In other news, Amazon is launching its first internet satellites, Neuralink is accused of concealing photos of its monkey test subjects, and Google's new phones are introducing a new era of AI 'fauxtography'. The article also covers the trial of Sam Bankman-Fried, inappropriate AI-generated stickers by Meta, Elon Musk's decision to remove news articles' headlines on X, the thawing streaming cold war, the high cost of EVs in America, a bitcoin conspiracy spreading across the web, and the Las Vegas Sphere made up of more than one million LEDs.
Key takeaways:
- The editors at MIT Technology Review have launched a new annual list, MIT Technology Review’s 15 Climate Tech Companies to Watch, to recognize progress in the fight against climate change.
- Amazon is launching its first internet satellites, going head to head with SpaceX in a battle for satellite internet dominance.
- Neuralink is reportedly concealing photos of its monkey test subjects, with videos of the experiments also having vanished.
- Hydrologists and climate scientists are using information gathered from space to fill data gaps in measuring the world's fresh water, particularly in areas like the Congo River where traditional monitoring stations have dwindled.