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Joby just flew a plane 3,199 miles across the US with no pilot at the controls
Posted on Tuesday September 22, 2026
The aircraft left Concord, California, earlier this month. A safety pilot was aboard, but Joby said the pilot did not help operate the aircraft.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Starcloud wants to mine Bitcoin in space, if it can figure out how to cool the hardware
Posted on Tuesday September 22, 2026
CEO Philip Johnston says Starcloud will be the first company to mine Bitcoin in space, with ASICs riding aboard Starcloud-2 when it's expected to launch in early 2027.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Sublime Text stays fast and focused with Python 3.14 upgrade
Posted on Tuesday September 22, 2026
Sublime Text has upgraded its plugin environment, while adding file icon themes and improving performance when saving many files and checking Git status. While other code editors embrace AI, Sublime Text sticks to what it does best: being a fast, lightweight code editor.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
AI data center boom hits growing resistance as $68 billion in US projects are blocked or delayed
Posted on Tuesday September 22, 2026
Local opposition blocked or delayed 45 data center projects valued at $68 billion during the second quarter, according to Data Center Watch, a research initiative from AI intelligence company 10a Labs. The affected projects accounted for more than half of the large-scale data center developments the group began tracking during the period.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Activision says the Call of Duty cheat economy is now a $8.5 billion industry
Posted on Tuesday September 22, 2026
The company also cited a recent study by threat intelligence firm Intorqa, which claims the cheat economy generates between $5.1 billion and $13.8 billion every year, with the median estimate being around $8.5 billion. The study claims that the cheat economy is made up of two revenue streams: subscription software...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
British Columbia says OpenAI could have stopped a school shooting, and is suing over it
Posted on Tuesday September 22, 2026
The suit, which was filed in San Francisco federal court, accuses OpenAI accuses OpenAI of designing an unsafe product and acting negligently. It seeks damages to fund recovery efforts in the province following the shooting at a school in Tumbler Ridge in February.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Google's Googlebook isn't a better Chromebook, it's an attempt to rebuild the PC around Android
Posted on Tuesday September 22, 2026
Pre-orders are now open for the first Googlebook laptops from five manufacturers. Starting prices range from $899 to $1,299.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
A driverless Waymo car wandered into a farmers market, and nobody knew how to stop it
Posted on Tuesday September 22, 2026
The vehicle entered Denver's South Pearl Street Farmers Market on Sunday, September 20. Assistant market manager Shari Wilkins told 9News (via The Denver Gazette) that it arrived around 8:40 am, 20 minutes before the market was due to open.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Airbus is using a Steam Deck to drive a Mars rover prototype
Posted on Tuesday September 22, 2026
The setup appears in a video from YouTuber Tom Scott, who visited Airbus facilities in the UK to see work on the rover. The project is focused on developing a vehicle that can travel across Mars with a high degree of autonomy. Because signals take too long to travel between...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Engineer says Claude Code has made his job "soul-sucking" as workers spend 12-hour days pressing enter
Posted on Tuesday September 22, 2026
The engineer, who posted anonymously on X under the username voxium for fear of reprisal from his employer, called his new role at an undisclosed company "soul-sucking."Read Entire Article Continue Reading »