Space startup Basalt Technologies started in a shed behind a Los Angeles dentist’s office, but things have escalated quickly: soon it will try to hack a derelict satellite […]
Every Summer Game Fest/Not-E3 2024 Showcase Streaming In June
What’s dead may never die. E3 may finally be gone for good but its spirit lives on in Summer Game Fest. Hosted by The Game Awards creator Geoff Keighley, the event kicks off in June and promises teases, trailers, and world premieres for the biggest games of tomorrow and beyond. Here’s every gaming conference,…
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Women in AI: Arati Prabhakar thinks it’s crucial to get AI ‘right’
To give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved — and overdue — time in the spotlight, TechCrunch has been publishing a series of interviews focused on remarkable women who’ve […]
AI tutors are quietly changing how kids in the US study, and the leading apps are from China
Evan, a high school sophomore from Houston, was stuck on a calculus problem. He pulled up Answer AI on his iPhone, snapped a photo of the problem from […]
Plane turbulence is getting worse. Scientists explain why.
Turbulence on airplanes is increasing, atmospheric scientists say. Some of these events, like the recent turbulence aboard a Singapore Airlines flight, can be violent.
Paper Trail Is A Short And Sweet Origami-Inspired Puzzler
The first thing that will jump out to you when starting the new indie puzzle game Paper Trail is how damn good it looks. A gorgeous color palette, lovingly crafted characters and environments that look like an arts-and-crafts project, and an almost tangible feel to the visible fold lines on the screen are wonderful to…
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Mission control is trying ‘restlessly’ to save a spacecraft to Mercury
A joint European and Japanese spacecraft bound for Mercury has encountered thrust problems that could jeopardize the future of the mission.
Why Earthlings are safe when huge solar storms strike our planet
When solar storms and coronal mass ejections hit Earth and create the Northern Lights, people are physically protected from radiation by Earth’s magnetic field and atmosphere.
OpenAI and Google’s latest AI announcements make one thing clear: They’re officially rivals.
Google unveiled a slew of AI features at I/O and a day before that, OpenAI announced its own updates. Both companies are touting native multimodal models and now directly competing with each other in more ways than one.
The top AI announcements from Google I/O
Google’s going all-in on AI — and it wants you to know it. During the company’s keynote at its I/O developer conference on Tuesday, Google mentioned “AI” more […]