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Apr 20, 2022

Tesla has now more than 100,000 people in its Full Self-Driving Beta program — is an accelerated rate of improvement coming?

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, robotics/AI, transportation

Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed that the automaker has now more than 100,000 people in its Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta program.

Does it mean that we are going to start seeing an accelerated rate of improvement?

FSD Beta has been a “two steps forward, one step back” type of program.

Apr 20, 2022

Forget the Jet. The ‘World’s First Private Helicopter’ Is Hitting the Skies Next Year

Posted by in category: transportation

Designed for personal use, the Hill HX50 chopper starts at roughly $648,000.

Apr 20, 2022

SpaceX rolls out rocket for Crew-4 astronaut mission ahead of Saturday launch (photos)

Posted by in category: space travel

The Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule are scheduled to lift off on Saturday (April 23).


Crew-4’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule were rolled out to Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida today (April 19) to gear up for a planned launch on Saturday (April 23).

Apr 20, 2022

FBI warning: These hackers are targeting developers and DevOps teams to break into crypto firms

Posted by in categories: blockchains, business, cryptocurrencies, cybercrime/malcode, government

The US government has detailed how North Korean state-sponsored attackers have been hacking cryptocurrency firms using phishing, malware and exploits to steal funds and initiate fraudulent blockchain transactions.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the U.S. Treasury Department (Treasury) have issued a joint cybersecurity advisory to warn all businesses in cryptocurrency to watch out for attacks from North Korean state-sponsored hackers.

Apr 20, 2022

Elon Musk’s new bid for Twitter includes $0 salary for board members

Posted by in category: Elon Musk

“Board salary will be $0 if my bid succeeds, so that’s ~$3M/year (roughly Rs. 22 crore) saved right there,” Musk tweeted while replying to a user’s post criticising the Twitter board.

Apr 20, 2022

Nvidia: Just two AI GPUs can do better chip design in a few days than 10 people do in a year

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Nvidia is impressed with the chip making capabilities of NVCell, its AI chip designer. The firm says that it using it, just two GPUs can do nearly the same work that takes ten people a year’s time.

Apr 20, 2022

AI ethics for children: digital natives on how to protect future generations

Posted by in categories: ethics, robotics/AI

AI brings many benefits but as with any rapidly advancing technology it needs ethical frameworks that protect society, in particular children and young people.

Apr 20, 2022

“” Most people in the world are operating under the false impression that we’ve got too many people

Posted by in category: futurism

This is not true. Earth could maintain a population many times the current level. The birth rate has been dropping like crazy. — @elonmusk

Apr 20, 2022

Discovery of bacteria linked to prostate cancer hailed as potential breakthrough

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics

And if bacteria causes one kind, whos to say it doesnt cause every other kind.


Genetic information on the microbes has already allowed the scientists to piece together how they may behave in the body, including what toxins and other substances they might release. This has led them to develop half a dozen hypotheses around how the bugs could cause prostate cancer.

“We currently have no way of reliably identifying aggressive prostate cancers, and this research could help make sure men get the right treatment for them,” Luxton added.

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Apr 20, 2022

Elon Musk defended his billionaire status and said he doesn’t own a home, a yacht, or take vacations weeks after Grimes faced huge backlash for saying he lives “below the poverty line”

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, habitats

It would be very problematic if I was consuming billions of dollars a year in personal consumption, but that is not the case. In fact, I don’t even own a home right now. I’m literally staying at friends’ places.