523 place 0

675 Behind the Demise of a Quirky Billionaire’s SpaceX Moon Mission

The Information
Becky Peterson @ The Information · 06/28/2024 09:00 EDT

Behind the Demise of a Quirky Billionaire’s SpaceX Moon Mission

Yusaku Maezawa had just a few requests for SpaceX.

In 2018, the Japanese e-commerce billionaire had agreed to pay SpaceX to fly himself and a crew of eight artists around the moon for a first-of-its-kind project called dearMoon. As part of the deal, Maezawa asked SpaceX to customize the interior of the crew capsule of Starship, the 400-foot-tall rocket that would take the group to space.

Mockups of the design drew on Japanese and Nordic inspirations, with wood paneling throughout the space and bathrooms t

To see detailed statistics for the news please log in »

Read the original

Add your comment
You must be logged in with Facebook to read and write comments.

A newsletter a day!

You may get 10 most important news around midday in daily newsletter. Press the button and we will send you the most important news only, no spam attached.

or register

LIKE us on Facebook so you won't miss the most important news of the day!

News from the same source
The Information The Information
Tech Wire Asia
Tech Wire Asia @ Tech Wire Asia 1 place · today 17:24 EDT

PayPay and Alipay+ expand partnership: Mobile payment coverage across Japan

PayPay and Alipay+ announced an extended partnership at the Singapore FinTech Festival 2024, to increasing merchant coverage across Japan. PayPay, Japan’s leading QR payment operator, and AliPay+, Ant International’s mobile payment method that helps merchants reach shoppers in Asia, will now connect over three million local merchants to the global payment ecosystem. The extended partnership... Read more » Read more

12,930 fresh

🔮
26.11.2024 ♓︎ Today may not be the best day for work and finances for the sign of... Read more ›
CNET
James Bricknell @ CNET 1 place · today 17:55 EDT

Our VR Expert Weighs In on the Best Black Friday Meta Quest 3 and Quest 3S Accessory Deals

The best extra accessories we've seen on sale to go with your Quest 3/3S headset: straps, batteries, and more. Read more

1,364 fresh

Engadget
Danny Gallagher @ Engadget 1 place · today 16:50 EDT

Uber's latest gig economy play is offering out coders for hire

Bloomberg reports that Uber has started farming out independent contractors for data-labeling services as well as coders-for-hire. Uber describes its new Scaled Solutions division as a platform of “analysts, testers and independent data operators,” according to the company’s website. Scaled Solutions began life as an internal team, handling “large-scale annotation tasks” for Uber’s other services. Now it’s been expanded to provide coders and data labelers for outside companies like Pokémon... Read more

626 fresh

Business Insider
Ryan Pickrell,Mia Jankowicz @ Business Insider 1 place · today 04:00 EDT

Elon Musk says human-piloted fighter jets like the F-35 are obsolete. Drone tech can't yet fill the gap.

The Tesla CEO went after the F-35, calling crewed fighter jets "obsolete in the age of drones," but uncrewed technology isn't there yet. Read more

585

The Verge
The Verge Staff @ The Verge 1 place · today 15:10 EDT

The Verge’s guide to Black Friday 2024

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge These days, Black Friday isn’t so much a single-day shopping holiday as it is an ever-expanding, monthslong event that often begins as early as October. The 24-hour deal blitz that once was the focus of newspaper headlines and mobs outside of stores is no more, which makes knowing when and where you should be spending your cash all the more confusing. Luckily, we’re here... Read more

578 fresh

Business Insider
Alice Tecotzky @ Business Insider 2 place · today 16:26 EDT

The Art of the Tariff: Trump's latest threat is right out of his negotiating playbook

Trump's promise to impose a 25% tariff on all imports from Canada and Mexico mimics his old strategy of using tariff threats as a negotiating tool. Read more

439 fresh

Gizmodo
Cheryl Eddy @ Gizmodo 1 place · today 17:00 EDT

Universal Insists the Wicked Witches Were Paid the Same Salary

Rumors on social media inflamed speculation of a pay disparity between Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande. Read more

425 fresh

CNET
Ingrid Cruz @ CNET 2 place · today 17:33 EDT

The Kasa Smart Plug Outlet Is at Its Lowest Price Ever at Amazon This Black Friday

Keep your devices charged and ready with this smart plug outlet that's now only $40, and works with Alexa and Google Home. Read more

