A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Monday night with 40 more internet satellites for OneWeb, nudging the network closer to full operational capability. The Falcon 9 booster returned to Cape Canaveral for landing eight minutes later.
Astronomers find signatures of short-lived, hypermassive neutron stars
Patterns in short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) could provide insight into neutron star collisions.
NASA Selects Experimental Space Technology Concepts for Initial Study
Imagine a future in space where pellet-beam propulsion systems speed up travel to other worlds, pipelines on the Moon transport oxygen between settlements, and Martian bricks grow on their own before being assembled into homes.
Virgin Orbit, UK space agency to investigate rocket launch failure
Virgin Orbit and the United Kingdom Space Agency announced they will investigate the loss of the Launcher One rocket during its first United Kingdom launch attempt.
Magical Mountain Motorcycle Collection
Facing a life-ending illness, a California cowboy lawyer spent whatever it took to amass a collection of historic motorcycles from BMW, Norton, and more.
2022 Yamaha XSR900 Second Ride Review
Yamaha Motor tastefully pairs retro styling with modern sport performance with its 2022 XSR900 naked bike.
Microsoft’s new AI can simulate anyone’s voice with 3 seconds of audio
Text-to-speech model can preserve speaker’s emotional tone and acoustic environment.
This biotech startup says mice live longer after genetic reprogramming
A small biotech company claims it has used a technology called reprogramming to rejuvenate old mice and extend their lives, a result suggesting that one day older people could have their biological clocks turned back with an injection—literally becoming younger. The life-extension claim in rodents, made by Rejuvenate Bio, a […]
Microsoft unveils text-to-speech AI model VALL-E, which was trained on English speech data and can simulate a person’s voice with three seconds of sample audio (Benj Edwards/Ars Technica)
Benj Edwards / Ars Technica:Microsoft unveils text-to-speech AI model VALL-E, which was trained on English speech data and can simulate a person’s voice with three seconds of sample audio — Text-to-speech model can preserve speaker’s emotional tone and acoustic environment. — On Thursday, Microsoft researchers announced …
Backblaze review (January 2023): Is unlimited cloud storage really worth it?
No file size or cloud backup limits make Backblaze one of the best options around.