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Trump Admin Launches EVTOL Air Taxi Program
The Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration announced Monday the selection of eight pilot projects to test advanced air mobility aircraft, including electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles known as eVTOLs.
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US Drafts Rules on Global AI Chip Exports
The Trump administration has drafted rules requiring U.S. approval for global sales by Nvidia and other AI chipmakers, a new policy that would give Washington oversight of global artificial intelligence infrastructure growth, Bloomberg reports,
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Big Tech Pushes Back on Anthropic Risk Label
A Big Tech industry group on Wednesday expressed concern to War Secretary Pete Hegseth about his declaring artificial intelligence company Anthropic a supply-chain risk.
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Scott Augenbaum to Newsmax: AI Helping Scammers Be More Productive
Cybersecurity expert and retired FBI supervisory special agent Scott Augenbaum told Newsmax that artificial intelligence platforms are helping scammers be more effective.
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Report: US Used Anthropic's Claude AI in Iran Attacks
The U.S. military used Anthropic's Claude artificial intelligence model over the weekend in connection with its attack on Iran and continues to use the technology, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
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Claude Tops ChatGPT in Apple App Store
Anthropic's Claude has surged to the top of Apple's app rankings, overtaking OpenAI's ChatGPT in a closely watched race among artificial intelligence assistants.
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Report: Senators Urge Deal in Pentagon-Anthropic AI Row
Senate defense leaders privately urged the Pentagon and Anthropic on Friday to resolve a dispute over limits on the use of Anthropic's Claude artificial intelligence model in classified settings, as a Pentagon deadline neared that could end the company's contract.
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Avi Loeb to Newsmax: Trump Order on UFO Files Signals Data Release Push
Harvard University astrophysicist Avi Loeb praised President Donald Trump on Newsmax on Friday after he directed the government to begin identifying and releasing files related to extraterrestrial life and unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP.
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Congress to Weigh Extending Space Station Life, Moon Base
A Senate committee next week will consider extending the planned life of the International Space Station by two years to give companies more time to develop a replacement, one of a few changes to a NASA bill focused on rivaling China's growing presence in space.
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Scott Augenbaum to Newsmax: AI Making Cybercrime Faster, Not Smarter
Artificial intelligence may be fueling a sharp rise in cyberattacks, but retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent Scott Augenbaum said on Newsmax Wednesday that the technology isn't making criminals more intelligent...
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NASA Moves Artemis II Moon Rocket off the Launch Pad for Repairs
NASA moved its grounded Artemis moon rocket from the launch pad back to its hangar on Wednesday for more repairs.The slow-motion trek at Florida's Kennedy Space Center was expected to take all day...
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Trump Strikes at Heart of 'Disastrous' Climate Policy
In a bold stroke for economic relief, President Donald Trump this month repealed the 2009 Endangerment Finding, dismantling the Obama administration's declaration that greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide pose a threat to humanity.
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Groups Sue EPA Over Repeal of Rule Backing Climate Protections
A coalition of health and environmental groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday, challenging the rescinding of a scientific finding that has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change.
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NASA Crew Set for Flight to ISS
NASA is set to launch four astronauts to the International Space Station on Friday, replacing a crew that was evacuated early due to a medical issue. The U.S. space agency is targeting Feb. 13 for the lift-off of Crew-12's mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with a ...
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EPA Set to Rescind 2009 Climate Endangerment Finding
The Trump administration is expected this week to revoke a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, according to a White House official.
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NASA Delays Artemis 2 Moon Mission to March Due to Liquid Hydrogen Leak
NASA said on Tuesday it was targeting a March window to launch its Artemis 2 mission to send four astronauts around the moon after a delay in this week's departure, caused by a leak of liquid hydrogen during a key "wet dress rehearsal."
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King Charles Believes 'Harmony' Can Help Save the Planet
Can it be that, like many baby boomers, King Charles III feels misunderstood That might sound like a strange question for a man with his own public relations team and easy access to any journalist in the realm.
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20,000-Year-Old Freshwater Aquifer Found Under Atlantic
Scientists have uncovered a massive, 20,000-year-old freshwater reservoir beneath the Atlantic Ocean, reports Live Science. The aquifer, stretching from New Jersey to Maine, could hold enough water to supply New York City for 800 years...
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Musk, Altman Spar Over Whose Tech Is Killing More People
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has pushed back against claims by Elon Musk that ChatGPT is dangerous, escalating a public feud between two of the most prominent figures in artificial intelligence as scrutiny of AI safety intensifies worldwide.
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Researchers Find Antarctic Penguin Breeding Is Heating up Sooner
Warming temperatures are forcing Antarctic penguins to breed earlier and that's a big problem for two of the cute tuxedoed species that face extinction by the end of the century, a study said.
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HHS to Launch Study on Cellphone Radiation Health Risks
The Department of Health and Human Services will launch a study on cellphone radiation, a department spokesman said on Thursday, building on Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s assertions linking them to neurological damage and cancer.
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Study: Tyrannosaurus Rex Did Not Reach Full Size Until Age 40
There is no question that Tyrannosaurus rex got big. In fact, this fearsome dinosaur may have been Earth's most massive land predator of all time. But the question of how quickly T. rex achieved its maximum size has been a matter of debate.
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Ailing Astronaut Returns to Earth Early in NASA's 1st Medical Evacuation
An ailing astronaut returned to Earth with three others on Thursday, ending their space station mission more than a month early in NASA's first medical evacuation. SpaceX guided the capsule to a middle-of-the-night splashdown...
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Musk's Grok Blocks Image Undressing After Global Backlash
Elon Musk's platform X on Wednesday announced measures to prevent its AI chatbot Grok from undressing images of real people, following global backlash over its generation of sexualized photos of women and children.
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NASA, DOE Plan to Build Lunar Nuclear Reactor
NASA and the Department of Energy announced plans to team up to build a nuclear reactor on the moon's surface within the next four years.