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☆ Prada and Axiom Space unveil spacesuit designs for NASA’s Artemis III moon mission
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Marianna Cerini | Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Milan CNN —Luxury fashion house Prada and commercial space company Axiom Space have unveiled the designs for a spacesuit that will be worn for NASA’s Artemis III moon mission. “This is a groundbreaking partnership,” said Russel Ralston, executive vice president of Axiom Space, during the press conference. “We’re blending engineering, science and art.”The spacesuit will be used for NASA’s Artemis III mission, planned for 2026. Prada & Axiom SpaceThe slick looking suits include a range of innovative features. Prada & Axiom SpaceCurrently scheduled for the second half of 2026, NASA’s Artemis III mission plans to be the first astronaut moon landing since Apollo 17 in 1972.

Persons: Milan, Artemis, ”, Russel Ralston, Lorenzo Bertelli, ” Bertelli, “, it’ll Organizations: Milan CNN, International Astronautical, Linea, Prada, Mobility, Prada Group Locations: Milan, Houston

☆ Jane Street, the trading firm where SBF started his career, offers interns a salary equivalent to as much as $250,000 a year
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Polly Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Jane Street is one of Wall Street's most lucrative trading firms. Some internships at the firm offer a base salary equivalent to $250,000 annually. AdvertisementLucrative trading firm Jane Street is one of Wall Street's leading market-makers. In a sign of its success, Jane Street currently has 58 job vacancies in its New York office. AdvertisementA quantitative researcher internship, which runs from May to August, offers a base salary of $250,000 annually.

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☆ Boeing prepares layoff notices for thousands of workers as turmoil deepens
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-15 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

While Su has previously spoken with Boeing and the striking West Coast factory workers’ union, it is her first time in Seattle meeting both sides in person. Roughly 33,000 workers have been on strike since Sept. 13, seeking a 40% wage increase over four years. Boeing will next month send out 60-day notices to thousands of workers including many in its commercial aviation division, meaning those staff will leave the company in mid-January, one source familiar with the matter said. A Boeing spokesperson said the company had shared information with managers including plans for 10% reductions at its commercial unit involving both union and non-union workers. “Boeing just turned its back on 17,000 of its own workers — the same people who carried Boeing through crisis after crisis, year after year,” he said in a statement.

Persons: Julie Su’s, Su, Jon Holden, ”, Brian Bryant, Nick Cunningham, Tim Clark, “, ” Clark Organizations: Boeing, Labor, Department of Labor, International Association of Machinists, Aerospace Workers, ” Boeing, White, Society of Professional Engineering Employees, Aerospace, Rivals, Partners, Alaska Airlines, Emirates, Air Locations: U.S, Seattle, West Coast

☆ This robot amputates its own limbs to survive
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-15 | by ( Amy Gunia | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Yale’s gecko-inspired robot’s ability to reconfigure itself creates a soft robot that’s even more adaptable. Tan, who works on materials for soft electronics and soft robotics, says that Yale’s robot is the first self-amputating, self-reconfigurable soft robot she’s seen. “What if a soft robot is just minding its own business walking in the wild, but then some part of it is trapped under a rock?” he questioned. “How does the rest of the robot continue on to finish its mission?”Three soft robot modules join to cross a gap that’s too wide for one to bridge on its own. “We can now adapt soft robots … after the robot is underway for its tasks,” he said.

Persons: Bilige Yang, ”, Yu Jun Tan, Tan, Yang, Yale University Yang Organizations: CNN, Yale University, Yale, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Materials, National University of Singapore, NUS Locations: Connecticut

☆ This startup uses AI to predict wildfires. Check out the 10-slide deck OroraTech used to raise a $27 million Series B.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-15 | by ( Riddhi Kanetkar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Munich-based startup OroraTech has secured a $27 million Series B funding round. The startup uses AI and thermal data to predict and monitor wildfire risks globally. The startup provides thermal data and insights to customers for a range of use cases — predominantly to predict and monitor the risk of wildfires. AdvertisementOroraTech has gained interest from various stakeholders, including governments and insurance companies. The startup makes its money by charging a monthly subscription to companies that can use its API to stream OroraTech data into their own systems.

