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Japanese companies have invested $80 million in British startup Core Power to develop a floating nuclear power plant. About 13 companies, including Onomichi Dockyard and Imabari Shipbuilding, have invested. Core Power has raised about $100 million. CORE POWER is part of the team that develops an MSR (molten salt reactor) that does not need a ... Read more

The full-scale replica of the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) MARVEL microreactor has been moved to a facility in Pennsylvania where it will be used to test the behavior of sodium-potassium and lead-bismuth coolants. The Microreactor Applications Research Validation and Evaluation (MARVEL) sodium-potassium-cooled microreactor will generate 100 kW and is expected to begin operation at ... Read more

New York, United States, May 23rd, 2023, Chainwire The crypto community thrives on digital connections and exchanging ideas. The techno-activists Cypherpunks owe their rise to social media platforms, as does the birth of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. It’s no wonder that blockchain-based social networks are popping up left and right, ready to reward users with ... Read more

Ryan Hansen completely redid all his models related to SpaceX water cooled steel plate launch system. The supply pipes and manifolds have been measured and accurately modeled. He was able to gather enough reference photos to get many of the dimensions for the plates and have sized those accordingly. #SpaceX has started making some progress ... Read more

April was another strong month for the grid BESS market, with over 4GWh on new capacity entering operation across over 44 projects, a y-o-y increase of 75% compared to April 2022. For the full year 2023, a further 123GWh of capacity is planned to enter operation. In terms of new capacity announcements, over 27GWh was ... Read more

Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (Meta IE) was issued a 1.2 billion euro fine by the Irish Data Protection Authority (IE DPA). This fine, which is the largest GDPR fine ever, was imposed for Meta’s transfers of personal data to the U.S. The EDPB found that Meta IE’s infringement is very serious since it concerns transfers ... Read more

Harvard researchers bring the accuracy, sample efficiency, and robustness of deep equivariant neural networks to the simulate 44 million atoms. This is achieved through a combination of innovative model architecture, massive parallelization, and models and implementations optimized for efficient GPU utilization. The resulting Allegro architecture bridges the accuracy speed tradeoff of atomistic simulations and enables ... Read more

Braga, Portugal, May 22nd, 2023, Chainwire MetaStudio, a renowned Portuguese game studio, has announced a new partnership with Immutable, a leading Ethereum Layer 2 scaling solution provider, aimed at transforming the gaming metaverse. MetaStudio has been recognized for its innovative games and games-as-a-service offerings, along with their unique non-fungible token (NFT), Rune Realms, which offers ... Read more

The replacement fertility rate is 2.1 but Korea has a fertility rate of 0.78 and many countries like China are at 1.18. South Korea is the only country that has fertility rate under 1 based on 2020 OECD statistics. According to the 2022 Census Report by Statistics Korea, the total fertility rate — the average ... Read more

IBM Research has a goal of scaling quantum systems to a size where they’ll be capable of solving the world’s most challenging problems. IBM wants to deploy a quantum-centric supercomputer powered by 100,000 qubits by 2033. IBM has laid out a roadmap to reach 1000 qubit processors this year and 4000 qubits within two years.

Geoffrey Hinton is the godfather of modern neural network AI which is the basis of Large Language Models like Palm-2 and GPT-4. He said : if you look at these large language models they have about a trillion connections and things like OpenAI’s GPT-4 know much more than we do they have sort of Common ... Read more

NBCUniversal’s head of advertising sales, Linda Yaccarino, is in talks to be the CEO of Twitter. Yaccarino interviewed Musk at an advertising event three weeks ago, and last week NBCUniversal announced a new content deal with Twitter that will see the social site hosting 2024 Paris Olympics content, including an exclusive live show. See Linda’s ... Read more

Tesla sells more electric cars than all other US and European car makers combined. Some of the charts from Xill exclude battery electric vehicles under $10,000 in price. 1/2 With their latest chess move, $TSLA once again sold more BEVs than all the major US and EU manufacturers combined (as in Q1 of all previous ... Read more

The Minor Planet Center has confirmed the addition of 28 newly discovered moons of Saturn. Saturn now has 117 moons and Jupiter has 95. Corey Powell notes that if we start counting all the chunks in the rings, the number could go into the thousands…or the trillions. Maybe it’s time for a formal definition of ... Read more

Elon Musk has stabilized Twitter enough to mostly handover to a newly hired CEO. Excited to announce that I’ve hired a new CEO for X/Twitter. She will be starting in ~6 weeks! My role will transition to being exec chair & CTO, overseeing product, software & sysops. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 11, 2023 Twitter ... Read more

Laval, Canada, May 11th, 2023, Chainwire Groundbreaking Initiative Revolutionizes ASIC Repair Services, Encourages Sustainability and Decentralization in Cryptocurrency Mining. D-Central Technologies Inc., a pioneer in the cryptocurrency mining industry, is excited to announce the expansion of its revolutionary “Hash No Cash” program to all cryptocurrency miners in North America. This innovative initiative, previously accessible only ... Read more

