The Deep End #25
NASA's asteroid sample makes it back to earth, American tech in Ukraine, and more
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My quick thoughts on American technology in Ukraine (ABC4 News)
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120 years of American manufacturing in less than 5 minutes
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NASA's first asteroid sample parachutes into Utah desert
A NASA space capsule carrying the largest soil sample ever scooped up from the surface of an asteroid streaked through Earth's atmosphere on Sunday and parachuted into the Utah desert, delivering the celestial specimen to scientists.
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Other deep tech stories
AI
New Orleans DA Fights ‘Terrorism’ on Streets With AI Spycraft (WSJ)
Announcing Microsoft Copilot, your everyday AI companion (Microsoft)
YouTube rolls out four new AI tools for creators (NBC News)
OpenAI unveils Dall-E 3, the latest version of its text-to-image tool (Reuters)
Google Connects A.I. Chatbot Bard to YouTube, Gmail and More (NYT)
Defense Tech
Israel unveils Army’s new AI-powered 'Barak' super tank (Jerusalem Post)
Anduril announces Ghost-X, with more payload capacity, longer flights (Defense News)
‘Silent Swarm’: US Navy seeking electromagnetic spectrum tech crossed with unmanned vehicle (Breaking Defense)
Biotech
Google and the Department of Defense are building an AI-powered microscope to help doctors spot cancer (CNBC)
Cybersecurity
Cisco makes largest ever acquisition, buying cybersecurity company Splunk for $28 billion in cash (CNBC)
Huawei unit ships Chinese-made surveillance chips in fresh comeback sign (Reuters)
Consumer Tech
The Billionaire Keeping TikTok on Phones in the U.S. (WSJ)
Transportation
First private US passenger rail line in 100 years is about to link Miami and Orlando at high speed (AP News)