As the U.S. trucking industry gears up for the negative impacts of U.S. President Donald Trump’s new tariffs on goods imported from Mexico and Canada, a startup building a new kind of trucking insurance has raised some money to grow and help truckers weather the changes. Nirvana, an AI-based insurance platform that uses real-time driving… Continue reading Nirvana keeps on truckin’ with $80M at $830M valuation for its AI-powered insurance
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Space collisions could become a bigger risk thanks to greenhouse gas pollution
Collisions are a growing risk as space gets more crowded, and greenhouse gas emissions could make things worse. Collisions are a growing risk as space gets more crowded, and greenhouse gas emissions could make things worse. Greenhouse gas emissions could affect satellite launches in the future, new research suggests. As it builds up, the pollution… Continue reading Space collisions could become a bigger risk thanks to greenhouse gas pollution
Is your AirTag battery dying too quickly? There’s (likely) a fix for that
Maria Diaz/ZDNET The Apple Find My network makes the Apple AirTag a great Bluetooth tracker for iPhone users. The tag is reliable, precise, informative, and relatively inexpensive. A single CR2032 battery powers the tiny device that supports Bluetooth and ultrawideband (UWB) connectivity and has a speaker to boot. Though AirTag is a simple device, it… Continue reading Is your AirTag battery dying too quickly? There’s (likely) a fix for that
Clean Technica: No Duty To Protect Us, But They Show Up For The Oligarchy003892
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock (a prudent course of action in the US these days, especially for the unarmed), Elon Musk has been leading an effort to make the government more “efficient.” But, definitions of that word… Continue reading Clean Technica: No Duty To Protect Us, But They Show Up For The Oligarchy003892
Scientists Intrigued by Galactic Structure That’s 1.4 Billion Light-Years Wide
Scientists say they’ve uncovered the “largest known galactic structure” — a cosmic monster that spans a mind-boggling 1.4 billion light-years, which is around 14,000 times the diameter of our own Milky Way galaxy. The team, led by scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Physics, made the discovery after analyzing data as part of the ROSAT… Continue reading Scientists Intrigued by Galactic Structure That’s 1.4 Billion Light-Years Wide
Scientists Realize They Witnessed the Last Gasp of a Planet as It Met a Horrible Fate
The “death knell” of an entire world. Since they were first detected over four decades ago, unusually powerful x-ray emissions originating from the site of a dying star called the Helix Nebula have proved an enigma to astronomers. Now, we may finally have an explanation for what they are — and it’s pretty grisly. As… Continue reading Scientists Realize They Witnessed the Last Gasp of a Planet as It Met a Horrible Fate
Side Effects of Ketamine Could Explain a Lot About Elon Musk’s Behavior
Image by Shawn Thew / Pool via Getty / Futurism Amid his newfound role as unelected government wrecker, Elon Musk’s use of the powerful tranquilizer ketamine is once again in the press. As The Atlantic reports, research into the effects of sustained ketamine use may offer some insights into the increasingly bizarre antics of the South… Continue reading Side Effects of Ketamine Could Explain a Lot About Elon Musk’s Behavior
MrBeast Says His Life Is Full of Sorrow Due to All the Boss Things That Occupy His Schedule
“The average person does not want to live the life I live.” For some people, the world is not enough. At least that’s how Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson feels, a YouTuber whose content empire is worth a cool $85 million. He’s recently gone on record lamenting the stress and anguish of the centimillionaire media lifestyle, complaining… Continue reading MrBeast Says His Life Is Full of Sorrow Due to All the Boss Things That Occupy His Schedule
Chinese People Keep Comparing Trump’s Authoritarianism to Mao and Xi Jinping
A charismatic leader comes to power on a wave of populist rage against elites, dismissive of pesky ideas about civil liberties and free speech, and supported by a cadre of yes-men who rally around bright-red imagery. Sound familiar? As the New York Times reports, Chinese people inside and outside the communist country are comparing the… Continue reading Chinese People Keep Comparing Trump’s Authoritarianism to Mao and Xi Jinping
Elon’s Grok Chatbot Calculates Probability That Trump Is a Russian Asset
Elon Musk’s supposedly “anti-woke” chatbot, Grok, keeps spewing outputs that are hilariously opposed to the billionaire’s views — including that newly-minted President Donald Trump is likely a Russian asset. Responding to a prompt from Arizona Republic columnist EJ Montini, Musk’s “maximally truth-seeking” AI, which is built into X, said after an analysis that the probability of the… Continue reading Elon’s Grok Chatbot Calculates Probability That Trump Is a Russian Asset