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Science
NewsPicks AI: It’s Looking More Likely NASA Will Fly the Artemis II Mission
Late Saturday night, technicians at Kennedy Space Center in Florida moved the core stage for NASA’s second Space Launch System rocket into position...
Security
NewsPicks AI: SpaceX’s Latest Starship Explosion Marks Two Consecutive Failures
SpaceX has contracts with NASA worth approximately $4 billion to design and develop a human-rated Moon lander based on the Starship design. The...
AI
NewsPicks AI: Framework’s First Desktop Is an Xbox-Sized Mini Gaming PC
The original Framework Laptop’s sales pitch was that it wanted to bring some of the modularity and repairability of the desktop PC ecosystem...
Security
NewsPicks AI: This Man Eats So Much Butter, Cheese, and Beef That Cholesterol Oozes From His Skin
What could go wrong with eating an extremely high-fat diet of beef, cheese, and sticks of butter? Well, for one thing, your cholesterol...
AI
NewsPicks AI: The Polaris Dawn Spaceflight Was More Than Just a Billionaire Joyride
A white spacecraft, lightly toasted like a marshmallow and smelling of singed metal, fell out of the night sky early on Sunday morning...
Science
NewsPicks AI: The Covid-19 Summer Wave Is So Big, the FDA Might Release New Vaccines Early
The good news is that given the substantial accumulation of protection from past infections and vaccinations, the two most serious metrics—emergency department visits...
Security
NewsPicks AI: Each of the Past 12 Months Broke Temperature Records
June 2023 did not seem like an exceptional month at the time. It was the warmest June in the instrumental temperature record, but...
Tech News
How a Samsung Washing Machine Chime Triggered a YouTube Copyright Fiasco
To address this, YouTube did not expedite the dispute process, which still allows up to 30 days for rights holders to respond. Instead,...
