NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to launch in August. Its mission? To study dark matter and energy while potentially spotting killer asteroids. Meanwhile, the US FCC is curbing Chinese tech imports, a move that could spark an AI arms race.
MIT Technology Review warns against the inevitable pitfalls of metrics, showing how external data can distort our priorities. The article suggests that true happiness comes from within, not in numbers.
The US and China’s actions highlight the growing tensions in tech. SpaceX faces financial woes but is pushing ahead with its Starship rockets. Elsewhere, European AI labs are positioning themselves for a US decline, while grassroots groups are working to ‘humanize’ AI ethics.
