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Such a development, if flown, could usher in a new era of spaceflight. That said, it is only one of several exciting avenues in rocket propulsion. Here are some others. Chemical rockets The standard means of propulsion for spacecraft uses chemical rockets. The engine nozzle provides the only outlet for this gas which consequently expands out of it, providing thrust. 40% off TNW Conference! Recently, private company SpaceX has been conductingtest flightsof their Starship launcher prototype....

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Nowthe AirTags are finally out, we need new unreleased Apple products to obsess over. So, yo make some noise for the new AirPods and HiFi Apple Music! Should you believe this? We know for certain that Apples going to release new AirPods at some point. Plus, there have already beena shit ton of leaks. New AirPods are definitely happening. We just dont know when. The thing is, an actual reliable Apple leaker and analyst (shout out Ming-Chi Kuo!...

Modernluthierstend to apply modest design twists to centuries-old designs because, well, thats the way its done. 40% off TNW Conference! Its easy enough to reverse-engineer a violins sound after youve heard it. But what if we could tell what a violin will sound like before its even made? Once tuned, the networks accuracy in predicting instrument sounds reached nearly 98%. Luthiers have experimented for centuries, but trial-and-error is an expensive way to build a violin....

Researchers at Intel Labs transformed the graphics by training convolutional networks on real-world images. The online grid then applied the style of the training data to rendered images from the game. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. I personally enjoyed theDeutschGTA, but both the transformations looked pretty stunning to me. Story byThomas Macaulay Thomas is the managing editor of TNW. He leads our coverage of European tech and oversees our talented team of writers....

Earlier this year, Xiaomishowed off a concept videofor charging a phone over the air in a room. Now, Motorola has also announced that exploring long-distance wireless charging solutions for its future generations of devices. The phone maker is partnering withGuRu wireless,a company thats working on over-the-air charging solutions for multiple devices. The US-based firm claims to have a proprietary charging tech that uses millimeter-wave (mmWave) integrated circuits. GuRu said that first-gen chargers with this tech will be able to charge your phone between 5W to 10W....

Another day, another person claiming theyve created Bitcoin. Last month, Wright also fileda case against crypto site Bitcoin.orgs publisher Corbafor alleged copyright infringement. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. But has since failed to prove it substantially. The question still remains, will the real Satoshi Nakamoto c’mon stand up? That’s one heck of a mixed bag. He likes to say “Bleh. That’s one heck of a mixed bag. He likes to say “Bleh....

It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Musk also said that hes going to explore other cryptocurrencies that are more energy efficient. There are more than 40,000 quoted tweets at the time of writing. The Tesla co-founders relation with crypto has been wayward. He has helped Dogecoin gain value multiple times by just tweeting about it in support. Days later, he asked consumers if Tesla should startaccepting the currency. That’s one heck of a mixed bag....

Facial recognition isnt the only scary thing bad actors and governments can use computer recognition for. Its like magic, only far more accessible. We use computer vision for everything from cancer detection to counting large numbers of objects in a photograph. Theres nothing stopping a clever developer from training an AI system to infer text from keystrokes or finger movement. And thats pretty scary, well explain why in a moment....

Are we alone in the universe? The famous SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) program has been trying to answer this question since 1959. But skeptics are not convinced, arguing the lack of evidence for such civilizations suggests they areexceedingly rare. And would it be possible for such lifeforms to communicate with each other (non-human SETI)? Our new study,published in Biosystems, suggests it would. Indeed, we show how microbes could mimic the SETI program without human interference....

Googles antitrust woes continue to mount. In addition to the fine, the watchdog has ordered Google to make JuicePass available on Android Auto. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Unsurprisingly, Google disagrees with the decision. A spokesperson for the company said, we will now review our options. Do EVs excite your electrons? Do ebikes get your wheels spinning? Do self-driving cars get you all charged up? Story byThomas Macaulay Thomas is the managing editor of TNW....

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Many founders openly talk about the challenges and triumphs that come with expanding product offerings and adding customers. But adding colleagues especially in a remote environment comes with its own set of growing pains and valuable lessons. I experienced that first-hand last year when my teamtripledin size. It wasnt easy, but I learned great lessons that made me a better entrepreneur. So let me sharewhat I discovered while scaling our team at a rate that none of us had anticipated....