Victor Tangermann

SpaceX has launched over 6,000 Starlink internet satellites into low-Earth orbit and is planning to launch as many as 42,000 additional ones in the upcoming years. But how exactly their presence in the Earth's orbit impacts the environment remains a mystery. Regulation, in particular, hasn't caught up with commercial entities like SpaceX building out mega-constellations […]

  Facebook has been overrun with "slop," AI-generated images of dubious, nonsensical junk. Images like "shrimp Jesus, an 18-wheeler overflowing with babies, or a police officer holding a massive holy bible while wading through flood water, are regularly going viral on the ancient social media network. In an effort to chase down where all of […]

  A new survey conducted by interns at investment bank Morgan Stanley has found that the "Tesla 'cool factor' is cooling" among Gen Zers in the US. According to the report, the Elon Musk-led company was the most desirable brand for only 11 percent of Morgan Stanley interns, compared to 14 percent last year, and […]

Make Tesla Great Again Tesla CEO Elon Musk's endorsement of former TV host Donald Trump is starting to directly affect the EV maker's business in Europe. As Fortune reports, Rossman, one of the largest drugstore chains in Europe, cited the mercurial CEO's support for the former president and climate change denier — who has repeatedly flip-flopped […]

As Boeing's woes with its plagued Starliner spacecraft continue, the aerospace giant's contributions to NASA's efforts to return astronauts to the Moon are also significantly behind schedule and way over budget. Boeing was contracted to develop a powerful new upper stage for NASA's Space Launch System, a gigantic rocket the agency is using to get […]

Bullseye NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has been shooting lasers at Japan's Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) in an attempt to hit a retroreflector mounted right beneath the lander's solar panels. This tiny, dome-shaped device called a Laser Retroreflector Array is a surprisingly simple contraption with an important job. It's designed to reflect light, which […]

OpenAI keeps losing top talent, indicating some considerable inner turmoil rocking the ChatGPT maker. As The Information reported this week, cofounder John Schulman has left the company to join rival AI company Anthropic, while president Greg Brockman is taking a leave of absence. VP of consumer product Peter Deng has also quit, indicating a major […]

  X owner Elon Musk just can't stop falling for fake news on his own social media platform. The social media network has rapidly turned into a cesspool of disinformation and hate speech under his leadership — and even Musk himself has greatly contributed to the trend. Most recently, Musk commented on a completely made-up […]

Inhumane By all accounts, the launch of tech startup Humane's AI Pin was an absolute disaster. The $699 gadget, which was designed to capitalize on the AI hype by acting as a personal assistant you can magnetically attach to your lapel, turned out to be a complete flop. Tech YouTuber Marques "MKBHD" Brownlee called it […]