In a world first laser beams have been deflected by just air
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Helicity Space Raises $5 Million to Make Nuclear Fusion Rockets
– Helicity Space got $5 million in seed round funding from several new investors including Airbus Ventures, TRE Ventures, Voyager Space Holdings, E2MC Space, Urania Ventures and Gaingels. There is…
DOE $42 Million for Inertial Fusion Energy Hubs
The DOE funding $42 million to support three hubs to develop inertial fusion. The hubs will be led by researchers at Colorado State University, the University of Rochester, and Lawrence…
Google’s Android app store monopoly violates antitrust law, jury finds
Enlarge / Artist’s conception of Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney jumping for joy at news of the verdict. (credit: Epic Games) While Epic’s antitrust arguments against Google had many similarities…
The Apple TV app now looks more like an all-purpose streaming hub
Image: Apple Apple rolled out a revamped Apple TV app as a part of its suite of new software releases on Monday. The tvOS 17.2 update includes a new sidebar…
The growing abuse of QR codes in malware and payment scams prompts FTC warning
Enlarge / A woman scans a QR code in a café to see the menu online. The US Federal Trade Commission has become the latest organization to warn against the…
The US military’s spaceplane is about to fly again—it needs a bigger rocket
Enlarge / SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket stands on Launch Complex 39A in Florida, hours before its scheduled liftoff with the military’s X-37B spaceplane. (credit: Trevor Mahlmann/Ars Technica) CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida—A…
AI companion robot helps some seniors fight loneliness, but others hate it
Enlarge / ElliQ, an AI companion robot from Intuition Robotics. (credit: ElliQ) Some seniors in New York are successfully combating their loneliness with an AI-powered companion robot named ElliQ—while others…
Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight
Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge Three years after Fortnite-maker Epic Games sued Apple and Google for allegedly running illegal app store monopolies, Epic has a win. The jury…
Netflix is down for many people right now
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Over the last hour or so, people worldwide have reported trouble connecting to Netflix and a strange “tvq-pb-101” error message as the app…