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The SpaceX-xAI merger further intermingles Musk's companies, creates the most valuable private company in the world, and provides a financial lifeline to xAI (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/technology/spacex-xai-deal.html

Elon Musk Merges SpaceX With His A.I. Start-Up xAI
The deal further intermingles Mr. Musk’s companies and creates the most valuable private company on earth.

"AI’s Latest Trick Is Pulling Valuable Commodities Out of Our Trash"
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence

AI's Latest Trick Is Pulling Valuable Commodities Out of Our Trash
Republic Services, the nation's second-largest waste management company, now have AI-powered robots in one-third of their facilities.

Some of the sharpest criticism Trump has faced in the early days of the Iran war has come from once-loyal media figures far more accustomed to singing his praises.
Tucker #Carlson, Megyn #Kelly and Matt #Walsh are among those to expre…

Iran war shows cracks in Trump's conservative media support
Some of the sharpest criticism President Donald Trump has faced in the early days of the Iran war has come from once-loyal media figures more accustomed to singing his praises. The conservative media infrastructure has grown so influential and valuable to the Republican president when everything runs smoothly that it's noticeable when there's discontent. Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly and Matt Walsh are among the notable figures to express some dismay, much of it centered around the influence of I…

On the night of February 5, 2026, the #Rubin team submitted a large batch of approximately 20,000 #asteroid candidate discoveries to the #MinorPlanetCenter, corresponding to roughly 246,000 individual observations: https://minorplanetcenter.net/media/newsletters/MPC_Newsletter_Feb2026.pdf - the "MPC successfully processed the entire submission. This unusually large batch provided a valuable end-to end stress test of our pipeline and allowed us to identify a few bottlenecks and areas where performance and automation can be improved."

Preview of Trump's ballroom?

Peak time for crampon walkers, splinte appliers, and panel beaters.

Funny. There was I, thinking that freedom and autocracy were incompatible.

Fanaticism, whether religious, political, ethnic, or of any other nature, easily leads to unscrupulousness.

Fanatisme, van religieuze, politieke, etnische, of wat voor aard dan ook, leidt gemakkelijk tot gewetenloosheid.

There are many causes of conflict in the world, but ethno-religious diversity seems to be among the most prominent. Homo sapiens has not evolved yet beyond strongly favouring sameness.