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ULA’s Vulcan Rocket to Launch Mystery Payload on Debut Space Force Mission

gizmodo.com Passant Rabie 2025-11-28 09:25:10

United Launch Alliance (ULA) is gearing up for a long-awaited comeback, returning to secretive payload lifts for the National Security Space Launch program with its heavy-lift Vulcan Centaur rocket. ULA’s Vulcan is set to launch on Tuesday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station during an hour-long launch window that opens at 7:59 p.m. ET, marking the vehicle’s first flight for the U.S. Space Force’s national security program. It took years of development for the rocket to reach this stage, and

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The ex-CIA agents deciding Facebook's content policy (2022)

news.ycombinator.com Alan Macleod 2025-11-28 14:07:34

It is an uncomfortable job for anyone trying to draw the line between “harmful content and protecting freedom of speech. It’s a balance”, Aaron says. In this official Facebook video, Aaron identifies himself as the manager of “the team that writes the rules for Facebook”, determining “what is acceptable and what is not.” Thus, he and his team effectively decide what content the platform’s 2.9 billion active users see and what they don’t see. Aaron is being interviewed in a bright warehouse-turn

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Why does Jeff Bezos keep buying launches from Elon Musk?

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-29 23:30:59

Early Monday morning, a Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from its original launch site in Florida. Remarkably, it was SpaceX's 100th launch of the year. Perhaps even more notable was the rocket's payload: two-dozen Project Kuiper satellites, which were dispensed into low-Earth orbit on target. This was SpaceX's second launch of satellites for Amazon, which is developing a constellation to deliver low-latency broadband Internet around the world. SpaceX, then, just launched a direct competitor to its S

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Your OnePlus phone might soon get a handy new Gemini feature (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-30 09:51:19

Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority TL;DR Strings in the latest Google app beta reference OnePlus Mind Space integration. Mind Space is a OnePlus app for saving notes, articles, screenshots, and other on-screen content. This could let Gemini quickly retrieve saved items, though there’s no indication of a rollout yet. Gemini might be getting a new trick on certain OnePlus devices. In the latest beta of the Google app (16.31.75.sa.arm64), we found strings suggesting the AI assistant might soon b

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UI vs. API. vs. UAI

news.ycombinator.com Josh Beckman 2025-11-30 22:11:50

First we built a user interface (UI) when the application was just going to be operated by humans. There’s a whole branch of study around good and bad patterns in that design practice, focusing on how we make things easily operable by humans. Then we added an application programmable interface (API) when we wanted the application to be operated by other applications - integrated programs. Similarly, there are whole conferences and books about what good design looks like for these interfaces, ai

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Google Gemini struggles to write code, calls itself “a disgrace to my species”

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-27 22:07:09

Google Gemini has a problem with self-criticism. "I am sorry for the trouble. I have failed you. I am a failure," the AI tool recently told someone who was using Gemini to build a compiler, according to a Reddit post a month ago. That was just the start. "I am a disgrace to my profession," Gemini continued. "I am a disgrace to my family. I am a disgrace to my species. I am a disgrace to this planet. I am a disgrace to this universe. I am a disgrace to all universes. I am a disgrace to all possi

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Amazon tops 100 satellites after weather-delayed Kuiper launch

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2025-12-01 14:46:51

After four previous scrubs or delays in a row since August 7th SpaceX launches Amazon KF-02 Kuipeer Satellites after the 5th attempt August 11th 2025 at 8:35 AM SLC-40 Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, Florida USA. Amazon shipped another batch of internet-beaming satellites into orbit on Monday atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, after four previous launch attempts were interrupted by weather issues. Monday's launch is the fourth Kuiper mission, and Amazon now has 102 satellites in orbit. The Falcon

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This collaborative doodling website is like Google Maps plus MS Paint