Persons: OroraTech, Martin Langer, Langer Organizations: Service, Bayern Kapital, Ananda Impact Ventures, ConActivity, Findus Venture Locations: Munich, Greece

☆ Elon Musk faces doubts about whether he can still deliver. Starship stuck the landing.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-15 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

SpaceX made history as it returned its Super Heavy booster to its launch site in Texas. For Elon Musk, it was a chance to prove the doubters wrong — and he did. SpaceX Starship. Related storiesAnd Musk earned online applause from legions of Starship fans, including Google CEO Sundar Pichai. Wall Street analysts attributed the decline partly to skepticism over Tesla's ability to deliver fully autonomous driving.

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☆ Deepfake romance scam raked in $46 million from men across Asia, police say
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-15 | by ( Jessie Yeung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Hong Kong CNN —She appeared to be a beautiful woman and in the minds of men across Asia, the video calls they spoke on confirmed their newfound love was real. But Hong Kong police say the men had fallen prey to a romance scam that used deepfake artificial intelligence to lure its victims into parting with more than $46 million. In a news conference Monday, police in the Asian financial hub announced the arrests of more than two dozen members of the alleged scam ring, which they say targeted men from Taiwan to Singapore and as far away as India. But increasingly realistic deepfake technology has raised the stakes and put authorities on high alert. According to Hong Kong police, the romance gang’s deepfake scam typically began with a text message, in which the sender – posing as an attractive woman – said they had mistakenly added the wrong number.

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☆ SuperLimbs: Wearable robotic limbs could help astronauts recover from falls
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-14 | by ( Amy Gunia | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

That includes researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), who are developing a set of wearable robotic limbs to help astronauts recover from falls. When the wearer falls over, an extra pair of limbs can extend out to provide leverage to help them stand, conserving energy for other tasks. The study found that falls were more common when, like Duke, astronauts were collecting samples or using tools – tasks that Artemis astronauts are likely to undertake. Kim Shiflett/NASA NASA astronaut Eric Boe wears Boeing's new spacesuit designed for astronauts who will fly on the CST-100 Starliner. Ballesteros plans to spend the next few years of his PhD using a “Swiss Army Knife technique” to turn SuperLimbs into a system for astronauts that can “address different important use cases, but all be one unified design.”SuperLimbs could help astronauts recover from falls, move efficiently, and do work.

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☆ I'm a tech founder who's had to flee Lebanon. The conflict has spiraled at a terrifying rate, but the tech community is still pressing ahead.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-14 | by ( Charissa Cheong | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

It exposed me to the amount of tech talent in the region. I felt guilty about leaving my team behind, but I'm determined to keep platforming tech talent in Lebanon and support the people who want to keep working. Many people don't know Lebanon has a vibrant tech sceneIn recent years, the tech sector in Lebanon has been booming. On multiple occasions, I'd leave Beirut to stay with friends in the mountains during the night. AdvertisementI didn't want to leave Lebanon and my team, but the UK government were urging British nationals to leave.

Persons: Laura Jardine Paterson, —, I'd, I've, we've, there'd, there's, Paterson, I'm, They've Organizations: Service, Tech, Business Locations: Lebanon, London, Palestinian, Syrian, Europe, Syria, Egypt, Jordan, UAE, Beirut, Israel, Southern Lebanon

☆ Microsoft lost billions of dollars on HoloLens, and its huge IVAS military contract is in trouble
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-14 | by ( Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The company's 10-year IVAS contract to make goggles for the Army is worth up to $22 billion. HoloLens historyMicrosoft's HoloLens device was unveiled in 2015. While the 10-year IVAS contract was expected to be worth as much as $22 billion, it suffered delays and has been plagued by quality and performance problems . AdvertisementIn September, Microsoft tapped Anduril to help with its military contract. Palmer Luckey, a virtual-reality pioneer who founded Anduril, recently described the IVAS contract as his "top priority."

