An artist’s conception of the 20 newly discovered moons orbiting Saturn. These discoveries bring the planet’s total moon count to 82, surpassing Jupiter for the most in our solar system. Illustration is courtesy of the Carnegie Institution for Science. Saturn image is courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute. Starry background courtesy of Paolo Sartorio/Shutterstock. Astronomers using […]
Einride AB, one of the few European startups competing in the race to develop driverless trucks, today revealed that it has secured a $25 million funding round to support expansion plans. Sweden-based Einride is commercializing an autonomous, electric freight hauler called the T-Pod (pictured) that weighs 26 metric tons and looks radically different from the traditional
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We’ve covered all kinds of amazing robot arm projects at Digital Trends over the years. While they have featured plenty of awesome tech and some pretty impressive use cases, these robot arms have also carried a high price tag stretching into the thousands of dollars. That’s something that Federico Ciccarese, the engineer behind low-cost robotic
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More than 30 different civil rights groups are calling on Amazon to stop its partnership between local police departments and its Amazon Ring smart doorbell. The digital rights group, Fight for Future, penned a letter on Monday, October 7, to elected officials about concerns over the tech giant’s Ring partnerships with police, as well as
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California is cracking down on deepfakes in both porn and politics. California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed two bills: One (AB 730) which makes it illegal to create or distribute altered video, audio or still photography of candidates, and the other (AB 602) which lets California residents take legal action against people who create pornographic
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NASA NASA has taken delivery of its all-electric X-57 “Maxwell” aircraft, taking the agency a step closer to comprehensive testing of its first all-electric experimental aircraft. Several years in development, the X-57 was delivered by Empirical Systems Aerospace of San Luis Obispo, California, in the first of three configurations as an all-electric aircraft, known as
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This cloud of gas and dust in space is full of bubbles inflated by wind and radiation from massive young stars. Each bubble is about 10 to 30 light-years across and filled with hundreds to thousands of stars. The region lies in the Milky Way galaxy, in the constellation Aquila (aka the Eagle). NASA/JPL-Caltech Astronomers
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NASA’s InSight lander may be struggling with its stuck drill, but while it is stuck in place on the Martian surface it’s still collecting a ton of useful scientific information about the planet. This week NASA released a unique set of sounds collected by the lander from its time on the red planet. InSight’s first
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Young folks typically mark themselves out from older generations through their slang, the way they dress, their attitudes to key social issues, and the entertainment they consume. But when it comes to today’s teenagers, there’s one more marker: The speed at which they can type on a touchscreen mobile device. According to a new large
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NASA’s Juno mission, launched in 2011, has collected a wealth of information about Jupiter since it arrived in 2016. It has discovered unexpectedly storm-free poles, learned about the planet’s complex weather system, observed bizarre geometric storms, and captured some truly beautiful images. And this week the craft it pulled off a feat of precision engineering,
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