🙈 Useless Fact of the Day
Astronaut Neil Armstrong first stepped on the moon with his left foot.
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Chinese researchers created LTE440, the first lunar timekeeping software, to precisely sync Moon and Earth clocks, accounting for relativity effects. It supports future lunar habitats and navigation, amid parallel U.S. and European efforts to define a globally accepted lunar time standard.
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Donut Lab’s compact in‑wheel hub motors are being integrated into WATT’s PACES EV skateboard, freeing interior space and improving agility via precise wheel control. The lightweight platform targets versatile low‑volume EVs, from sporty cars to commercial vehicles, debuting as a prototype at CES.
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The article argues we must openly research solar geoengineering—specifically stratospheric aerosol injection—using phased, tightly governed outdoor experiments. Authors say this isn’t a substitute for cutting emissions, but a precautionary way to obtain real-world evidence before any future crisis-driven decisions.
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Researchers used gravitational microlensing and ESA’s Gaia telescope to detect a free‑floating, Saturn‑mass planet in the so‑called “Einstein desert.” This rare find supports the idea that rogue planets come from two origins: ejected normal planets and failed star‑like collapses.
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Anthropic, maker of Claude, plans to raise $10bn at a $350bn valuation, nearly doubling in four months. Backed by Amazon, Microsoft, Nvidia, it’s growing enterprise AI revenue fast and preparing for a possible 2026 IPO amid broader AI bubble concerns.
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Florida startup Max Space plans a 2027 launch of a small prototype expandable module, aiming for a full “Thunderbird” single-launch commercial space station by 2029. Its reconfigurable interior targets research and manufacturing, competing for NASA’s post-ISS commercial habitat program.
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1X unveiled “1X World Model,” an AI system that lets Neo humanoid robots learn simple new tasks from internet-scale video and prompts. Neo can now generalize basic physical skills at home, though current capabilities remain limited to relatively simple, discrete actions.
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California launched “Drop,” a state-run website letting residents send one-click deletion and opt‑out requests to 500 registered data brokers. It stems from the 2023 Delete Act, aiming to cut unwanted marketing and limit government, corporate, and scam access to personal data.
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Europe’s finally embracing reusable rockets. ESA may retrofit Ariane 6 with MaiaSpace liquid, reusable strap-on boosters, replacing Italian solid motors. This offers incremental cost cuts and reuse experience, but leaves Ariane 6 mostly expendable and still years behind SpaceX-style full reusability.
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Signal creator Moxie Marlinspike launched Confer, an open source AI assistant with end-to-end encryption using passkeys and trusted execution environments. It aims to keep prompts, responses, and identities unreadable even to Confer, contrasting today’s data-hungry, subpoena-vulnerable mainstream AI platforms.
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⭐ 2667, 🖖 181
Deep learning at the speed of light.
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⭐ 72, 🖖 1
MyTorch – Minimalist autograd in 450 lines of Python
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⭐ 2151, 🖖 244
ClaudeCode Workflow Studio
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⭐ 19, 🖖 1
Building a 25 Gbit/s workstation for the SCION Association
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⭐ 3168, 🖖 259
🪄 AI-powered online tool for making notion-style avatars.
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