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☆ Jensen Huang says he wants Nvidia to be a company with 100 million AI assistants
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-14 | by ( Shubhangi Goel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Jensen Huang says he hopes Nvidia will be a 50,000 employee company with "a 100 million AI assistants." Huang described a future where Nvidia can use AI assistants across every division to raise output. "I'm hoping that Nvidia someday will be a 50,000 employee company with a 100 million, you know, AI assistants, in every single group," Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on an episode of the "Bg2" podcast released on Sunday. AI agents break down a task into multiple smaller steps, each tackling a specific task to achieve a broader objective. And Google CEO Sundar Pichai said in May that the company is working on developing AI agents with more capabilities.

Persons: Jensen Huang, Huang, —, I'm, Marc Benioff, Sundar Pichai, Pichai Organizations: Nvidia, Tech, Google, Service, AIs, Slack, Bloomberg, Big Tech

☆ NASA launches a probe to find out if there really could be alien life on Jupiter's moon Europa
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-14 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

NASA launched Europa Clipper to see if Jupiter's moon Europa could host alien life. NASA / Jet Propulsion Lab-Caltech / SETI InstituteThe NASA mission, called Europa Clipper, aims to figure out whether the Jupiter moon and its ocean could support life. The Europa Clipper spacecraft at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA/Kim Shiflett"We scientists have been dreaming about a mission like Europa Clipper for more than 20 years. An artist's concept of NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft.

Persons: —, Laurie Leshin, Kim Shiflett, We've, Gina DiBraccio, Jordan Evans, Evans Organizations: NASA, Europa Clipper, Service, SpaceX, Jet Propulsion, Caltech, SETI, Europa, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Kennedy Space Center, Clipper, JPL, Planetary Science Locations: Florida

☆ North Korea sending citizens to help Russian military fight Ukraine, Zelensky says
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-14 | by ( Rob Picheta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —North Korea is sending its citizens to help Russia’s military fight Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky has said, increasing concerns about the alliance between Moscow and the secretive state. In his daily video message on Sunday, the Ukrainian president said: “We see an increasing alliance between Russia and regimes like North Korea. It is actually about transferring people from North Korea to the occupying military forces.”Zelensky’s allegation comes amid an increasingly friendly relationship between Moscow and Pyongyang. Russian President Vladimir Putin visited North Korea in June – the first visit of its kind for more than two decades – and Western observers have wondered how heavily North Korea has assisted Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “We believe that the possibility of further deployment of regular troops is very high, as Russia and North Korea have entered a mutual agreement that is almost equivalent to a military alliance.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelensky, ”, Vladimir Putin, –, ” Zelensky, Dmitry Peskov, Kim Yong, hyun, “, Putin, Kim Jong Un Organizations: CNN, North, National Intelligence Service, Defence, Korean Locations: North Korea, Ukraine, Moscow, Russia, Pyongyang, Russian, Kyiv, Koreans

☆ Jensen Huang hails Elon Musk and xAI for building an AI supercomputer at 'superhuman' speed
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-14 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Nvidia's Jensen Huang praised Elon Musk for building a supercomputer cluster in "19 days." AdvertisementNvidia chief Jensen Huang has praised Elon Musk after his startup xAI built a supercomputer in 19 days, an effort that he said would take others years. xAI built its supercomputer, called Colossus, from a cluster of 100,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs. In an interview with Jordan Peterson on X in June, Musk said it took 19 days to get Colossus from hardware installation to beginning training. Nvidia and Elon Musk didn't immediately respond to requests for comment from Business Insider, made outside normal working hours.

