Rubin telescope should find more of Earth’s mysterious ‘mini-moons’ — including some we can study up close

Earth’s tiny, temporary moons could become some of the easiest asteroid targets for future missions. And we’ll likely find more of them soon, thanks to the Rubin telescope.

Lack of staff and funding likely led to the recent PHP security snafu; project has only one full-time employee, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg

Lack of funding likely led to the recent PHP security snafu, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg — dreary situation caused by services running old versions with no support

Mistral’s Mensch warns Europe of ‘leftovers’ if it quits frontier AI
Mistral’s Mensch warns Europe of ‘leftovers’ if it quits frontier AI

Mistral’s chief executive, Arthur Mensch, has warned that Europe will get “leftovers” if it stops building frontier AI models. Apps built on American or Chinese models would also give Europe a “big trade balance problem”, he said on 20 October. Mensch …

The Companies Winning With AI Aren’t Replacing Their Teams

AI adoption is as much an operational challenge as a technology initiative.

Meta launches $35bn share sale to fund its AI spending
Meta launches $35bn share sale to fund its AI spending

Meta launched two share offerings worth about $35bn on Monday, as it looks for new ways to pay for its growing spending on AI. The larger offering is $22.5bn of Class A common stock sold through forward sale agreements. Under these deals, Meta delivers…

October full ‘Hunter’s Moon’ dazzles in spectacular photos from around the world
October full ‘Hunter’s Moon’ dazzles in spectacular photos from around the world

Feast your eyes on the best photos of October’s full ‘Hunter’s Moon’.

EU lawmakers split over bringing back AI liability rules
EU lawmakers split over bringing back AI liability rules

The centrist parties behind Ursula von der Leyen split in the European Parliament on Thursday. The question was whether AI companies should answer for harm their models cause. Socialist and Green MEPs called for a new AI liability act. The centre-right…

All aboard! Massachusetts is getting 10 new electric transit trains
All aboard! Massachusetts is getting 10 new electric transit trains

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) board of directors voted unanimously Thursday to approve the purchase of a new generation of battery-powered public transit trains – and they can’t arrive soon enough.

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Grok’s Odyssey is seven minutes of nothing happening beautifully

Grok Imagine’s first Odyssey episode can conjure ancient landscapes, but its interchangeable faces and robotic performances expose what AI filmmaking still can’t fake.