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A fusion rocket designed to travel 500,000 mph is under construction
A British aerospace startup is working on a fusion rocket it says will slash the amount of time it takes astronauts to travel to Mars and beyond — allowing humans to explore places that are currently far out of reach.
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Self-driving cars are widely available in San Francisco
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China's military claims to have found a way to build a laser weapon that can fire indefinitely
If their claims are true, it means that China has leapfrogged over the US in developing high-energy laser weapons that could be used on the battlefield
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Other deep tech stories
'New York Times' considers legal action against OpenAI as copyright tensions swirl - NPR
EV Startup VinFast’s Market Debut Pushes Value Higher Than GM, Ford - WSJ
Tesla Rolls Out New Base Model S and X for $10,000 Less - Yahoo Finance
Northrop Grumman Opens New Hypersonic Propulsion Systems Manufacturing Facility in Maryland - Northrop Grumman
Russia is back on the lunar path. A rocket blasts off on its first moon mission in nearly 50 years - AP News
Exotrail (French space startup) created 2 US subsidiaries to expand into the American market - SpaceNews
Lockheed Martin opened a factory in Colorado focused on small satellites - SpaceNews
Stealth Bio lands grant from Michael J Fox Foundation to advance Parkinson’s therapy - Longevity Tech
Gene-edited pig kidney transplanted into brain-dead patient 1 month ago is still functioning, doctors say - ABC News
A totaled Tesla was sold for parts in the U.S. but came back online in Ukraine — here’s what happened - CNBC