by anthony cuthbertson | Oct 12, 2020 | The Independent
An advanced artificial intelligence was able to post to Reddit and interact with other users for more than a week before anyone realised it was a bot. The AI posed as a human user under the username ‘thegentlemetre’, posting to Q&A forums AskReddit and AskScience...
by anthony cuthbertson | Oct 9, 2020 | The Independent
A Tesla launched into space more than two years ago has made its first approach of Mars.SpaceX sent the Tesla Roadster and its mannequin driver ‘Starman’ into space in February 2018 as a dummy payload on the first launch of the company’s Falcon Heavy rocket.Elon Musk,...
by anthony cuthbertson | Oct 7, 2020 | The Independent
A camera situated on the rear-view mirror of thousands of new Tesla cars may be a monitoring whether drivers are using their phones or otherwise distracted when behind the wheel, a hacker has revealed.Tesla CEO Elon Musk previously claimed that the camera would be...
by anthony cuthbertson | Oct 5, 2020 | The Independent
Mars will make its closest approach to Earth in more than two years this month, as it reaches its point of opposition in the night’s sky.Nasa has described the red planet’s appearance as “effectively a ‘full’ Mars”, offering the best chance to view our planetary...
by anthony cuthbertson | Oct 5, 2020 | The Independent
SpaceX has once again scrubbed the launch of its latest Starlink mission.It was the fourth attempt to deliver a batch of 60 satellites into low-Earth orbit as part of Elon Musk’s controversial plan to beam high-speed internet down to Earth.“We are standing down from...
