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Space based solar ecosystem map created by Erik Kulu. There is a huge new economically sustainable space industry and with a great vision to provide 24/7 abundant clean energy to Earth. Erik Kulu prepared this ecosystem map for his talk “Space Solar Power – Updated Survey of Private Initiatives” at the “International Conference on Energy ... Read more

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft was scheduled to launch tonight to get certification. The mission was scrubbed for today. Atlas valve issue. Launch of the ULA (United Launch Alliance) Atlas V rocket and Starliner spacecraft is targeted for 10:34 p.m. EDT Monday, May 6 (0234 UTC Tuesday, May 7) from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space ... Read more

The Israel Defense Force has announced the beginning of Offensive Ground Operations against the City of Rafah in Southern Gaza, with the Spokesman stating that IDF Troops are now “Striking and Operating” against Hamas Targets in Eastern Rafah. The IDF is currently conducting targeted strikes against Hamas terror targets in eastern Rafah in southern Gaza. ... Read more

TeslaFSDTracker provides crowdsourced data about Tesla FSD. They are showing Tesla FSD 12.3.6 users reporting 399 miles between disengagements in City driving. This is over three times more distance than the best version of Tesla FSD 11.X. They are also showing 98% of drives having no critical disengagements versus 11.X having 91-94.5% of drives having ... Read more

Tesla showed new video of improved Optimus Teslabots and some are doing some useful work in factories. The hands have been improved and hands and AI are the keys to successful humanoid bots. Tesla Engineer Milan Kovac reports that Tesla has deployed a couple bots at one of the Tesla factories. SanctuaryAI and Tesla have ... Read more

Ex- Treasury Secretary Larry Summers and IMF Economists said the pre-1983 inflation formula would have record inflation in 2022 at 18%. The new paper by a group of economists from Harvard and the International Monetary Fund, headlined by former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers said that that rising interest rates were as much a part of ... Read more

There has been a lot of speculation about why Tesla cut the 500 person team for Tesla Supercharging infrastructure. Patrick Bet David, successful entrepreneur, podcaster and youtuber has posted the case that Elon Musk cut the Tesla Supercharging infrastructure team and slowed/paused Supercharging network buildout as a power move to get concessions and leverage over ... Read more

Building a base on the Moon and a city on Mars will require millions of spacesuits. The development of many new suit and the execution of the spacewalk will be important steps toward a scalable design for spacesuits on future long-duration missions as life becomes multiplanetary. This EVA suit evolve from the Intravehicular Activity (IVA) ... Read more

There are still flaws with Tesla FSD 12.3.X but if Tesla FSD 12.4 and FSD 12.5 fix lane selection problems, speed issues, all construction zones, flashing red lights and reverse then it could a over a month to find flaws. There is crowdsourced data that 12.3.6 can go 330 miles without a disengagement in City ... Read more

Researchers closely tracked and computationally analyzed moon and asteroid sized objects beyond Neptune and determined that a ninth planet about five times bigger than the Earth is about 16 times further than Pluto. A planet matching Planet Nine’s expected characteristics would still be relatively small, with a mass just five times that of Earth, and ... Read more

There were huge fears that Apple would have bad earnings and bad guidance. Apple is buying back a lot of shares. The company is boosting its buyback program by $110 billion. For context, Apple upped its authorization by $90 billion a year ago, and analysts were expecting a similar increase this time around. Apple being ... Read more

A second whistleblower connected to Boeing has suddenly died at the age of 45 after catching a sudden illness. Whistleblower Joshua Dean was known for being in good health and having a healthy lifestyle. Dean was one of the first whistleblowers to accuse Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems of cutting corners. He was fired in April ... Read more

Crowdsourced results show that Tesla FSD 12.3.6 should have the best disengagement results for any version prior version of FSD. FSD 12.3 had slightly better city driving results but usually the reported disengagement results improve from the first days. It would be a very solid result for 12.3.6 to get over 300 miles for city ... Read more

A deep discussion of FSD, Tesla in China, FSD competition. Warren and Brian talk Supercharging, FSD and Teslabot analysis that is unique, deep and sometimes mindblowing. There has been a lot of highly impactful news from Tesla about FSD improvements and they are in the process of being able to use and sell FSD in ... Read more

Tel Aviv, Israel, May 2nd, 2024, CyberNewsWire Early adoption by Fortune 100 companies worldwide, LayerX already secures more users than any other browser security solution and enables unmatched security, performance and experience   LayerX, pioneer of the LayerX Browser Security platform, today announced $24 million in Series A funding led by Glilot+, the early-growth fund of ... Read more

South Korea plans a 120 Gigawatt space based solar project which would generate more power than the US nuclear industry’s 95 gigawatt. Two Korean research institutes are designing a space solar power satellite project with the aim of providing approximately 1000 TWh of electricity to the Earth per year. The 95 gigawatts of nuclear in ... Read more

Sanctuary AI and Microsoft will work together to bolster AI research and development and Sanctuary AI will leverage Microsoft’s Azure cloud resources for their AI workloads. SanctuaryAI is among the humandoid robotics companies that have partnered with Nvidia. Among the nine companies on stage with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had the SanctuaryAI bot at the ... Read more

Chinese automakers and suppliers have level-two-plus driver-assistance systems with LIDAR and other sensors. There are at least 10 chinese automakers and suppliers that have unveiled driver-assistance systems over the past two years that can navigate city streets and make turns at intersections. EV makers Xpeng, Li Auto, Xiaomi , Huawei are among the carmaker with ... Read more

I was on a youtube panel discussion with Herbert Ong, Jeff Lutz and Xander Sky. We were talking yesterday about the major Tesla deal with Baidu for FSD mapping and for the various China approvals that put Tesla on the brink of being fully authorized to sell FSD in China. Current Tesla stock analysts blend ... Read more

Meta has put Meta AI front and center in the search bars for Facebook and Instagram that have served as key tools to find content from particular friends or creators. This is what the All-in-Podcast guys called scorched Earth for AI. This means almost no one will pay the $20 per month or other subscriptions ... Read more

Last year, China approved 12 nuclear reactors for construction. China already had very large energy plans in order as the average wealth increases and to replace the 70% of energy from coal. However, there are two major new energy demands are emerging. There is the new need for energy for AI data centers. AI data ... Read more

Unit 2 of the Shin Hanul nuclear power plant in South Korea has entered commercial operation, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) announced. The unit is the second of two APR-1400 reactors at the site, with a further two planned. Georgia Power has announced the start of commercial operations at the second of the two ... Read more

Every Tesla FSD sale even with the price cuts is $8000 per car or $99 per month. The $99 per month is $1200 per year or $7200 for six years. Tesla has the highest profit per car of all car makers at $7000 per car. This is why Tesla FSD before robotaxi is a big ... Read more

Elon Musk’s visit to China has resulted in approval in principle for FSD in China and a FSD mapping partnership with Baidu. Here’s what you need to know: • Tesla Inc. received in-principle approval to deploy driver-assistance system in China • Tesla did manage to clear two of the most important hurdles: reaching a mapping ... Read more