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open DARPA pays $6M to see fully autonomous Black Hawk helicopters 4
By M7S
open BBS legend Ward Christensen logs off for last time at 78 23
open ESA astronaut on the difference between flying in a Soyuz and piloting a Crew Dragon 9
open NASA's Europa Clipper leaves for Jupiter's moon atop Falcon Heavy 33
open Boeing again delays the 777X – the plane that's supposed to turn things around 72
By Tim13
open First time's the charm: SpaceX catches a descending Super Heavy Booster 186
open Top-secret X-37B space plane ready for daring new orbital maneuver 37
By Jon 37
open Is the first European on the Moon in ESA's astronaut corps? 8
By Grunchy
open BOFH: Boss's quest for AI-generated program ends where it should've begun 86
open Jupiter's Great Red Spot wobbles like Jell-o, according to Hubble snaps 18
open Chinese boffins build soft robot finger that can take your pulse 26
open Cards Against Humanity campaigns to encourage voting, expose personal data abuse 125
open BBC weather glitch shows 13k mph winds in London, 404℃ in Nottingham 60
open Severe solar storm could disrupt power, communications 48
open Nobel Chemistry Prize goes to AlphaFold, Rosetta creators - another win for AI 5
open US DoJ wades into Realtek lawsuit that accuses MediaTek of patent abuse 4
open Bitcoin creator suspect says he is not Bitcoin creator suspect 45
open Missing Thunderbirds footage found in British garden shed 100
open AI godfather-turned-doomer shares Nobel with neural network pioneer 28
open Babbage boffin Ada Lovelace honored for computer science contributions 12
By herman
open DoE awards next-gen nuclear fuel contracts backwards 5
open Vulcan Centaur avoids FAA scrutiny after losing solid rocket booster nozzle 17
open Geico tells El Reg, no, it's not canceling all Cybertruck insurance 44
open Netflix on Mars? Yeah maybe, thanks to NASA's laser comms demo 15
open A working Turing Machine hits Lego Ideas 43
open Tesla Cybertruck recalled again. This time, a software fix for backup camera glitch 76
open ULA nears second launch of Vulcan Centaur in pursuit of US Space Force approval 23
open Elon Musk's X mashed by Australian court for evading child protection reporting 77
open Scammers in the slammer for years after ripping off Apple with fake iPhone returns 14
open NASA switches off Voyager 2 plasma instrument to stretch out juice 31
open FBI claims corrupt LA cops helped crypto CEO's cash grab 22
open US govt hiding top hurricane forecast model sparks outrage after deadly Helene 82
open Got an idea for dealing with space waste? NASA wants to hear from you 36
open Earth's new mini-moon swings by, then ghosts us by late November 32
By Wexford
open Canon ships first nanoimprint chipmaking machine to R&D lab 23
open SpaceX Falcon 9 grounded again after second stage hits wrong part of ocean 23
open US Army orders next-gen robot mule to haul a literal ton of gear 62
open Bring the joy of train delays home with your very own departure board 67
open BOFH: AI consultant rapidly transitioned to new role as automotive surface consultant 53
open Starfish Space to tackle orbital junk for NASA with SSPICY Otter 3
open Samsung fined just $8K for exposing chip fab workers to X-ray radiation 16
open NASA's Astrobees need a new buzz – any ideas for the space-dwelling bots? 26
open Uncle Sam accuses Aussie AI startup boss of financial fakery that duped investors 14
open A look under the hood of the 3D-printed, Raspberry Pi powered 'suicide pod' 96
open ESA spending €17M on spacecraft just to watch it go up in flames 7
open Northern Ireland cops whose info was leaked in 2023 may get £240M+ damages 2
open NASA, IBM just open sourced an AI climate model so you can fine-tune your own 23
open India funds Moon lander, space station module, and Venus orbiter 10
open SBF's right-hand woman praised for testimony – and jailed for two years 32
open Scientists demonstrate X-rays as a way to zap asteroids out of Earth's path 50