China has launched its first crewed mission in five years, successfully sending three astronauts to its new space station. The Shenzhou-12 mission is China’s longest-ever human-crewed one and is the third of an estimated 11 missions required to realize the country’s plans to build the new station, which...
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Former executives of several travel companies like Airbnb and Expedia have joined forces with Travala.com, a company backed by Binance, to launch Dtravel [https://www.dtravel.com/], a blockchain-based home-sharing platform. With $5 million in seed funding raised so far, Dtravel aims to facilitate short and long-term stays payable...
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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...
