update presentation.
Starship

Elon Musk: Starship Prototypes Could Be Ready to Fly This Month

Starship’s debut could be a short hop — or a historic orbital adventure.

Now there's another lawsuit filed against Tesla after a driver died behind the wheel of an "Autopilot"-enabled car that crashed.
Tesla

Tesla Slammed by Another Autopilot Crash Lawsuit

The family of a man who died in a March crash just sued Tesla.

Right now, AI algorithms can't be granted patents. The restriction originally served as a worker protection, but now it's creating a problem for engineers.
Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Are Trying to List AI as the Inventor on a New Patent

They say rules requiring that patents go to humans are outdated.

Columbia University's David Kipping thinks we could transform Earth's atmosphere into a planet-sized telescope he'd dubbed the "terrascope."
Science & Energy

Astronomer: We Can Use Earth’s Atmosphere as a Massive Telescope

His "terrascope" could transform astronomy.

Chinese students are already interacting with AI teachers, and what they learn could affect the future of education on a global scale.
Education

China’s AI Teachers Could Revolutionize Education Worldwide

The nation has high hopes for AI-powered education.

Apple has suspended a program that let humans review Siri recordings, including private conversations never meant for the digitial assistant.
Artificial Intelligence

Apple: Humans Will No Longer Review Siri Recordings

Your drug deals and sex romps are once again private.

Police Investigate Death of Employee at Tesla’s Gigafactory
Tesla

Police Investigate Death of Employee at Tesla’s Gigafactory

They currently believe the death is related to a medical issue.

With new contracts awarded to weapons developers, the Army is pushing for new laser weapons capable of destroying drones and vehicles.
Energy

US Army Doubles Down on Directed Energy Weapons

Lt. General: "The time is now to get directed energy weapons to the battlefield."