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Aug 17, 2020
Elon Musk hints at Tesla’s not-so-secret Dojo AI-training supercomputer capacity
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: Elon Musk, robotics/AI, supercomputing
Elon Musk has made a rare new comment about Tesla’s now not-so-secret ‘Dojo’ program to create an AI-training supercomputer and gave a hint of its capacity.
Aug 17, 2020
Material found by scientists ‘could merge AI with human brain’
Posted by Carse Peel in categories: Elon Musk, health, robotics/AI
Technology could enable new health diagnostics and achieve Elon Musk’s goal of integrating with artificial intelligence.
Aug 14, 2020
YouTube is under attack
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, Elon Musk, space travel
First Twitter and now YouTube is under attack by hackers promoting Bitcoin scams through live broadcasts using old Elon Musk speeches and a fake broadcast of the launch that SpaceX and NASA made last week. The hackers appear to have compromised several high-profile YouTube channels and today the account of youtuber Jon Prosser was the object of this attack, his channel is broadcasting with 40 thousand viewers and the attackers have already received around 4 thousand dollars in Bitcoins.
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Last week there were several reports that people who wanted to see the launch of the SpaceX clicked on videos that looked official and that they were posted by seemingly legitimate YouTube channels with hundreds of thousands of subscribers and were found with messages from “Bitcoin giveaway” urging them to send Bitcoin for double cash back, a common scam tactic. Today Jon Prosser reports that something similar is happening on his channel.
Aug 13, 2020
Elon Musk drops cryptic Plaid Tesla Model S hint ahead of Battery Day
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: Elon Musk, internet, sustainability
Tesla’s highly-anticipated Battery Day is still several weeks away, but CEO Elon Musk appears to have started posting cryptic teasers about some of the innovations that would be introduced at the event. Based on a recent post on Twitter, it appears that Tesla’s Plaid Model S, and perhaps even the Plaid Model X, may be unveiled at Battery Day.
Ever the internet’s resident meme lord, Elon Musk recently posted a photo of Herbert Ruggles Tarlek, Jr., a character on the television situation comedy WKRP in Cincinnati, which ran from 1978 to 1982. The character was noted for his loud plaid suits, which were usually dominated by bold colors and patterns. Musk’s tweet noted that “One day soon, I will wear this outfit.”
Aug 12, 2020
A full-scale prototype of the huge Starship rocket SpaceX says will fly people to the moon and Mars left the ground for the first time Tuesday in South Texas
Posted by Alberto Lao in categories: Elon Musk, space travel
A full-scale prototype of the huge Starship rocket SpaceX says will fly people to the moon and Mars left the ground for the first time Tuesday in South Texas, flying to an altitude of roughly 500 feet before settling on a nearby landing pad.
“Mars is looking real … Progress is accelerating,” says Elon Musk.
Aug 11, 2020
Elon Musk Beats Jeff Bezos To U.S. Air Force Contract As Billionaire Space Race Blasts Off
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: Elon Musk, security, space travel
Musk has scored bragging rights in the battle of billionaires in space after his SpaceX rockets beat competition from Bezos’s Blue Origin to launch National Security payloads for the U.S. Air Force.
Aug 11, 2020
SpaceX is manufacturing 120 Starlink internet satellites per month
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: Elon Musk, internet, satellites
SpaceX is manufacturing its Starlink satellites at an unprecedented rate for the space industry, analysts say, as the company dives headlong into building a space-based global internet service.
Elon Musk’s company told the Federal Communications Commission in a presentation last month that its Starlink unit is “now building 120 satellites per month” and has “invested over $70 million developing and producing thousands of consumer user terminals per month.”
“Invested hundreds of millions of dollars in Starlink to date,” the SpaceX presentation added.
Aug 10, 2020
Tesla is going to work with space ships too. Enhanced partnership with SpaceX
Posted by Kelvin Dafiaghor in categories: Elon Musk, space travel, sustainability
Tesla is going to work with spaceships too. Enhanced partnership with SpaceX.
This is revealed by a new job position, for future designers who will range from electric cars to spaceships for Mars.
A couple of days ago SpaceX tested a prototype of the future Starship, the spacecraft that will be flying to the Moon and Mars. It was a rather raw reproduction, just slightly reminiscent of the style used in the digital rendering presentation. Today we discover that, as demonstrated by a new job place, Tesla’s may be called into the final design.
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