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NASA’s Space Launch System rises from its Florida launch pad, sending the Artemis 2 crew into orbit. (NASA via YouTube) After years of postponements and close to $100 billion in spending, NASA has launched the first mission to send astronauts around the moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. The 10-day Artemis 2 mission began today with the liftoff of NASA’s 322-foot-tall Space Launch System rocket from Launch Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 6:35 p.m. ET (3:35 p.m. PT). NASA is streaming coverage of the flight via YouTube and Amazon Prime. During the last two hours of…

Switching phones is always a gamble. You expect something new, something exciting – maybe even something better. And to be fair, the Galaxy S26 Ultra delivers on that promise in many ways. It is one of the most technically impressive smartphones available today, packing a 6.85-inch 2K LTPO AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate, peak brightness reaching up to 2,600 nits, and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip, which offers roughly a 10–15% performance boost over its predecessor. But after spending time with it, I found myself in a strange position. The more I appreciated what Samsung had…

Editor’s Note, April 1, 5:00 pm ET: The interview in this piece was conducted when NASA first revealed the crew for Artemis II in 2023. With the launch now taking place, Vox is republishing the piece.The crew taking part in the Artemis II launch includes two historic firsts: the first woman, Christina Koch, and the first person of color, Victor Glover, to go on a lunar mission. Hailed by NASA spokespeople as “pioneers” and “explorers,” they have been greeted with fanfare befitting “humanity’s crew.”But behind the Artemis II program are much more corporate goals. It’s not just that private industry…

Under a new state regulation, venture capital firms operating in California were supposed to submit demographic data about their portfolio companies, including the gender and race of startup founders they backed. But amid public criticism from some tech leaders, the California agency administering the new requirement suspended it just before the Wednesday deadline for firms to make their first disclosures.“The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) has announced that it plans to initiate rulemaking in response to comments by various stakeholders relating to the Fair Investment Practices by Venture Capital Companies Law,” the state agency posted on its…

AI has always been a bit of a runaway train. It’s exciting. It’s cool. It’s a bit irresponsible. But the train is finally starting to hit the brakes. And depending on which side of the tracks you are on, that is either a good thing… or a very bad thing. So let’s start with regulation. The government is not just looking on. It’s not just dipping its toes in the water. It’s jumping in and trying to make waves. Check out the following articles to see what I mean. The argument is heating up. Safety and control are now on…

At Oracle World in Las Vegas in October, Oracle Corp. founder and CEO Larry Ellison got right to the point. “AI changes everything,” Ellison told attendees, and his company’s recent releases have reflected the transformation taking place in the AI database world. Oracle has taken a major step into AI database architecture, with a redesigned Oracle Database and the unveiling of the AI Data Platform at its Las Vegas event. Oracle’s releases represent a re-engineering of its core offerings to facilitate customer access to any major AI model by connecting proprietary data. Storage is now a platform for reasoning and…

Resident Evil legend Shinji Mikami’s new studio, Unbound Inc., has been acquired by Shift Up, the company behind Stellar Blade and Goddess of Victory: Nikke. Unbound’s unannounced games will be fully supported and distributed by South Korean publisher Shift Up, which is led by CEO Hyung-Tae Kim.Mikami is an icon of Japanese horror as the director of Resident Evil, its 2002 remake and Resident Evil 4, as well as a founder of PlatinumGames and Tango Gameworks. Tango was responsible for The Evil Within series, Ghostwire Tokyo and Hi-Fi Rush. Shift Up recently developed the hit action game Stellar Blade, with…

Wall Street just gave CoreWeave’s AI chips an investment-grade rating. Is this a sign of a maturing industry or just a very expensive house of cards? CoreWeave just closed an $8.5 billion financing deal that feels less like a startup loan and more like a structural shift in how the world funds technology. It isn’t just about a mountain of cash. It’s the first time high-performance computing infrastructure, specifically the chips and servers that run AI, has an “investment-grade” rating by Moody’s. In plain English? Wall Street has officially decided that AI hardware is now as safe a bet as…

Are you ready for a bona fide moon shot? The upcoming Artemis II mission is one of the most exciting space excursions in recent memory. It’ll be the first time humans have flown to the moon since December 1972, when the landmark Apollo program wrapped up, and NASA began shifting focus toward the space shuttles that would stay closer to home in Earth orbit. Artemis II is a chance for NASA to gather valuable new data from a spaceflight of this magnitude and to continue testing its new Space Launch System rocket and the Orion spacecraft that will carry the astronauts. The…

Slack is more than just a chat app. It is a cloud-based workspace designed to bring your entire team into one place. Instead of juggling endless emails, switching between multiple project tools, or chasing people down in direct messages, Slack pulls everything together into a single, organized hub. What makes it even more interesting now is its growing use of AI. Slackbot, which once felt like a simple helper, is gradually becoming more capable. It can send reminders, answer common questions, automate small tasks, and help teams stay on top of their work without constant back-and-forth. Slack was already good…