Aviation

Virgin Orbit Fails To Secure Funding, Will Cease Operations

1 min read

• Business

Virgin Orbit Fails To Secure Funding, Will Cease Operations

Slashdot March 31, 2023

Virgin Orbit is ceasing operations "for the foreseeable future" after failing to secure a funding lifeline, CEO...

Read More

Stressed Plants Emit Sounds That Can Be Detected More Than a Meter Away

2 min read

• Business

Stressed Plants Emit Sounds That Can Be Detected More Than a Meter Away

Slashdot March 31, 2023

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Phys.Org: What does a stressed plant sound like? A bit...

Read More

China Shuts Down Major Manga Piracy Site Following Complaint From Japan

2 min read

• Business

China Shuts Down Major Manga Piracy Site Following Complaint From Japan

Slashdot March 31, 2023

Anti-piracy group CODA is reporting the shutdown of B9Good, a pirate manga site that targeted Japan but...

Read More

South Korea Passes Tax Break-Driven ‘Chips Act’ as Protectionism Fears Mount

2 min read

• Business

South Korea Passes Tax Break-Driven ‘Chips Act’ as Protectionism Fears Mount

Slashdot March 30, 2023

South Korea has passed legislation giving tax breaks to its semiconductor companies in a bill being labelled...

Read More

FTC Should Stop OpenAI From Launching New GPT Models, Says AI Policy Group

1 min read

• Business

FTC Should Stop OpenAI From Launching New GPT Models, Says AI Policy Group

Slashdot March 30, 2023

An artificial intelligence-focused tech ethics group has asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate OpenAI for violating...

Read More

Sugar-Powered Implant Successfully Manages Type 1 Diabetes

2 min read

• Business

Sugar-Powered Implant Successfully Manages Type 1 Diabetes

Slashdot March 30, 2023

Researchers have developed a novel fuel cell implant for type 1 diabetes that can successfully produce and...

Read More

Mark Hamill Voices Air Raid Warnings In Ukraine As Luke Skywalker

1 min read

• Business

Mark Hamill Voices Air Raid Warnings In Ukraine As Luke Skywalker

Slashdot March 30, 2023

Star Wars actor Mark Hamill has lent his voice to a Ukrainian air raid app to warn...

Read More

A Group of College Students Are Sending a Rover To the Moon

1 min read

• Business

A Group of College Students Are Sending a Rover To the Moon

Slashdot March 30, 2023

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Fortune: The U.S., Soviet Union, and Japan have all sent...

Read More

ByteDance-Owned Instagram Rival Lemon8 Hits the US App Store’s Top 10

2 min read

• Business

ByteDance-Owned Instagram Rival Lemon8 Hits the US App Store’s Top 10

Slashdot March 30, 2023

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: As U.S. lawmakers move forward with their plans for...

Read More

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Legal Defense Is Being Funded With Alameda Money He Gifted His Father

2 min read

• Business

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Legal Defense Is Being Funded With Alameda Money He Gifted His Father

Slashdot March 30, 2023

While still CEO of now-collapsed FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried transferred millions of dollars to his father. Some of...

Read More