April 2023

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has issued a launch license to SpaceX for the Starship orbital flight test, which could now take place as soon as Monday. The long-awaited launch license came at the very end of business on Friday. “After a comprehensive license evaluation process, the FAA determined SpaceX met all safety, environmental, policy, […]

FAA grants launch license to SpaceX, clearing way for Starship orbital flight test by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch

After his arrest yesterday, the U.S. Air National Guard airman suspected of sharing a trove of national security secrets with his Discord chat group now faces charges under the Espionage Act. 21-year-old Jack Teixeira was charged Friday with the unauthorized retention and transmission of national defense information and unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents. […]

Discord leak suspect charged with stealing and sharing military secrets by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch

While discussing humanoid robots not long ago, someone told me their main issue with the form factor is that — from an evolutionary standpoint — we’re not built particularly well. That’s not to say that our bodies haven’t served us well, of course. They’ve done the trick for a few hundred thousand years. It’s more […]

CMU taught a robot dog to walk a balance beam by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

The rumors going around about Apple TV launching a multiview feature  — which was spotted by developer Steve Moser — are coming true. Tonight, Apple is launching a beta version of the feature on the Apple TV 4K during its MLB Friday Night Baseball livestream, TechCrunch has learned. Users participating in the Apple beta software […]

Apple TV rolls out multiview feature in beta to sports fans by Lauren Forristal originally published on TechCrunch