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I remember when YouTube was relevant
I remember when YouTube was relevant. The popular videos were the top movie trailers, significant political figures and most read…
Read More »SpaceX: Nusantara Satu and SpaceIL mission
On Thursday, February 21 at 8:45 p.m. EST, SpaceX launched the Nusantara Satu satellite from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40)…
Read More »United States-Israel Diplomatic Efforts Underpin First Israeli Spacecraft Landing on the Moon
The Trump administration congratulated the Government of Israel and our respective commercial space industries for the historic SpaceX Falcon 9…
Read More »Nuclear goes retro — with a much greener outlook
By M. Mitchell Waldrop, Knowable Magazine Troels Schönfeldt can trace his path to becoming a nuclear energy entrepreneur back to…
Read More »Why speech is a human innovation
By Tom Siegfried, Knowable Magazine Except for various cartoon characters, the Geico Gecko and Mr. Ed, animals can’t speak. Yet…
Read More »Coal Plant Closures In 2018 Didn’t Stop Carbon Emissions From Rising
Despite a record number coal plant closures across the United States, the country’s power sector still experienced a rise in…
Read More »‘Abhorrent’: Advertisers Bail On YouTube After Pedophiles Flood Platform’s Comment Section
Several major companies stopped buying advertisements on YouTube after their ads appeared on videos where pedophiles littered the comment sections,…
Read More »Trump Wants Big Tech To Jump Past 5G Technology And Move On To Something Bigger — 6G
President Donald Trump urged United States telecommunications companies Thursday to step up their efforts to develop the next generation of…
Read More »YouTube Adds Content Guidelines Appearing To Ban Users From Criticizing Potential Hoaxes
YouTube appears to have added a new content guideline preventing users from posting videos that criticize potential hate crime hoaxes.…
Read More »Elon Musk Makes Another Prediction About The Future Of One Of His Companies
Tesla CEO Elon Musk predicted Tuesday that the electric vehicle automaker will begin producing purely self-driving cars by the end…
Read More »United Launch Alliance to Launch Three National Security Space Missions for the Pentagon
Centennial, Colo., Feb. 19, 2019 – The United States Air Force announced today that United Launch Alliance (ULA) was awarded…
Read More »It’s Been More Than A Year Since Net Neutrality Was Killed, But Dems Are Still Working On Its Revival |
Net neutrality was repealed slightly more than a year ago, yet Democrats are still teeing off on the Obama-era rule …
Read More »Musk Distances Himself From AI Monitoring Group After It Created Convincing Fake News Software
Tech guru Elon Musk announced he is leaving OpenAI after the artificial intelligence research group developed a program demonstrating how…
Read More »Twitter Locks Man’s Account After Revealing Ocasio-Cortez’s Boyfriend’s Government Email Address
Twitter suspended conservative political consultant Luke Thompson’s account on Friday after he revealed that Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s…
Read More »Not Ready for Prime Time: Robot cars on average required a human takeover every 14 miles driven
Updated reports required by the California Department of Motor Vehicles from companies testing robot cars on California public roads reveal a fleetwide…
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