2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (371+ words) Elon Musk's decision to sell compute power to Anthropic is an illustration of how the AI token is taking over the economy. When Elon Musk founded x AI (now owned by Space X) he rightly saw how AI compute power would…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (131+ words) Semafor Activists target massive Space X IPO Elon Musk is poised to have "virtually unchecked executive authority" when Space X goes public this year, Reuters reported. Documents show Space X is looking to limit investors" ability to challenge company management,…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago  (138+ words) The existence of near-unkillable fungi makes future Mars rover missions more fraught. NASA found fungal strains that survive even its most stringent sterilization efforts, suggesting Earth microbes may already be living on Mars When exploring worlds which could plausibly harbor…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago  (149+ words) The Falcon 9 rocket is the workhorse of the modern space industry, but now Space X is looking to build a much more powerful launch vehicle. Space X may be looking beyond the world's most successful rocket to build a much…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago  (352+ words) As Elon Musk and Sam Altman's personal rivalry plays out in court, Musk is sticking it to the Open AI CEO in another way: handing rival Anthropic a big win. Space X's partnership with Anthropic, announced Wednesday, gives the frontier…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (327+ words) Abu Dhabi-based Orbitworks, a space technology company, is planning a $1 billion investment to expand its satellite network over the next five years after securing its first deal with a European government, its chief executive told Semafor. The firm, which is…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (204+ words) Scientists are using Nvidia GPUs to examine the data produced by telescopes like the James Webb, regularly discovering the oldest galaxies in the universe. During a conversation at Los Alamos labs in 1950, physicist Enrico Fermi famously asked why, if the…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (246+ words) A Beijing-based space startup secured $8. 4 billion in financing commitments from state-owned or -linked banks, part of China's efforts to explore building orbital data centers. A Beijing-based space startup secured $8. 4 billion in financing commitments from state-owned or -linked banks, part of…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (138+ words) The Voyager probes launched in 1977 toward the solar system's outer planets. Voyager 1, the most distant man-made object from Earth, shut down one of its three remaining instruments as NASA worked to extend its near-half-century mission The Voyager probes launched in…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (661+ words) View / Competition to provide satellite internet heats up in Africa'Semafor View / Competition to provide satellite internet heats up in Africa One of the most eye-opening conversations I had at Semafor World Economy was about the fierce commercial battle playing out…...