Google released a Large Language Model PaLM 2 which is competitive with OpenAI’s GPT 4. Google also announced they are already training Gemini which is a GPT 5 competitor. Gemeni likely use TPU v5 chips. Benchmarks for PaLM-2 beats GPT 4. They use SmartGPT-like techniques to boost performance. PaLM 2 beats even Google Translate, due ... Read more

Robin Hanson and Scott Aaronson (Quantum Computer Professor and Expert) debate AI Safety. Robin Hanson is an associate professor of economics at George Mason University and a research associate at the Future of Humanity Institute of Oxford University. He is known for his work on idea futures and markets, and he was involved in the ... Read more

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued the final license to build and operate the HI-STORE Consolidated Interim Storage Facility (CISF) to Holtec International on the land provided by the Eddy Lea Energy Alliance (ELEA), a regional economic development authority in Southeast New Mexico. This license is the culmination of an eight-year process to bring ... Read more

Nuscale Power is working with South Korea Doosan Enerbility Co., Ltd. (Doosan) and Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) to work together and support NuScale’s small modular reactor (SMR) deployment. This highlights the domestic and global manufacturing opportunities to build SMRs around the world. This is part of the development of a global supply chain, and ... Read more

Re-analysis of data from NASA’s Voyager spacecraft, along with new computer modeling, has led NASA scientists to conclude that four of Uranus’ largest moons likely contain an ocean layer between their cores and icy crusts. Their study is the first to detail the evolution of the interior makeup and structure of all five large moons: ... Read more

One of NASA’s primary goals is to establish a long-term presence on the lunar surface. Oxygen is a crucial building blocks for making that vision a reality. Oxygen is used for breathing nad can also be used as a propellant for transportation. Scientists at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston successfully extracted oxygen from simulated ... Read more

The recent Bryce Tech quarterly report on the global space industry shows SpaceX launched over 80% of all payload mass to orbit. SpaceX launched 233 tons to orbit while second place, the country of China, launched less than 24 tons to orbit. SpaceX launched about 5 times more than China and Russia combined. SpaceX launched ... Read more

Google’s CEO has announced that Google will be an AI first company. They are adding generative AI to all of their products including search, maps, gmail and workspace. Google announces Palm-2 which powers an improved BARD as a new GPT-4 competitors. Palm-2 is integrated into 25 Google products. BARD can handle over 20 programming languages.

Helion Energy will provide Microsoft (MSFT.O) with electricity from nuclear fusion in about five years. It is the first purchase power agreement for commercial nuclear fusion energy. Announcing Helion’s first customer: Microsoft. We expect to start producing electricity in the world’s first fusion power plant by 2028, dramatically shortening the timeline for commercially viable fusion ... Read more

Abu Dhabi, UAE, May 10th, 2023, Chainwire Venom Foundation has announced a strategic partnership with the Government of Kenya to establish a “blockchain hub” in Africa, focusing on the development of Web3 and blockchain technology applications. This collaboration aims to drive innovation in key sectors such as financial infrastructure, supply chain, agriculture, SMEs, and cross-border ... Read more

Today, Canada has a real-time population estimate (from Statistics Canada) of 39.88 million people. Canada is adding about 260k people ever 3 months. Canada will pass 40 million people in less than 45 days. This will have Canada join 37 other countries with populations over 40 million. Canada has increased its immigration levels and is ... Read more

SpaceX Raptor 2 engines were achieving 230 tf (510,000 lbf) of thrust consistently by February 2022. SpaceX is tuning engine parameters and design to achieve at least 250 tf (550,000 lbf). Elon Musk indicated that the engine production cost was approximately half that of the Raptor 1 version SpaceX had been using in 2018–2021. SpaceX ... Read more

I, Brian Wang, have started taking Rejuvant time released AKG. AKG is safely used by millions for bodybuilders and athletes. Time-released AKG from Rejuvant is used for healthier aging. I personally have been taking Rejuvant for a month and half. I also started with an aging biomarker test and a spit test analysis. The analysis ... Read more

Nextbigfuture interviewed the President and COO of Quantinuum, Tony Uttley, and the scientific lead, Dr Henrik Dreyer. They have used the new H2 32 Qubit quantum computer chip to engineer the waveform of a new state of matter. They have engineered something called the Non-Abelian Topological Quantum state. Topological quantum computing has been one of ... Read more

Tokyo, Japan, May 9th, 2023, Chainwire The STAR project is a new initiative to help Japanese SMEs gain international recognition and prestige. The project seeks to uncover the valuable products, technologies, and know-how of small-to-medium-sized businesses. With an advanced ecosystem, the project opens new opportunities for mutual benefit between Japan and its partners abroad. A ... Read more