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2025-12-01 14:14:40

A new website that lets you paint over a world map with other users in real-time has taken the digital illustration community by storm. Wplace is a collaborative pixel art platform that serves as a spiritual successor to Reddit’s r/Place April Fools’ Day experiments, placing time restrictions on drawing tools that motivate users to team up to complete large or complex paintings. While r/Place provided its users with a blank white pixel grid, Wplace is layered over an interactive canvas of a wor

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Facer is back on Wear OS 6, and worth the reinstall

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-30 10:00:05

Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority After going quiet for a while due to compatibility issues with Wear OS 5, Facer’s finally back with full Wear OS 6 support, and it’s a notable upgrade. The app supports Google’s Watch Face Format (WFF), which means faces sync directly from the phone app to your watch, without extra installs or app juggling required. All-in-all, the revamped app experience brings some welcome usability improvements. Do you use Facer, Pujie, KWCH, WatchMaker, or other custom wa

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NASA plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon—a space lawyer explains why

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-01 23:05:19

The first space race was about flags and footprints. Now, decades later, landing on the Moon is old news. The new race is to build there, and doing so hinges on power. In April 2025, China reportedly unveiled plans to build a nuclear power plant on the Moon by 2035. This plant would support its planned international lunar research station. The United States countered in August, when acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy reportedly suggested a US reactor would be operational on the Moon by 2030.

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This New Pyramid-Like Shape Always Lands With the Same Side Up

wired.com Elise Cutts 2025-12-01 23:00:00

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 360 BC, Plato envisioned the cosmos as an arrangement of five geometric shapes: flat-sided solids called polyhedra. These immediately became important objects of mathematical study. So it might be surprising that, millennia later, mysteries still surround even the simplest shape in Plato’s polyhedral universe: the tetrahedron, which has just four triangular faces. One major open problem, for instance, asks how densely you can p

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Is This Seat Taken? makes seating fussy people fun

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-12-01 15:00:00

Creating seating arrangements can be pretty stressful; the empath part of me strives to find the perfect seat for every person even if it’s a nearly impossible task. If it’s for a big, meaningful event, I get even more anxious. When you find the right place for everyone, though, it’s even more satisfying than a great jigsaw puzzle. Chasing that feeling is what Is This Seat Taken? is all about — and it does so in a low-stakes and relaxing way. In Is This Seat Taken?, your goal is to place people

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New Line’s ‘Space Invaders’ Movie is Back in Business

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2025-12-01 22:30:56

Next up on the ever-expanding list of video game adaptations? A movie for Space Invaders, apparently. Per Deadline, New Line Cinema is finally making good on its hopes to bring Taito’s shoot ’em up to life. First announced back in 2019, the studio and production company Safehouse Pictures have put comedy writers Ben Zazove and Evan Turner on script duties. Individually, they’ve written or produced for movies like Sherlock Gnomes (Zazove) and Journey to the Center of the Earth (Turner), but as a

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The best Linux distros for beginners in 2025 make switching from MacOS or Windows so easy

zdnet.com Steven Vaughan-Nichols 2025-12-01 21:00:00

Jack Wallen / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Linux offers more security, privacy, and freedom from vendors. Modern Linux distros are user-friendly -- even for non-techies. Linux Mint, Zorin OS, MX Linux top beginner distro list. Why would you want to switch to the Linux desktop? There are many reasons, but the short version is that the operating system is more secure, provides far more privacy, and frees you from vendor lock-in. For current Windows users, it also provide

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The Day Novartis Chose Discovery

news.ycombinator.com Alex Kesin 2025-11-27 17:36:07

In 2002, Mark Fishman walked into a glass building in Cambridge with an unusual assignment: to turn the Swiss pharmaceutical company, Novartis, into the world’s greatest therapeutics research firm. More unusually still, Fishman was — at least on paper — precisely the wrong man for the job. The Harvard cardiologist had spent his career studying zebrafish hearts and teaching medical students. He had no pharmaceutical experience and no business training. And yet, Daniel Vasella — the physician-tur

