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World Models Will Soon Be Inescapable. Here’s What You Need to Know
Moving AI from text to 3D space, world models simulate real-world physics to teach robots and autonomous cars how to navigate reality.
Nov 8, 20262 min
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ScienceMaxxBench – "Nice DeepSWE score. But is it true?"
Article URL: https://maxxbench.unlap.ai/research/why-maxxbench/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50406222 Points: 226 # Comments: 67
Nov 8, 202663 min
ScienceHow to set up SpaceXAI's Grok in Google Workspace (and what it can do)
Inserting Grok into your Google Workspace is easy, but you'll want to consider a few things before rolling out the welcome mat.
Nov 7, 20266 min
ScienceSolar panel breakthrough could almost double the efficiency of today's panels
Solar panels have become much more efficient since their infancy, but research breakthroughs show there's still plenty of room for improvement.
Nov 7, 20263 min
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The American Dream Wasn’t Built for Climate Change
Owning a home is billed as a way to build wealth, but amid climate-related disasters, for many, it's beginning to feel like a trap.
Nov 7, 20262 min
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Horny Grandmas Are Having a Moment
Creators in their sixties, seventies, and eighties have flooded adult platforms as the demand for mature content has skyrocketed, with some turning to online sex work as a retirement lifeline.
Nov 7, 20262 min
ScienceStarlink Mobile: All the news on SpaceX’s major mobile carrier ambitions
SpaceX has declared that it’s going to make Starlink Mobile a “major” mobile carrier. The Elon Musk-owned company has already deployed thousands of direct-to-cell satellites, but its next big challenge is building out its 5G network here on Earth. As part of its plans to rival AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile, SpaceX has inked a deal […]
Nov 7, 20261 min
ScienceYou know the launch market is tough when satellite companies start building rockets
"The Blacklift rocket is the springboard to significantly expand our total addressable market."
Nov 6, 20261 min
ScienceRocket Report: Artemis II literally tore through the atmosphere; New Glenn delay
Interstellar Technologies announces more government funding for the Japanese Zero rocket.
Nov 6, 20261 min
ScienceHow Remedy designed Control Resonant’s wildest mission: ‘Anything kind of goes’
Note: Some spoilers for Control Resonant's "Recursions and Iterations" mission follow. One of Control Resonant's most memorable missions involves time travel - kind of. There are certainly multiple timelines intersecting, or maybe overlapping, or maybe running in parallel. As protagonist Dylan Faden, you meet some of the researchers who are trapped in and investigating these […]
Nov 6, 20267 min
ScienceTesla will stop making the Cybertruck in 2027
Elon Musk said the company will use the factory space to make more Cybercabs.
Nov 6, 20262 min
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The Blue Tsunami Swept Doctors and Scientists Into Office
More than 80 percent of congressional candidates backed by the pro-science PAC 314 Action won, including Michigan senator-elect and epidemiologist Abdul El-Sayed.
Nov 6, 20262 min
ScienceBlue Origin says it is building a higher-performing rocket engine at 1/4 the cost
"This is going to be a game-changer."
Nov 6, 20261 min
ScienceNASA unveils mysterious X-70 experimental aircraft using AI-generated image
NASA’s X-70 Fractal announcement comes as agency aims to grow X-plane fleet.
Nov 6, 20261 min
ScienceT-Mobile owner on Elon Musk launching a wireless carrier: ‘Welcome to the party’
The head of T-Mobile's parent company is casting doubt on SpaceX's plans to make Starlink Mobile a "major" carrier in the US. During an earnings call on Thursday, Deutsche Telekom CEO Tim Höttges says he takes the Elon Musk-owned company "super serious," but that it will cost at least $200 billion to pull off: He […]
Nov 6, 20261 min
ScienceBlue Origin’s next launch now won’t happen until 2027
Blue Origin plans to do its next New Glenn rocket launch in January 2027, according to CNBC and the Financial Times, which cite a memo from CEO Dave Limp sent to staff. The new timeline follows a May launchpad explosion that damaged Blue Origin's New Glenn launchpad ahead of a flight that would have brought […]
Nov 5, 20261 min
ScienceThe FAA is finally ditching floppy disks
It's the year 2026 and the Federal Aviation Administration is still running critical pieces of American airspace on 3.5-inch magnetic floppy disks. But those technology artifacts could be headed for the dustbin after Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced an effort to ditch floppy disks in favor of a new digital system. Duffy announced Thursday that […]
Nov 5, 20264 min
ScienceThe X-70 is NASA’s next experimental X-plane
Yesterday NASA announced the latest addition to its X-series of experimental aircraft that have included the Bell X-1 that first broke the sound barrier nearly 80 years ago, and the more recent X-59 quiet supersonic demonstrator. The new X-70 Fractal is designed to be a "high-performance, highly adaptable research platform" that NASA can use as […]
Nov 5, 20261 min
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Particle Physicists Are Getting a First Glimpse Into the ‘Zeptoverse’
An extremely rare matter-decay event opens up new possibilities for researching the physical world on scales 100 billion times smaller than an atom.
Nov 5, 20263 min
ScienceKimi K3.1 Pro model weights are out
Article URL: https://huggingface.co/moonshotai/Kimi-K3.1-Pro Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50366999 Points: 286 # Comments: 78
Nov 5, 202614 min