August 2024

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Procreate defies AI trend, pledges “no generative AI” in its illustration app

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Enlarge / Still of Procreate CEO James Cuda from a video posted to X. On…

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Against all odds, an asteroid mining company appears to be making headway

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Enlarge / The Odin spacecraft passed vibration testing. Astro Forge When I first spoke with…

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Russian pensioners urge Vladimir Putin to rescue Starliner astronauts

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Enlarge / Screenshot from Putin’s squad video on bringing Starliner’s astronauts home. One of the…

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A frontrunner in Europe’s private launch industry just lost its first rocket

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Enlarge / RFA’s first stage during a four-engine test-firing in May. The first stage of…

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This year’s summer COVID wave is big; FDA may green-light COVID shots early

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With the country experiencing a relatively large summer wave of COVID-19, the Food and Drug…

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Windows 0-day was exploited by North Korea to install advanced rootkit

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Getty Images A Windows zero-day vulnerability recently patched by Microsoft was exploited by hackers working…

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That book is poison: Even more Victorian covers found to contain toxic dyes

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Enlarge / Composite image showing color variation of emerald green bookcloth on book spines, likely…

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AMD signs $4.9 billion deal to challenge Nvidia’s AI infrastructure lead

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AMD has agreed to buy artificial intelligence infrastructure group ZT Systems in a $4.9 billion…

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Texas judge who bought Tesla stock won’t recuse himself from X v. Media Matters

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Getty Images | SimpleImages A federal judge who bought more than $15,000 worth of Tesla…

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Rocket Lab entered “hero mode” to finish Mars probes—now it’s up to Blue Origin

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Enlarge / The two spacecraft for NASA’s ESCAPADE mission at Rocket Lab’s factory in Long…

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