Blue Origin to launch a satellite internet service
The Jeff Bezos-backed commercial space startup Blue Origin announced that it will add satellite internet to its portfolio, a direct competitor to SpaceX’s…
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Webb space telescope spots supermassive black hole on the run
Supermassive black holes usually stay put in the middle of large galaxies, but at least one has gone rogue. It’s 10 million times bigger than the Sun,…
RAMageddon is here
No, not Armageddon — RAMageddon, as in RAM for computers. It’s an essential component of pretty much any computer or computer-adjacent device, and the…
ByteDance signs agreement to sell TikTok, but what can users expect?
The American version of TikTok is one step closer to reality after a group of investors finalized a deal with parent company ByteDance to acquire the…
Russian robot makes underwhelming debut
An AI-powered humanoid robot took the stage at a Moscow technology event and promptly face-planted, according to the New York Times. Dozens of journalists…
IRS moves to tax foreign cryptocurrency accounts
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is moving closer to taxing Americans’ overseas cryptocurrency accounts if the White House grants its approval….
German court deals another copyright blow to OpenAI
A Munich court has ruled that OpenAI violated German copyright laws when it used song lyrics to train ChatGPT without permission. According to WebProNews,…
Dial-up internet hangs up on users for the last time
It was the end of an era that most people probably didn’t know they were still living in. On September 30, AOL (formerly America Online) officially…
George R. R. Martin releases a brand new lawsuit
Game of Thrones author George R. R. Martin is a well-known AI skeptic — he once called it “the world’s most expensive and energy-intensive plagiarism…
Scouting introduces cybersecurity and AI merit badges
Scouting America, formerly Boy Scouts, will offer merit badges in cybersecurity and artificial intelligence for tech-savvy scouts to add to their iconic…