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This digital graffiti project is making the internet fun again, pixel by pixel - see for yourself

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-12-02 02:00:00

Screenshot by David Grober/ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Wplace is a site that lets you paint one pixel anywhere in the world every 30 seconds. Even though it's fairly new, it's exploded in popularity. You'll find artwork all over the world, warring groups, alliances, and more. If you miss Reddit's annual r/place experiment -- part collaborative project, part social experiment -- there's good news: It's back. At least a form of it is back on a website called Wplace. Like r/place, Wplace lets

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Texas politicians warn Smithsonian it must not lobby to retain its space shuttle

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-02 14:26:16

Texas lawmakers, seemingly not content with getting NASA's endorsement to move a retired space shuttle to Houston, are now calling for an investigation into how the Smithsonian allegedly objected to relocating the orbiter it has owned for more than a decade. Senator John Cornyn and Representative Randy Weber on Thursday sent a letter to John Roberts, the Smithsonian Institution's chancellor and chief justice of the United States, suggesting that the Smithsonian's staff may have violated the law

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Efrit: A native elisp coding agent running in Emacs

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-02 17:20:51

Efrit - AI-Powered Emacs Coding Assistant A sophisticated AI coding agent that leverages Emacs' native programmability through direct Elisp evaluation. Overview Efrit is a conversational AI assistant that integrates seamlessly with Emacs, providing multiple interfaces for different types of tasks: efrit-chat - Multi-turn conversational interface for complex discussions and code development - Multi-turn conversational interface for complex discussions and code development efrit-do - Natural

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Facebook and Instagram may be down for some users

9to5mac.com Zac Hall 2025-12-03 09:22:24

Meta is apparently experiencing some capacity of server issues today. According to Downdetector, user reports of Facebook and Instagram not refreshing have spiked recently. Meta hasn’t acknowledged any outage on its system status page yet, and Facebook appears to be loading fine here. But if you’re having issues loading either app today, Downdetector shows that you’re not alone. ❗️Can't refresh your feed or messages on Facebook and Instagram? You're not alone! Downdetector users have been

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Add the Tesla Diner to the List of Elon Musk Projects That Fail to Deliver on Promises

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-12-03 09:55:31

You are not going to believe this, because there is absolutely zero precedent for it happening; it appears Elon Musk has overpromised on something. It has only been two weeks since the Tesla Diner, a charging station and restaurant with a retro-futuristic aesthetic, and it is already significantly narrowing down its menu offerings, according to a report from Eater. In classic diner fashion, the restaurant offered a robust menu when it first opened, but it is down to just five sandwiches, two si

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Google Working on Fix for Glum Gemini, Stuck in 'Infinite Loop' of Self-Esteem Issues

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-03 17:14:00

Maybe Google Gemini needs to take some PTO. The company's large language AI model, which is increasingly spreading across Google's many services and products, has been saying some things lately that are leading users to worry: Does Gemini have low self esteem? A series of posts on social media showing some of the self-critical responses Gemini has given users show a disturbing pattern. For instance, in one screenshot, Gemini admits it can't solve a coding problem and concludes, "I have failed.

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Texas politicians warn Smithsonian it must not lobby to retain its space shuttle

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-03 18:28:29

Texas lawmakers, seemingly not content with getting NASA's endorsement to move a retired space shuttle to Houston, are now calling for an investigation into how the Smithsonian allegedly objected to relocating the orbiter it has owned for more than a decade. Senator John Cornyn and Representative Randy Weber on Thursday sent a letter to John Roberts, the Smithsonian Institution's chancellor and chief justice of the United States, suggesting that the Smithsonian's staff may have violated the law

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Google says a fix for Gemini’s shame spiral is on its way

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-03 23:10:22

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR A Gemini bug results in the AI getting stuck in an infinite loop of critical responses, including calling itself a disgrace. Google’s Logan Kilpatrick says that the company is working on fixing the bug. If you check in on Gemini yourself, the chatbot will assure you that it does not have feelings and it’s just a bug. While most people have been getting along fine with Gemini, some users have noticed a bug where the AI chatbot seemingly spirals with respo