407 fresh

The Verge
Umar Shakir @ The Verge 2 place · today 17:07 EDT

Google’s connecting Spotify to its Gemini AI  assistant

Cath Virginia / The Verge Spotify is getting support for Google’s Gemini Extensions, which will allow users to search for and play music using the generative AI assistant with natural language requests. The extension was first spotted in the code of the Google app in June, and now it’s rolling out to compatible Android devices, as reported by 9to5Google. Gemini can play music found by song titles, artist names, album... Read more

394 fresh

Business Insider
Ana Altchek @ Business Insider 3 place · today 12:23 EDT

Ex-Google CEO warns that 'perfect' AI girlfriends could spell trouble for young men

Eric Schmidt said the emotionally and physically "perfect" AI girlfriend may lead young male users to become obsessed with the chatbot. Read more

384 fresh

Wired
Louryn Strampe @ Wired 1 place · today 17:01 EDT

19 Early Walmart Black Friday Deals

You don't have to wait for the official sales to begin in order to score early Walmart Black Friday deals. Read more

372 fresh

MacRumors
Joe Rossignol @ MacRumors 1 place · today 13:10 EDT

Apple Has Scaled Back (PRODUCT)RED Color Option Over Past Few Years

Since 2006, Apple has partnered with the (RED) brand to raise money for The Global Fund, an organization that aims to combat diseases such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria in Africa. Through this partnership, Apple has long offered a (PRODUCT)RED color option for some products, but it has scaled back this effort over the past few years. The only current-generation (PRODUCT)RED product that Apple sells new is the iPhone SE... Read more

362 fresh

Gizmodo
Todd Feathers @ Gizmodo 2 place · today 15:30 EDT

Artists Stick It to ‘AI Overlords’ and Leak OpenAI’s Sora Video Generator

A group of artists who say they were given early access to OpenAI's Sora video generation model released a version of the tool to the public. Read more

351 fresh

Wired
Tess Owen @ Wired 2 place · today 10:50 EDT

Neo-Nazis Are on the March Across America

A recent neo-Nazi rally in Columbus, Ohio drew national attention—but it was just one of dozens that increasingly emboldened white power groups have held this year. Read more

339 fresh

CNET
David Carnoy @ CNET 3 place · today 17:42 EDT

This Streaming Soundbar Just Got More Affordable Thanks to a Black Friday Sale

Roku's ultracompact Streambar SE costs less than $70 during this week's Black Friday sale, and it is a nice upgrade over most built-in TV speakers. Read more

315 fresh

Business Insider
Julia Hood,Rebecca Knight @ Business Insider · today 16:00 EDT

6 ways DEI programs are evolving as companies reorganize, home in on employee skills, and leverage the power of AI

BI's Workforce Innovation Board discusses how DEI can innovate by tapping artificial intelligence and focusing on outcomes. Read more

311 fresh

Business Insider
Jason Guerrasio @ Business Insider · today 16:31 EDT

All Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's movies, ranked from worst to best

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's movie career spans over 20 years and is filled with both hits and misses. We ranked all his movies, including his cameos. Read more

295 fresh

Business Insider
Ayomikun Adekaiyero,Eve Crosbie,Callie Ahlgrim @ Business Insider · today 17:22 EDT

Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar: A complete timeline of the rappers' beef, including every diss track

The Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar beef took over the hip-hop world in 2024, but the rappers had been trading barbs for years before "Not Like Us." Read more

267 fresh

Vox
Ellen Ioanes @ Vox 1 place · today 13:00 EDT

Trump’s tariff plan is an inflation plan

Expanded tariffs on imports from China and other trade partners are part of President-elect Donald Trump’s economic plans once he takes office in January. Though he claims his protectionist trade policy will bring jobs back to the US, Trump’s tariffs will come at a steep cost to consumers and the economy as a whole. “We’re […] Read more

263 fresh

The most popular news from the same source for the last week
The Information The Information
The Information
Sahil Patel @ The Information 2 place · 11/19/2024 20:54 EDT

Comcast plans to spin off most of NBCUniversal’s cable TV networks including MSNBC, CNBC, USA and Oxygen, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. The decision, which comes a month after company executives first floated the idea to investors and analysts, could pave the way for more ... Read more

