May 30, 2020 Microsoft cuts dozens of staff as it shifts to AI for MSN news stories Workforce automation is about to cost dozens of news contractors their jobs. The Seattle Times and The Guardian report that Microsoft is letting go…
May 30, 2020 Watch NASA astronauts fly SpaceX’s Crew Dragon using touchscreens Nearly two hours after NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley became the first astronauts launched to space on a privately-owned rocket, they also…
May 30, 2020 Senator Ted Cruz asks DOJ to investigate Twitter over Iran sanctions Twitter is facing yet more scrutiny over its approach to politicians, albeit for different reasons. Axios (via The Verge) has learned that Senator Ted…
May 30, 2020 National Guard Says No ‘Child Soldiers’ Were Deployed to Control Protests Officials with the National Guards of Georgia and Minnesota offered swift denials on Saturday regarding allegations that some of its citizen soldiers deployed into…
May 30, 2020 Toyota’s RAV4 plug-in hybrid will be available this summer for $40,000 Toyota’s RAV4 Prime will be available for purchase this summer, and its prices will start at $38,100, not including the company’s $1,120 fee for…
May 30, 2020 Microsoft Is Switching Out MSN’s Contract Journalists for AI Dozens of contract journalists at Microsoft’s MSN and Microsoft News organizations are being phased out in favor of artificial intelligence, according to multiple reports…
May 30, 2020 SpaceX finally sent humans to space. What happens next? The SpaceX Dragon Capsule Demo-2 sent two NASA astronauts to orbit on Saturday, the first time a private company has ever sent a crewed…
May 30, 2020 Meet the cute stuffed dinosaur that hitched a ride on SpaceX’s historic launch Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley had some company on their historic flight to space today: a stuffed dinosaur tucked into one of the…
May 30, 2020 SpaceX successfully launches first crew to orbit, ushering in new era of spaceflight Image: SpaceX / NASA After nearly two decades of effort, Elon Musk’s aerospace company, SpaceX, successfully launched its first two people into orbit, ushering…
May 30, 2020 SpaceX’s historic launch succeeds on its second attempt A new era of American spaceflight began Saturday as SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket broke through Earth’s upper atmosphere carrying veteran astronauts Robert Behnken and…