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Constellation Technologies & Operations wants to work with telecom operators to deliver 5G internet from space

The telecom industry is undergoing its greatest period of disruption since the telegraph, as companies work to open up space as the next frontier for communications. French startup Constellation hopes to take part by repurposing 5G tech to provide a … Continue reading

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Rerail is a new fintech-focused angel fund from Cocoa’s Anthony Danon

If you’re starting a fintech company, there’s a new, small early-stage fund looking for investment opportunities. Founded by Anthony Danon (pictured above), Rerail could be called a micro-fund, a solo GP fund, or an angel fund. Danon has been an … Continue reading

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Watch: Why is the latest SpaceX rocket test a big deal?

The BBC’s Pallab Ghosh explores why this world first test is a big deal for space exploration.

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Director Morgan Neville is steering clear of generative AI after ‘Roadrunner’ backlash

One of the most attention-grabbing aspects of “Roadrunner,” the Morgan Neville-directed documentary about Anthony Bourdain, was Neville’s use of generative AI to replicate Bourdain’s voice. Looking back now, Neville told Wired that he saw this as a “fun” way to … Continue reading

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SpaceX successfully catches returning Starship booster

For the first time, SpaceX not only launched its mammoth Starship, but also returned the booster to the launch site and to caught it with a pair of oversized “chopsticks.” This test flight — the fifth in the Starship development … Continue reading

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Apple might release a $2,000 Vision headset next year

Apple’s Vision Pro hasn’t exactly reshaped the market, but the company isn’t giving up on headsets that combine the digital and real worlds. A new report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says that Apple’s next big mixed reality release could come … Continue reading

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The promise and perils of synthetic data

Is it possible for an AI to be trained just on data generated by another AI? It might sound like a harebrained idea. But it’s one that’s been around for quite some time — and as new, real data is … Continue reading

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The original source code for Backyard Baseball is long gone. Mega Cat Studios remastered the game anyway.

Backyard Baseball 1997 is back in all of its nostalgic glory, sliding onto Steam like Pablo Sanchez when he steals a base. But before Mega Cat Studios could remaster the cult favorite PC game, founder James Deighan had to sift … Continue reading

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Data center tech is exploding but adoption won’t be easy for startups

The data center industry is expanding rapidly to keep up with the flywheel growth of AI. While these data centers are necessary AI infrastructure, they store an AI company’s compute, they are expensive to build, seemingly more so to run, … Continue reading

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Meet the Chinese ‘Typhoon’ hackers preparing for war

Of the cybersecurity risks facing the United States today, few loom larger than the potential sabotage capabilities posed by China-backed hackers, which top U.S. officials have described as an “epoch-defining threat.” In recent months, U.S. intelligence officials said Chinese government-backed … Continue reading

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