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Blue Origin's New Glenn Rocket Explodes During Florida Test, Threatening NASA's Moon Plans and Bezos' Space Ambitions

A massive New Glenn rocket from Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin erupted into a fireball during a ground test at Cape Canaveral on Thursday night, dealing a severe blow to the company's commercial satellite plans and NASA's lunar return ambitions.

Cape Canaveral · Cocoa Beach

Jeff Bezos Jared Isaacman Elon Musk John Glenn

AI & Tech·2d ago

NASA Awards Hundreds of Millions to Blue Origin and Others to Build a Permanent Moon Base by the 2030s

Less than two months after a historic crewed flyaround, NASA has awarded contracts to Blue Origin, Astrolab, Lunar Outpost, and Firefly Aerospace to deliver landers, rovers, and drones to the lunar south pole, marking the first phase of a permanent settlement.

Washington, D.C. · Cape Canaveral

Jeff Bezos Carlos Garcia-Galan Jared Isaacman Elon Musk Simeon Barber Donald Trump

AI & Tech·3d ago

Pope Leo XIV calls for AI to be 'disarmed' in first encyclical, drawing praise from US Vice President JD Vance

Pope Leo XIV has issued a sweeping call to 'disarm' artificial intelligence in his first papal encyclical, warning against its concentration of power and use in warfare, while US Vice President JD Vance praised the document as 'profound'.

Vatican City · Washington

Pope Leo XIV JD Vance Chris Olah Claudia Paganini Donald Trump Elon Musk

AI & Tech·yesterday

Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8 Is 4x More Honest, Adds Cheaper Fast Mode and Parallel Subagents

Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.8 promises fewer silent failures, a dramatically cheaper fast mode, and the ability to spawn hundreds of parallel agents.

Tom Pritchard Rayan Krishnan

AI & Tech·3d ago

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Reverses Stance: AI Won't Cause a 'Jobs Apocalypse', Admits He Was 'Pretty Wrong'

Speaking at a Sydney conference, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman walked back his earlier fears, saying AI will not trigger a global jobs crisis, and that he was 'delighted to be wrong' about the pace of job displacement.

Sydney

Sam Altman Matt Comyn

AI & Tech·14h ago

Oura launches Ring 5, the world's smallest smart ring, with AI health monitoring and blood pressure signals ahead of $11bn IPO

Finnish-American health tech company Oura has launched the Ring 5, a smart ring 40% smaller than its predecessor, adding AI-powered Health Radar and blood pressure pattern detection as it prepares for a US IPO at an $11 billion valuation.

Oulu

Tom Hale Holly Shelton Maz Brumand Petteri Lahtela Markku Koskela Kari Kivela

AI & Tech·2d ago

Sony unveils Bravia 9 II and 7 II: its first 'True RGB' mini-LED TVs, likely the last before TCL merger

Sony has launched its first televisions with independently controlled red, green and blue mini-LED backlights, the Bravia 9 II and 7 II, in what may be its final flagship sets before merging its TV business with TCL.

Tokyo