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Starship’s first orbital flight tests key pieces of SpaceX’s million-satellite data center plan

On Sept. 28, SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft reached orbit for the first time during its 14th test flight and deployed 26 ...
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The UAE’s new space probe will crash into the asteroid its designed to study

The UAE’s Technology Innovation Institute (TII) has unveiled its deployable probe for the Emirates Mission to the Asteroid ...
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After tokenmaxxing backlash, Microsoft moves more agent work onto the desk

Microsoft brings AI coding agents locally with MAI-Code-1.1-Flash and the new Surface Laptop Ultra, cutting cloud token costs ...
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Under oath, Google confirms three AI agent test escapes as OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta face NYC lawmakers

OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Meta testified together under oath Oct. 5 at a New York City Council hearing, which council Speaker Julie Menin called the first time a legislative body had secured such ...
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Google AMIE study adds evidence of medical AI’s promise with patients, under doctors’ supervision

A Google and Beth Israel Deaconess study finds AMIE can help prepare physicians for patient visits, adding real-world evidence to the debate over AI’s role in medicine.