Science & Tech

SpaceX Starship suborbital test deploys functioning Starlink V3 satellites but loses Super Heavy booster

In a July 24 Boca Chica suborbital test, SpaceX deployed functioning Starlink V3 satellites that returned telemetry — but the Super Heavy booster was lost.

#spacex, #starship, #starlink, #spaceflight

Wallet Cluster Linked to April Drift Exploit Moves $44M of Ether into Sanctioned Tornado Cash

Wallets tied to the April 1 Drift Protocol exploit resumed activity, sending about 23,095 ETH (~$44.4M) into sanctioned mixer Tornado Cash.

#drift, #tornado_cash, #crypto, #ethereum

Oxford preprint finds GraphCast and NeuralGCM fail basic coordinate-change tests

An Oxford preprint on arXiv reports GraphCast and NeuralGCM fail latitude/longitude flips and rotations, raising questions about physical generalization.

#ai, #weather, #climate, #ml

FAA’s Quiet Approval Surge Clears Path for Nationwide Drone-as-First-Responder Programs

A surge in FAA BVLOS waivers means more than 1,000 U.S. public-safety agencies can run remote drone-as-first-responder operations.

$AXON, #drone, #publicsafety, #faa, #privacy

GAO: NASA’s Major Projects Mostly Stable, but Artemis Overhaul, Staffing Cuts Raise Risk

GAO review finds NASA’s 36 major projects largely steady, but Artemis changes, 22% workforce cuts and a proposed 23% budget cut increase program risk.

#nasa, #artemis, #gaoreport, #space

GAO: Energy Department’s Isotope Program Fails to Align Production With Market Needs

A GAO report finds DOE’s isotope program isn’t systematically matching production to demand, risking medical, security and industrial supplies.

#doe, #isotopes, #healthcare, #gao

Revised DESI reanalysis suggests unusually tight cosmological bounds on neutrino mass, favors normal ordering

A revised DESI reanalysis reports unusually tight cosmological limits on the sum of neutrino masses that favor the normal ordering, but the result is preliminary.

#neutrinos, #cosmology, #desi, #particlephysics

Northrop Grumman Launches Robotic Servicer Toward Geosynchronous Orbit

The Mission Robotic Vehicle carrying DARPA-funded RSGS and three extension pods launched July 21 from Cape Canaveral to test robotic servicing in GEO.

$NOC, #space, #satellites, #northropgrumman, #onorbitservicing

Juno Measures First Below‑Surface Temperatures on Io, Finds Intense Shallow Heating

Juno's microwave radiometer probed inches to tens of feet below Io’s surface and found unexpectedly strong shallow heating.

#space, #juno, #io, #planetaryscience

White House Announces Expansion of Genesis Mission, Citing More Than $5 Billion in Federal Commitments

On July 22 the White House expanded the DOE-led Genesis Mission, citing more than $5 billion in federal commitments and 278 selected AI-for-science projects.

#ai, #genesismission, #departmentofenergy, #federalpolicy

EU court ruling ties algorithmic control to loss of hosting exemption for online services

A June CJEU ruling found services using algorithms to decide rebroadcasting may lose Article 14 hosting protection, raising concerns for platforms.

#europe, #cjeu, #techlaw, #platforms

TRM Labs Finds HTX Rotated Hot Wallets Hours After U.K. Sanctions on Huobi Global

TRM Labs found HTX rotated hot wallets across four blockchains after the U.K. sanctioned Huobi Global S.A., a tactic that can undermine static wallet screening.

#crypto, #sanctions, #htx, #blockchain, #compliance

Analysis of 168 Gravitational-Wave Events Finds No Break in Einstein’s General Relativity

A LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA analysis of 168 high-confidence mergers finds no deviations from general relativity, tightening previous constraints.

#gravitational-waves, #general-relativity, #ligo, #astrophysics

NASA and ISRO Open First Broad Release of Calibrated NISAR Radar Data

NASA and ISRO have begun public release of calibrated L‑ and S‑band radar products from the NISAR satellite, giving researchers wider access to Earth and ice observations.

#nisar, #satellite, #remote-sensing, #antarctica

Google DeepMind Expands Gemini Flash Lineup with 3.6 Flash and Security-Focused 3.5 Variant

Google DeepMind added Gemini 3.6 Flash plus two 3.5 variants, including a restricted 'Flash Cyber' model for defensive vulnerability discovery and repair.

$GOOGL, $GOOG, #google, #ai, #gemini, #cybersecurity