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⋅ October 19, 2024
NEWS
Car and Driver

A New Porsche 911 GT3 Is Born, and We Look Back at Its Family Tree
Car and Driver
For 25 years, the 911 GT3 has been the Porsche that driving enthusiasts have craved most. The 911 Turbo offers more real-world pace. The cabriolet lets the sunshine in. But the GT3 is the car that fizzes with sensation, from the sky-high redline of its …
Space.com

US Space Force awards SpaceX $730 million to launch at least 9 national-security missions
Space.com
Together, the two task orders cover seven launches for the Space Development Agency (SDA) and one “mission set” for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), according to Space Force officials.
JR Motorsports

TWO THINGS: Allgaier, Pohlman Have New Life, Optimism in Round of 8
JR Motorsports
MOORESVILLE, N.C. (Oct. 18, 2024) – Another season, another trip to the Round of 8 for the No. 7 BRANDT Professional Agriculture team at JR Motorsports. Since the current version of the NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs began in 2016, Allgaier and JRM’s …
Reuters

US probes Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software in 2.4 mln cars after fatal crash
Reuters
WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (Reuters) – The U.S. auto safety regulator on Friday opened an investigation into 2.4 million Tesla vehicles equipped with the automaker’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) software after four reported collisions, including a 2023 fatal crash.
ABC13 Houston

Startup claims it developed 2-way communication between people via dreams
ABC13 Houston
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — A startup in the San Francisco Bay Area says it has unlocked a way for communication between humans during sleep. REMSpace says it reached the milestone on Sept. 24 with the technology that linked two people in a lucid dream …
Emerging Tech Brew

Who should be responsible for stopping political deepfakes?
Emerging Tech Brew
A California law passed last month holds large online platforms accountable for removing or labeling synthetic media spread by users. The Federal Trade Commission finalized a rule earlier this year that would hold AI companies liable for fraud committed …
KGO-TV

Bay Area startup claims it developed 2-way communication between people via dreams
KGO-TV
The Redwood City startup says it reached the milestone on Sept. 24 with the technology that linked two people in a lucid dream state. It achieved the communication again in October. Lucid dreaming is a state …
Business Today

Elon Musk says life on Mars possible as SpaceX will bring down cost from ‘over $1000 trillion’
Business Today
Musk said that to build a city on Mars that can grow by itself likely requires at least a million tons of equipment, which would therefore require >$1000 trillion, an obviously impossible number, given that US GDP is only $29T.
Top Gear

This one-off Porsche 718 Spyder RS pays tribute to a former Panamericana Rally hero
Top Gear
‘Cenenaire Silver’ (silver) paint has been applied to all the aero-focused body panels, like the carbon body kit, and extends through to the NACA ducts, air intakes and the Gurney Flap rear wing. You also get magnesium wheels hiding ceramic brakes.