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UK-based space techstartupOpen Cosmos has successfully launched a new AI-powered satellite that can provide near real-time views of Earth. Key to HAMMERs abilities is, you guessed it,artificial intelligence. In what is billed as a world-first, this information can be accessed via a mobile app. HAMMER is equipped with a super high-resolution hyperspectral camera. The camera captures images across hundreds of narrow spectral bands, revealing the chemical makeup of objects. The company is also developing an satellite data analytics platform called DataCosmos....

The Oakland Athletics' on-going move to Vegas has been anything but smooth. It almost seems like they’re aiming to go about this in the most incompetent way possible. In fact, there’s still a decent chance this all falls apart in spectacular fashion. The first edition of renderings that we saw last summer were thrown out. It took until yesterday for everyone to see what this $1.5B project was going to resemble....

In the last decade, the US established itself as a leader infundingclimate tech ventures, with Europe trailing. Notably, many of these ventures are developing complex hardware products, necessitating a longer path to market. However, theres a silver lining in the climate tech sector. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. This European resilience is even more remarkable when contrasted with the US. He highlights the wealth of innovation and early-stage research in Europe as a major attractor for US investors....

Its a significant cut above most true crime fare, aesthetically and especially thematically. The two seekers here run along parallel lines. He was found dead in a Virginia hotel room, his wrists slashed open, in 1991. And theres Christian Hansen, a photojournalist who grabs hold of the Casolaro story and simply cant let go. You like murder mysteries? This has it in spades. You like government cover ups? Oh buddy let me tell you....

The excitement of auto racing comes from split-second decisions and daring passes by fearless drivers. Imagine that scene, but without the driver the car alone, guided by the invisible hand ofartificial intelligence. Can the rush of racing unfold without a driver steering the course? It turns out that it can. Motorsport racing was organised toshowcase the technological performanceand safety of these horseless carriages. It’s free, every week, in your inbox....

A wave of femtech innovators may finally bring balance. Among them is Elina Berglund, co-founder and CEO of Natural Cycles, the worlds leading birth-controlapp. Berglund is a Swedish particle physicist and entrepreneur. In the same year, she co-founded Natural Cycles alongside her husband. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. The move from physics to entrepreneurship wasnt an easy decision, Berglund says. It all started when she was seeking an active, hormone-free contraceptive method for herself....

Moments like this are never easy. This is an emotional time. Difficult decisions have to be made. Listen, I love Mac Jones as much as anybody.I have ever since we first brought him home. But he’s been suffering. We’re all suffering. And we have to do what’s right. Whether that’s keeping him and trying to make him better. Or sending him off to go live somewhere else where they can take care of him....

40% off TNW Conference! Mews had a revenue increase of over 60% year-on-year and more than 16 million annual hotel check-ins worldwide. Currently, around 5,000 customers use its platform to manage over 350,000 hospitality spaces. Mews is now the32ndunicorn bred in the Netherlands, joining the likes of Booking, Adyen, and bunq. Story byIoanna Lykiardopoulou Ioanna is a writer at TNW. With a background in the humanities, she has a soft spot for social impact-enabling technologies....

Lithium-ion batteries have transformed everything from consumer electronics toelectric vehiclesand energy storage. But to power the next wave of tech from planes to smartphones they need to get denser. One option is to replace the graphite anodes within them with silicon ones. That means more efficient batteries that last longer. DutchstartupLeydenJar has been touting the benefits for years. And today, the company announced the site for its first factory, scheduled to open in 2026....

I purposely didn’t use his name in the headline because I didn’t want to. I can’t stand this guy and his dumbass takes. People don’t forget, Dan! Just to be clear, this never happened and never even got close. Now he’s out here calling college basketball an unappealing product. I can’t say anything else really besides shut the fuck up. Kind of happens when you’re a generational talent, setting scoring records and the sport is growing....

I thought that too. Surprisingly it’s not the case. He actually lives in an apartment on a weird island outside of Queens. An island that was originally used to house mental patients. But Klemmer’s living arraignment is besides the point. The point is, for 100 consecutive hours, Klemmer will have zero contact with the outside world. If any news drops between now and Friday, Klemmer will be blissfully unaware of it....

The role of anethics committeeis to give advice on what should be done in often contentious situations. They are used in medicine, research, business, law and a variety of other areas. The word ethics relates to themoral principles governing human behaviour. As AI is aclass of computer algorithm, it relies on data. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Here, context becomes very important. It is in this area that AI could be very helpful....