Persons: Nvidia's Jensen Huang, Elon Musk, Huang, —, Jensen Huang, Elon, Musk, Jordan Peterson, X, xAI, Larry Ellison, Elon Musk didn't Organizations: Nvidia, Service, Oracle, Elon, Business Locations: Memphis, Grok, Nobu, Palo Alto

☆ For God, for country, for rain
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-14 | by ( Jessica Lucas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +24 min

It's 9:30 a.m., and Augustus Doricko, the mulleted 24-year-old founder of the cloud-seeding company Rainmaker, is clutching a coffee. There's a long way to go before cloud seeding becomes a viable option for solving one of humanity's many self-made crises. El Segundo, population 17,272, has long been a bastion of American engineering, home to aerospace and defense giants like Boeing and Raytheon. Jett Lara for BIThe burning happens every Friday around 8 p.m. at a bonfire on El Segundo Beach. One of Doricko's goals is to build a church in El Segundo to "share the grace of God with other people."

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☆ Why yesterday's SpaceX launch was such a huge deal for space travel
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-14 | by ( Ellie Zolfagharifard | Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

After liftoff, the Super Heavy booster returned to the launch in a world-first maneuver. The Super Heavy booster released Starship on its path toward space, then began to fall back to Earth. A huge step toward Musk's vision of colonizing MarsOn Sunday, SpaceX's Super Heavy booster returned home and was caught in midair with giant mechanical arms. SpaceX makes rocket historyIn past Starship test flights, the Super Heavy booster either exploded mid-flight or landed in the water. SpaceX said regulators were delaying Starship's fifth test launch because of minor changes and that the FAA was dragging its heels.

Persons: —, Elon Musk, Musk, I'd, Musk's, Olivier de Weck, It's Organizations: SpaceX, Super, Service, YouTube, Space Shuttle, astronautics, MIT, FAA, New York Times Locations: Texas

☆ Insider Today: Robotaxi reality check
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-13 | by ( Matt Turner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

On the agenda today:But first: Elon Musk's robotaxi got lost on the way to Wall Street. This week's dispatchTesla's upcoming Robotaxi TeslaRobotaxi dreams meet Wall Street realityElon Musk unveiled Tesla's robotaxi, along with a robovan and updates to its humanoid robot, at a flashy event in Los Angeles this week. Wall Street wasn't buying it. AdvertisementIt's tough to bet against Elon Musk, as many on Wall Street have discovered. Wall Street is taking note, and Amazon could soon face pressure to return some of its cash with buybacks or dividends.

Persons: —, Microsoft's, Elon Musk's robotaxi, Tesla, Elon Musk, Musk, Alyssa Powell, Anand Selva, He's, who've, Selva, Chelsea Jia Feng, that's, Natalie Ammari, Vishal Persaud, SunPower, it's, Ibrahim Rashid Organizations: Business, Service, Warner Bros, Detroit, Elon, Citi Citi Bank, Getty, Citi, Big, Microsoft Locations: Los Angeles, Burbank, America

☆ With AI warning, Nobel winner joins ranks of laureates who’ve cautioned about the risks of their own work
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-13 | by ( Meg Tirrell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Hinton isn’t the first Nobel laureate to warn about the risks of the technology that he helped pioneer. Irene Joliot-Curie and Frederic Joliot shared the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1935. AFP/Getty Images1945: Antibiotic resistanceSir Alexander Fleming shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in medicine with Ernst Chain and Sir Edward Florey for the discovery of penicillin and its application in curing bacterial infections. “I, for one, would not shrink from that challenge.”Jennifer Doudna won the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 2020 for her work on a new method of gene editing. Nobel Prize Outreach/Brittany Hosea-Small/Handout/Reuters2020: Gene editingFour years ago, Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier shared the Nobel Prize in chemistry for the development of a method for genome editing called CRISPR-Cas9.

