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Another SpaceX rocket explodes in new setback to Elon Musk’s Mars project

Yesterday at 12:24 PM, via The Guardian

Starship 36 was preparing for 10th test flight from Texas when it suffered ‘catastrophic failure’ while on stand

One of Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starships exploded during a routine test in Texas, authorities said, in the latest setback to the billionaire’s dream of turning humanity into an interplanetary species.

The Starship 36 suffered “catastrophic failure and exploded” at the Starbase launch...

Expedition to ‘real home of the pirates of the Caribbean’ hopes to unearth ships and treasure

Yesterday at 12:21 PM, via The Guardian

Exploration of Bahamas seabed will be first time notorious New Providence hideout has been searched

The Pirates of the Caribbean is a $4.5bn swashbuckling film franchise and Blackbeard and Calico Jack Rackham are among marauding buccaneers who have captured imaginations over the centuries.

But almost nothing is known about the life and times of actual pirates.

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Anti-phishing efforts flag legitimate e-mails

Yesterday at 12:01 PM, via ITWeb

Over 80% of phishing e-mails analysed were enhanced using AI – making them far more convincing than ever before, according to KnowBe4 research.

Steam Beta Enables Proton On Linux For All Titles

Yesterday at 12:00 PM, via Slashdot

Valve has quietly updated the Steam Beta Client to enable Proton by default for all Windows games on Linux, eliminating the need for users to toggle compatibility settings manually. GamingOnLinux reports: For some context here: originally, Proton had an option to enable / disable it globally. That was removed with the Game Recording update last year. That made sense, because people kept somehow...

Can A.I. Quicken the Pace of Math Discoveries?

Yesterday at 11:02 AM, via New York Times

Breakthroughs in pure mathematics can take decades. A new Defense Department initiative aims to speed things up using artificial intelligence.

EFF Says UK And Its Allies Can Keep Their Visas

Yesterday at 10:41 AM, via Tech Financials

The reason Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema was denied a visa to enter the United Kingdom has been revealed and his party says it is “not surprised”. The UK has revealed that it denied Malema a visa because of his openly expressed support for Hamas and utterances considered as inciting racial violence. Reacting to […]

DA Says PIC Shielded Daybreak Looter, Ignored Disciplinary Advice

Yesterday at 09:34 AM, via Tech Financials

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has raised serious concerns over the Public Investment Corporation’s (PIC) failure to act against company secretary Bongani Mathebula, despite disciplinary and commission recommendations. Outgoing PIC CEO Abel Sithole admitted that the asset manager ignored its own disciplinary committee’s recommendation to dismiss Mathebula. Additionally, the PIC provided...

Silicon Valley Execs Join the Army As Officers

Yesterday at 09:00 AM, via Slashdot

The U.S. Army Reserve has directly commissioned four top Silicon Valley executives as lieutenant colonels under a new initiative, Detachment 201, aimed at accelerating tech integration into military operations. While these part-time roles are intended to bring private-sector innovation to defense modernization, the move is pretty unusual. Gizmodo reports: The Army said in a press release that...

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