Blue Origin returns to form with a successful rocket launch after being grounded for over a year
Blue Origin returns to form with a successful rocket launch after being grounded for over a year
https://www.engadget.com/blue-origin-returns-to-form-with-a-successful-rocket-launch-after-being-grounded-for-over-a-year-193948312.html
Blue Origin’s 24th mission is officially a success. The New Shepard rocket took off as planned this morning and the booster and crew capsule safely separated mid-flight and landed back on this great blue marble we call Earth.
Mold of the internet: This Clunky Chinese Disinformation Effort Has Spread Everywhere
Mold of the internet: This Clunky Chinese Disinformation Effort Has Spread Everywhere
https://tech.hindustantimes.com/tech/news/mold-of-the-internet-this-clunky-chinese-disinformation-effort-has-spread-to-everywhere-71702664192256.html
Nasa beams cat video from deep space with laser
Nasa beams cat video from deep space with laser
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-67721671
The ultra HD footage of Taters the cat was sent as the agency tries to improve space communications.
NASA’s GUSTO balloon telescope will map part of the Milky Way
NASA’s GUSTO balloon telescope will map part of the Milky Way
https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/18/24006983/nasa-gusto-balloon-telescope-mission-milky-way-map
GUSTO will float over Antarctica for at least 55 days.
Adobe abandons $20 billion acquisition of Figma
Adobe abandons $20 billion acquisition of Figma
https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/18/24005996/adobe-figma-acquisition-abandoned-termination-fee
Figma will receive a $1 billion fee.
2023 was the year the economics of tech caught up with reality
2023 was the year the economics of tech caught up with reality
https://www.engadget.com/2023-was-the-year-the-economics-of-tech-caught-up-with-reality-153052312.html?_fsig=9TKs59wsPlwrU09wdoeNsg--%7EA
We're about to see what happens when an industry built on failed bets suddenly has to pay back its debts.
Flipboard is pivoting to ActivityPub and the fediverse
Flipboard is pivoting to ActivityPub and the fediverse
https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/18/24006062/flipboard-fediverse-mastodon-activitypub-profiles-social
Another walled garden is opening up to the new social web.
EU takes action against Elon Musk's X over disinformation
EU takes action against Elon Musk's X over disinformation
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-67749228
The EU says it is launching "formal enforcement proceedings" against the social media platform.
Fighting viruses with viruses? ‘Gene drive’ offers new strategy to beat infections
Just a moment...
https://www.science.org/content/article/fighting-viruses-viruses-gene-drive-offers-new-strategy-beat-infections
Ilya Sutskever’s Team at OpenAI Built Tools to Control a Superhuman AI
Ilya Sutskever’s Team at OpenAI Built Tools to Control a Superhuman AI
https://gizmodo.com/openai-paper-control-superhuman-ai-ilya-sutskever-1851103323
OpenAI Chief Scientist’s status remains unclear, but his “Superalignment” team put out a groundbreaking paper on the path to AGI.
