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SpaceX is moving forward with plans to build what it calls a hundred billion dollar spaceport in Louisiana. The facility, which the company says has until now only existed in science fiction, represents a significant expansion of its launch infrastructure beyond Texas, signaling serious long-term ambitions for high-frequency orbital operations.
Meanwhile, Bill Gates is making a striking claim — that we have already passed artificial intelligence's most dangerous thresholds. In a wide-ranging conversation with MIT Technology Review, Gates struck a notably measured tone, suggesting the focus should now shift from existential fear toward practical governance and application, a framing that will likely draw both relief and pushback from researchers.
And in gaming, the Ukrainian studio four-A Games is making no attempt at neutrality in its upcoming Metro two thousand thirty nine. Creative director Andriy Shevchenko says the Russia-Ukraine war has directly shaped the story, telling reporters there are no gray zones and that the team is, in his words, not afraid to call evil evil. The game also features a rebuilt engine capable of rendering billions of objects, a leap from the thirty million possible in Metro Exodus.
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