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☆ Floridians detail Hurricane Milton and Helene’s toll on their mental health
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-13 | by ( Ramon Sanchez | Ray Sanchez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The surging floodwaters from Hurricane Milton poured in through the windows late Wednesday and their refrigerator slowly floated away. Even after floodwaters subside, the stress and anxiety can lead to lingering mental health challenges. Storms can exacerbate existing mental health problems or lead to new ones. Concerns about the mental health effects of back-to-back disasters come as researchers predict more frequent extreme weather events. But research suggests the hurricanes will make people more vulnerable to mental health problems and likely make it harder for them to recover, she said.

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☆ The Harvard students who added AI facial recognition to Meta glasses share some of their other big ideas
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-13 | by ( Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The two Harvard students who put facial recognition AI in Meta's Ray-Ban glasses have big ideas. The duo, AnhPhu Nguyen and Caine Ardayfio, are known for their innovative tech projects. AdvertisementTwo Harvard students spooked the world with their demonstration of facial recognition using Meta Ray-Bans. They also built AI into augmented reality glasses that can fact-check a user's statement during an argument in real time. Ardafiyo and Nguyen have big ideas for AI products in manufacturing, construction, and industrial tech spaces, they told BI.

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☆ China’s ‘New Great Wall’ Casts a Shadow on Nepal
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-12 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +14 min

Hilsa Village NEPAL CHINA Area of detail CHINA Humla District NEPAL Kathmandu INDIA 75 miles NEPAL CHINA Hilsa Village CHINA Area of detail Humla District NEPAL Kathmandu INDIA 75 miles Source: OpenStreetMap, ESRI By Agnes ChangThe Nepalis have other complaints, too. “This is the new Great Wall of China,” said Jeevan Bahadur Shahi, the former provincial chief minister of the area. Without proper roads, it takes goat herders three days to cover the seven miles from Simikot, Nepal, to Humla. CHINA NEPAL CHINA-NEPAL BORDER CHINA NEPAL CHINA-NEPAL BORDER CHINA NEPAL CHINA-NEPAL BORDERThe Chinese side used to be nearly as remote, the seclusion broken only by a flow of pilgrims to Mount Kailash, which is holy to four faiths. Just 20 miles away is the junction of China, Nepal and India.

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☆ I moved from the US to South Africa 3 years ago. It's easier to achieve the American dream here.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-12 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Christian Salafia, a 51-year-old semi-retired American, moved to South Africa in 2021. I moved to South Africa for my now-wife three years ago. Courtesy of Christian SalafiaDiscovering South AfricaWhen I stepped out of the plane for the first time in South Africa, I felt immediately relaxed. Christian Salafia and his wife Kim when he moved permanently to South Africa in August 2021. Everyone here knows South Africa has its problems — electricity, water, corruption, and crime — but it doesn't seem to faze anyone.

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☆ I was a graphic designer for decades and went back to school at 60 to become a teacher. It pays less but is more rewarding.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-12 | by ( Cailey Griffin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

After a decadeslong career as a graphic designer, I decided to pursue a teaching career at 60. I remember my first day walking up to the entrance of my training school as clear as day. During teacher training, a staff member is there to mentor and take you under their wing. I may make less, but teaching has been extremely rewardingI finished my teacher training and graduated with my PGCE in 2022. Financially, I make less as a teacher than in my professional graphic design career.

Persons: Stuart Fuller, —, I've, I'd, hadn't, There's Organizations: Service, Saatchi, Saatchi & Saatchi, Royal Air Force, Google Locations: London, Cambridge, England, Loughton , England

☆ A 33-year-old self-made millionaire shares the 2-part 'financial freedom road map' that helped him build wealth
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-12 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Erik Smolinski shares the 'road map' he used to build wealth and achieve financial independence. He also provides steps anyone can take to build wealth, starting with opening a brokerage account. Part 1: Understand 3 'wealth levers'According to Smolinski, there are three "wealth levers" that you have to use in order to build wealth. Next, link your bank account to your brokerage account and initiate your first transfer. Over time, you'll learn to live without the chunk of money you're setting aside for your future.

Persons: Erik Smolinski, —, Smolinski, that's, you've, I'm Organizations: Service, Marine Corps

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