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The European short-haul aviation landscape has been conquered by a blue-and-yellow paradox that defies conventional corporate logic. An airline that routinely strips away basic cabin amenities, charges for hand luggage, and leaves passengers standing on cold tarmacs should be facing terminal commercial decline. Yet, Ryanair stands as an absolute financialContinue Reading

GM, Ford Turn EV Battery Bust Into Energy Storage Bet

The biggest U.S. legacy automakers look to turn the losses from their underutilized electric vehicle battery capacity into a new profitable business to seize the soaring demand for battery storage energy systems. GM and Ford, which, due to poor demand, have written down billions of U.S…Continue Reading

Space Telescope Interferometer to Image Exoplanet Continents

A NASA NIAC project will try to Mapping Alien Continents using formation-flying optical interferometer. Two hierarchical nullers ~100 km apart that first suppress the host star by ~10¹⁰ in visible light, then combine the leftover planet light as a Michelson interferometer. That baseline gives an angular resolution of order 1 µas at 500 nm. AnContinue Reading

NASA Super Light Solar Sail Project Will Be 12-40 Times Lighter and Faster

NASA Advanced innovation study will try to enable the next generation of solar sails featuring very high characteristic acceleration–potentially up to 2 mm/s²–and large effective areas exceeding 10,000 m², to support future ultra–high delta-V missions. These advanced solar sails would significantly transform space exploration and utilization, making possible a range of missions currently beyond theContinue Reading

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Amodei recommended that AI companies immediately adopt measures aimed at “pacing” the development of their models, warning of potentially dire consequences if this technology is left unchecked. , Amodei recommended that AI companies immediately adopt measures aimed at “pacing” the development of their models, warning of potentially dire consequences if thisContinue Reading

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This Week in 2016 Warner Bros. Issuing Takedowns For Its Own Site Is No Laughing Matter Roger Ailes Hires Peter Thiel’s Favorite Lawyer To Threaten NY Mag For Its Stories About Him ICE Denies FOIA Request From Lawyer Because It Might Help Her Better Defend Her Client After Massive CableContinue Reading