In a world first this organism has 50 percent synthetic DNA
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We are getting closer to being able to create organisms that are 100% synthetic DNA and that are truly artificial lifeforms. Love the Exponential…
Rumours still swirl around OpenAI’s human level AI “Q”
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF OpenAI have been hiding a new development, but until they clarify what it is the rumour train is hurtling through the station. Love the…
DeepMind’s newest AI learns new skills by watching humans
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We think that we need data to train AI, but data comes in many forms, and new AI’s are being trained in many new ways…
In a world first AI beats humans at a physical sport
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF AI isn’t just constrained to the digital world, in the future it will be able to increasingly influence and enter the real world in different…
New study confirms that zaps from electric eels transfer new genes into animals
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Nature, and evolution, is more chaotic than first thought, but this new breakthrough opens up a new world of electrogenetic human user interfaces … …
Blue Origin will livestream its first launch in over a year tomorrow
Blue Origin will stream the launch on its site. | Screenshot: The Verge Space tourism company Blue Origin has set its sights on a New Shepard launch window that starts…
Peloton’s app now pairs with third-party treadmills for some subscribers
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Peloton is opening up its app to third-party treadmills for running, walking, or Tread Bootcamp classes. Pelo Buddy spotted a new support page…
SpaceX Starship Fleet
The SpaceX Starship fleet is now over four Starship and three Super Heavy Boosters. The construction of over one Raptor engine per day in 2024 will enable ten Starships and…
NASA Finds Evidence Enceladus is More Habitable and More Likely to Have Microbial Life
Analysis of the Cassini probe data shows evidence for Enceladus habitability a step further. They’ve found strong confirmation of hydrogen cyanide, a molecule that is key to the origin of…
Israel Finds Largest Gaza Tunnel Built With Boring Machines
The largest Gaza tunnel found so far can fit vehicles into it and was built with tunnel boring machines. The tunnel-boring machines used in the construction had been smuggled into…