25 May 2026
Orbit Robotics’ Helios is a four-armed robot intended for space
Orbit Robotics, a Swiss company, has unveiled Helios. Nominally a humanoid, at least in general shape, the robot has one large difference compared to the likes of Unitree’s stable.
Brett Venter
2026
25 May 2026
Bernie Sanders Waves Off Elon Musk's 'Universal High Income' Argument,' Says Tesla CEO Can't Even Support
How Will Governments Fund Income, Asks Bernie Sanders In a post on X on Saturday, Sanders had a “question” for Musk. “You tell us not to worry about the jobs that'll be wiped out by AI & robotics because the government will provide everyone with "universal high income,"” Sanders said. He then asked how such a move would be possible. “How will that be paid for when you can't even support a 5% tax…
Badar Shaikh
2026
25 May 2026
Why Airlines Know Within Minutes Of Boarding Whether A Flight Is Going To Run Late
Passengers often assume that a delayed boarding announcement reflects a sudden operational problem discovered moments before departure. In reality, by the time a gate agent picks up the microphone to announce a delay, the airline’s operations center has usually been monitoring the situation for hours.
Steven Walker
2026
24 May 2026
Scientists solve difficult quantum problem using ordinary computers
Quantum computing’s edge looked closer after a hard physics problem seemed beyond classical machines. But a new result shows compressed math and smarter algorithms can match or beat that benchmark, raising fresh questions about where true quantum advantage really begins.
Joseph Shavit, Joshua Shavit
2026
24 May 2026
Space rockets, satellites, data centers and Grok: What's the right S&P sector index for SpaceX?
SpaceX is on the verge of going where no initial public offering has ever gone before. The company, created and led by Elon Musk, is targeting a stratospheric valuation of $1.75 trillion on the Nasdaq Stock Market. SpaceX may be fast-tracked into broadly held indexes like the Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 at light speed.
Jason Gewirtz
2026
24 May 2026
China's Walker humanoid robot amazes with precise ballet performance
UBTECH unveils the Walker C1, a full-size commercial humanoid robot that blends precise motion control with artistic performance.
@IntEngineering, Jijo Malayil
2026
24 May 2026
The Leader of NASA ’s Artemis II Mission Is Still Moonstruck
The astronaut Reid Wiseman talks about going deeper into space than anyone in history, eating maple cookies in microgravity, and deciding how to spend his first day off after returning to Earth.
@NewYorker, David W. Brown
2026
24 May 2026
Elon Musk called it Epic: The full story of SpaceX’s Starship Flight 12
Elon Musk SpaceX reveals reason for Starship v3 stand down, announces next launch date Published 2 days ago on May 21, 2026 Credit: SpaceX SpaceX has decided to stand down from what was supposed to be the first test launch of Starship’s v3 rocket tonight after a minor issue with a hydraulic pin delayed the flight once more. The company scrubbed its first test flight of the upgraded Starship v3 on…
@teslarati
2026
24 May 2026
SpaceX launches its biggest, most beefed-up Starship yet on a test flight
SpaceX launched its biggest, most powerful Starship yet on a test flight Friday, an upgraded version that NASA is counting on to land astronauts on the moon . The redesigned mega rocket made its debut two days after SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced he’s taking the company public . It blasted off from the southern tip of Texas, carrying 20 mock Starlink satellites for release halfway around the…
ABC News, Marcia Dunn
2026
