NASA’s Astrobee Robots Advance Through Strategic Partnership

NASA is continuing the Astrobee mission through a collaboration with Arkisys, Inc., of Los Alamitos, California, who was awarded a reimbursable Space Act Agreement to sustain and maintain the robotic platform aboard the International Space Station. As the agency returns astronauts to the Moon, robotic helpers like Astrobee could one day take over routine maintenanceContinue Reading

NASA signs US-Australia Agreement on Aeronautics, Space Cooperation

At the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) taking place in Sydney this week, representatives from the United States and Australia gathered to sign a framework agreement that strengthens collaboration in aeronautics and space exploration between the two nations. Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy and Australian Space Agency Head Enrico Palermo signed the agreement Tuesday on behalfContinue Reading

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Middle Grade A Little Too Haunted by Justine Pucella Winans The only thing worse than having ghost hunters for parents is having fake ghost hunters for parents. Luna Catalano would know. Her moms are haunted house flippers who use their home reno skills and pretend psychic powers to turn spooky old housesContinue Reading

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a bill Monday requiring artificial intelligence (AI) companies to disclose safety information about large-scale frontier models in a key win for the push to regulate AI in Silicon Valley’s home state.  S.B. 53, the Transparency in Frontier AI Act, will require developers of theseContinue Reading

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Experts say furloughs and layoffs could slow consumer spending in the months to come., The United States government is set to shut down unless Congress passes an appropriations bill to fund its operations. Without this legislation, federal agencies will be forced to suspend nonessential activities starting on Wednesday at 12:01amContinue Reading

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Even Imgur embeds are affected The UK can no longer view content on Imgur, the popular online image-hosting site. MediaLab, the site’s US-based owners, have geo-blocked the country rather than agree to regulatory requests to improve privacy protections for users who are under 18. Brits who visit the Imgur website,Continue Reading

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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has used his conference speech to attack Reform UK’s Nigel Farage saying he “doesn’t like Britain”. The prime minister warned against “the politics of grievance” and said that the UK is at a “fork in the road”. In response Nigel Farage has accused Starmer ofContinue Reading

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Majority Leader John Thune and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer lead talks in Washington, D.C. as a possible U.S. government shutdown nears. Lawmakers race against a midnight deadline. #governmentshutdown #uscongress #senate #washingtondc #breakingnews Keep up with the latest news from around the world: https://www.reuters.com/Continue Reading