41

The Information
Anita Ramaswamy @ The Information 1 place · 11/25/2024 13:25 EDT

Brightcove, which makes software to help companies create and make money from videos, agreed to be taken private by Italian mobile app operator Bending Spoons for $233 million in cash in a deal expected to close early next year, the companies announced on Monday. The purchase price Bending ... Read more

32

The Information
Michael Roddan @ The Information 1 place · 11/23/2024 09:00 EDT

Last year, the board of now-collapsed fintech startup Synapse Financial Technologies discussed whether to remove the company’s CEO, Sankaet Pathak. At the time, discrepancies in Synapse’s ledgers were piling up, which the board was aware of. Andreessen Horowitz General Partner Angela Strange argued in favor of keeping Pathak in the role based on the belief that founders were best placed to run their companies, according to a person close to... Read more

23

The Information
Erin Woo @ The Information 2 place · 11/21/2024 16:19 EDT

OpenAI Considers Taking on Google With Browser

OpenAI is preparing to launch a frontal assault on Google. The ChatGPT owner recently considered developing a web browser that it would combine with its chatbot, and it has separately discussed or struck deals to power search features for travel, food, real estate and retail websites, according to people who have seen prototypes or designs of the products. OpenAI has spoken about the search product with website and app developers... Read more

17

The Information
The Information Partnerships @ The Information 1 place · 11/20/2024 14:49 EDT

To call the last two years “tepid” for tech initial public offerings would be an understatement. In the wake of a record-smashing high in 2021, IPO deal proceeds plummeted 94% in 2022 and have been slow to recover. But 2025 could be looking up, with some big names likely to hit exchanges. At a recent event about artificial intelligence’s impact on the IPO market, Anita Ramaswamy, The Information’s financial analysis... Read more

16

The Information
Kalley Huang @ The Information 3 place · 11/21/2024 10:00 EDT

The Startup Powering Perplexity, Meta's AI Search

There’s a lot of excitement around artificial intelligence disrupting search. Consumers and businesses increasingly use AI tools in lieu of traditional search engines such as Google. OpenAI has added search features to ChatGPT, Meta Platforms is crawling and indexing the web for its Meta AI chatbot and the AI search startup Perplexity is nearing a $9 billion valuation. A host of other AI companies provide information about current events in... Read more

13

The Information
Amir Efrati @ The Information 2 place · 11/21/2024 20:16 EDT

OpenAI has discussed powering artificial intelligence in Samsung devices, similar to a deal the AI developer has with Apple, The Information reported. The discussions are part of a multipronged attack by OpenAI on Google, which is Samsung’s most important partner in using the Android ... Read more

9

The Information
Rocket Drew @ The Information 3 place · 11/21/2024 17:52 EDT

Last week, YouTube began introducing jewels, virtual tips that fans can buy to send creators during livestreams. YouTubers can exchange these tips for cash, a penny per jewel. The Google-owned video site is the latest to get into live tipping, which has been popular for years on Twitch. As the chart below shows, most major social apps are now offering digital tips for live streamers which generally cost about a... Read more

6

The Information
Theo Wayt @ The Information 3 place · 11/21/2024 11:13 EDT

Amazon on Thursday added a temporary 50% discount to all orders made through its new Temu competitor, Amazon Haul. The aggressive discounting coincides with the holiday shopping season and comes one week after Amazon launched Haul, which features a Temu-like assortment of cheap products like $3 ... Read more

5

The Information
Erin Woo @ The Information 2 place · 11/19/2024 22:07 EDT

Musk Joined Call Between Trump, Google CEO

When Google CEO Sundar Pichai called Donald Trump to congratulate the president-elect on winning the election, a guest was on the line: Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, xAI and other companies, according to two people familiar with the situation. Musk’s appearance took Pichai by surprise, one of these people said. Read more

3

Most popular sources

  • You see 1,042 news out of 1,042.
  • Sources 63 out of 63.
Business Insider 31% 3
Wired 9% 6
Tech Wire Asia 7% 4
Gizmodo 5% 0
The Verge 5% 2
View sources »

LIKE us on Facebook so you won't miss the most important news of the day!

26.11.2024 19:36
Last update: 19:31 EDT.
News rating updated: 02:32.

What is Times42?

Times42 brings you the most popular news from tech news portals in real-time chart.
Read about us in FAQ section.


Times42 © 2024