SpaceX was awarded an eight-launch, $ 733 million contract by the U.S. Space Force on Friday, as part of an ongoing program intended to foster competition among launch providers. The award includes seven launches for the Space Development Agency and one for the National Reconnaissance Office, all anticipated to use Falcon 9s and occur no […]
Air Force vs. Navy radio station: Channel, live streams to listen live to college football game broadcast
The stage is set for the latest instalment of the storied Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy as the Midshipmen and the Falcons face off at Falcon Stadium on Saturday, with both teams carrying different aspirations into the contest. The Navy Midshipmen are riding high on a 4-0 start. Their undefeated record speaks volumes about their prowess, and they […]
Cockroach Labs shakes up its licensing to force bigger companies to pay
Cockroach Labs, the business and core developer behind the eponymous distributed SQL database known as CockroachDB, is changing its licensing once again — five years after it moved on from an open source model. The company revealed today that its consolidating its self-hosted product under a single enterprise license, a move designed to encourage larger […]
The EU’s AI Act is now in force
It’s official: The European Union’s risk-based regulation for applications of artificial intelligence has come into force from Thursday, August 1, 2024. This starts the clock on a series of staggered compliance deadlines that the law will apply to different types of AI developers and applications. Most provisions will be fully applicable by mid-2026. But the […]
WazirX halts trading after $230 million ‘force majeure’ loss
WazirX, one of India’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has suspended all trading activities on its platform days after losing about $ 230 million, nearly half of its reserves, in a security breach. The Mumbai-based exchange said in a tweet Sunday evening that the cyber attack had substantially impaired its ability to maintain the critical 1:1 collateral […]