California-based neuroscience startup Kernel is getting ready to ship its $50,000 mind-reading helmet to dozens of customers across the US. Founded by online payments veteran Bryan Johnson, Kernel’s new brain-computer interface (BCI) can analyze blood flow and neurons being fired across an individual’s brain, effectively understanding what’...
Is supersonic air travel back? United Airlines indeed thinks so! The airline is ordering 15 supersonic jets from Boom Supersonic, a supersonic airplane manufacturing startup. With an option to increase that order to 50 jets, the deal hinges on Boom’s ability to successfully deliver the planes, pass regulatory approvals...
US President Joe Biden has named Lina Khan, a 32-year-old antitrust law scholar and a leading critic of Big Tech, as the chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The FTC’s mission is to investigate issues regarding antitrust law, data privacy, and false advertising. Confirmed by the Senate with...
SpaceX is building its first floating spaceport platform and plans to start hosting launches as early as next year. Dubbed Deimos, the ocean spaceport is one of two converted oil rigs that SpaceX purchased in 2020 with the aim to transform them into launch pads and landing sites for its...
Apple’s newly launched RealityKit 2 comes with new tools to build even more immersive AR experiences. The update to RealityKit, Apple’s 3D rendering engine for AR, includes a new Object Capture API capable of creating photorealistic 3D models using only an iPhone. Users can take photos of an...
The first intelligent Non-Fungible Token (iNFT) of the world, an AI virtual being named Alice, was auctioned off by Sotheby’s [https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/natively-digital-a-curated-nft-sale-2/to-the-young-artists-of-cyberspace] for $478,000. Created by AI startup Alethea AI and artist Robert Alice, the virtual being is based on...