Seven university teams were selected to develop concepts supporting metal production on the Moon in NASA’s 2023 annual Breakthrough, Innovative and Game-Changing (BIG) Idea Challenge: Lunar Forge. The awards total about $1.1 million, with values between $120,000 and $180,000 based on each team’s proposed concept. The challenge is a unique collaboration between NASA’s Space Technology ... Read more

In March, the Relativity Space Terran 1 rocket lit up the night sky as it launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. This was the first launch of a test rocket made entirely from 3D-printed parts, measuring 100 feet tall and 7.5 feet wide. A form of additive manufacturing, 3D printing is a ... Read more

What will be ultimate answer for the SpaceX Starship launchpad? Will it be the water-cooled steel plate, an enhanced version of the water-cooled steel plate or a flame trench? The launchpad needs to be improved to prevent the rocket from digging a large hole and creating a rock tornado. SpaceX answer for the Starship launchpad ... Read more

Brian Wang, Nextbigfuture, interviewed Joseph Todicso, CEO of Cormedix. DefenCath™ is Cormedix formulation of taurolidine and heparin that will greatly reduce dialysis infections for those using catheter lock solutions. It is trying to greatly reduce the risk of catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs) from central venous catheters (CVCs). Cormedix is making solid progress for regulatory and ... Read more

Elon Musk had a Twitter Space where he reviewed the Starship launch. He indicated that clearing the launch tower and reaching supersonic speed before the rocket failed was a success. The rocket launch was pretty close to what Elon expected. 27 seconds into the flight a kinetic event (NBF- probably concrete debris hit three of ... Read more

SpaceX was adding 150k Starlink users per month at the end of 2022. SpaceX has 1.5M subscribers now. From Jan -Apr 2023, SpaceX had 30 launches. Although one of those was the Starship test. Number of launches: 30 (Falcon 9: 27, Falcon Heavy: 2, Starship: 1T) Launches success rate: 100% Launch rate: 4.27 days (Needed ... Read more

Audialab, an innovative technology company specializing in using AI to empower musicians and music producers, has debuted Deep Sampler, a new AI-powered tool that represents a paradigm shift in professional sound design. Deep Sampler is a novel technology that allows musicians to generate an infinite number of unique, never-before-heard sounds from one input sound and ... Read more

London, United Kingdom, May 5th, 2023, Chainwire VEXT is next for Veloce in Web3 evolution, London-based company to launch VEXT utility and governance token. Veloce, the world’s leading digital racing media network, is diving into the world of Web3 with the launch of its new blockchain utility and governance token, VEXT. Created in partnership with MDRxTech, experts in tech development ... Read more

The U.S. Space Force’s $30 billion budget request for Fiscal Year 2024 is about $3.9 billion over what was enacted for the service in FY2023. More than 60% of the Space Force budget, about $19.2 billion worth, is aimed at research, development, testing and evaluation. $27.2 billion is the requested budget for NASA’s 2024 fiscal ... Read more

From Sept 11, 2023 to Oct 2, 2023, eight fleet depots will take part in the North American Council for Freight Efficiency’s (NACFE) and RMI’s Run on Less – Electric DEPOT (RoL-E DEPOT), which is focusing on the scaling of electric trucks across a variety of market segments. This will showcase truck fleets that are ... Read more

Icon is developing the Olympus’ printing technology processes to turn local lunar regolith (moon dust) into a super strong building material using only energy and then 3D-prints structures with it.

There were 3.4 million cars on dealer lots in February 2023 and there were about 4 million at the end of March 2023. 75% of the cars are ICE (Internal combustion engine). Ford revealed their EV division financials for Q1 2023. Ford is taking about $110,000 to make $55,000 BEVs. Ford is losing about $50,000 ... Read more

SpaceX Damage Reports

SpaceX Launchpad Repairs and Upgrades in Progress

Dubai, UAE, May 2nd, 2023, Chainwire Zeebu has launched the world’s first loyalty utility token catering to the Telecom Carrier Industry. Telecom Carriers work alongside large telecom operators to provide global connectivity. Zeebu is positioning itself as a leader by bringing a blockchain-based settlement platform to the telecom carrier space and intends to get upwards ... Read more

Giant Cyclers for Radiation Safe Earth to Mars Journeys

Space architects and experts on intergalactic exploration, Neil Leach and Madhu Thangavelu, are joined by ChatGPT to discuss how close humans are to space travel. What is their prediction on when the first humans could inhabit the moon, or even Mars? Neil has worked on two robotic space missions. Madhu teaches advanced Space Engineering at ... Read more

In this testnet comparison article, we explore testnets on Venom and other blockchains, their key features, use cases, and how they compare.

Singapore, Singapore, May 3rd, 2023, Chainwire zkLink, a multi-chain trading middleware utilizing zero-knowledge proofs, announces the first “Dunkirk Test”, a new DeFi safety standard, on May 11-13. During this event, zkLink will shut down its servers for 72 hours, inviting users to try the emergency asset recovery feature, and earn rewards for taking part in ... Read more