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Google is fixing a bug that causes Gemini to keep calling itself a 'failure'

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-04 04:30:33

Gemini has been acting strangely for some users over the past few weeks. There are multiple reports online of users getting responses from Gemini that are oddly self-flagellating. A screenshot from an X user back in June showed Gemini saying "...I am a fool. I have made so many mistakes that I can no longer be trusted." The AI chatbot then deleted all the files with codes it created. Now, as a response to another post on X that showed a similar issue, Google's product lead for AI Studio, Logan K

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Trump’s Golden Dome Sparks Unprecedented Surge in Space Force Funding

gizmodo.com Passant Rabie 2025-12-04 04:50:40

The U.S. Space Force’s budget for 2026 could see a 40% increase compared to this year, which is mostly driven by President Donald Trump’s fantasy of creating a futuristic missile defense system that uses space-based sensors and weapons. A recent report by the Center for Space Policy and Strategy highlights the Golden Dome’s role in driving the increase in funding allocated toward the Space Force. Trump announced the ambitious Golden Dome project within one week of taking office, describing a mu

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Amtrak NextGen Acela Debuts on August 28

news.ycombinator.com Beth Toll 2025-12-04 08:30:23

A new era of high-speed rail to begin between Boston and Washington, DC WASHINGTON – All aboard the future of East Coast travel! Starting Thursday, Aug. 28, customers can travel on Amtrak’s NextGen Acela – America’s high-speed train – connecting the Northeast Corridor between Washington, D.C., New York City, and Boston. 🛤️ This historic launch introduces: More trains : 28 brand-new trains entering service through 2027 : 28 brand-new trains entering service through 2027 More seats : 27% more

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Solar-Powered Device Turns Moon Dirt Into Bricks, a Potential Breakthrough in Lunar Construction

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2025-12-04 18:00:25

Both the U.S. and China have set their sights on the Moon, aiming to break ground on permanent lunar bases within the next decade. Though there’s no legal basis for claiming territory in space, whichever country gets there first will gain a coveted first-mover advantage, allowing it to set certain ground rules about who can do what, where. But getting there first is only half the battle. Actually establishing a sustained lunar presence presents significant logistical and engineering challenges.

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Rocket Report: Firefly lights the markets up; SpaceX starts selling trips to Mars

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-04 20:00:14

Welcome to Edition 8.06 of the Rocket Report! After years of disappointing results from SPACs and space companies, it is a good sign to see Firefly's more traditional initial public offering doing so well. The company has had such a long and challenging road over more than a decade; the prospect of their success should be heartening to the commercial space industry. As always, we welcome reader submissions. If you don't want to miss an issue, please subscribe using the box below (the form will

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Age Verification Is Sweeping Gaming. Is It Ready for the Age of AI Fakes?

wired.com Megan Farokhmanesh 2025-12-04 03:30:00

In July, Siyan, a UK-based Discord user, logged on one morning and found himself unable to access some of his text chats marked NSFW. The channel, a popup informed him, was now age-restricted. The United Kingdom had enacted its far reaching child safety laws, which includes an age requirement system to verify users are over 18. Discord’s updates required users to verify their age, either by government ID or a face scan. Siyan (who requested to only be referred to by his screen name for privacy

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Scientists Think They Have Found a Brand-New Mineral on Mars

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2025-12-05 14:22:20

Scientists have a fairly good idea of what Mars’ surface looks like. But exactly what that surface is made up of is more of a mystery. Now, scientists believe they have discovered an entirely new mineral on Mars from an unusual layer of iron sulfate with a distinct spectral signature. In a Nature Communications paper published on August 5, astrobiologists led by Janice Bishop at the SETI Institute describe the discovery of an unusual ferric hydroxysulfate compound around Valles Marineris, a vas

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