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Elon Musk’s rocket company, SpaceX, is looking to hire engineers for its new AI software engineering team.The company said in a job list published on July 11 that the new team will be “focused on solving complex data problems for our launch vehicles and spacecraft.” SpaceX said the team will also support the company’s satellite internet service, Starlink.The listing said it was considering candidates with majors in computer science, data science, engineering, mathematics, or physics. It said that those without a degree could be considered if they had at least four years of professional experience in building software.”Aerospace experience is…

Nvidia announced Monday that it’s filing applications to restart sales of its H20 artificial intelligence chips to China, capping a spasmodic few months that saw the Trump administration impose restrictions, then quickly reverse course after a high-profile dinner meeting. The company expects to receive U.S. government licenses soon and begin deliveries shortly after, according to a blog post. Nvidia is also introducing a new “RTX Pro” chip designed specifically for the Chinese market, calling it “fully compliant” with regulations and ideal for digital manufacturing applications like smart factories and logistics. The H20 chip sits at the center of a broader…

Nvidia said it plans to resume deliveries of its H20 AI chips to China because of assurances from the US government that shipments will be approved.Nvidia, in a blog post dated July 14, said the company “hopes to start deliveries soon” to China, given these assurances.This announcement comes days after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang met with President Donald Trump and policymakers to talk about the US’s domestic AI infrastructure.Huang is in China now and has had meetings with government officials and industry leaders in Beijing, per Nvidia’s blog post.The announcement from Nvidia indicates a sharp reversal from the Trump administration’s…

LONDON (AP) — More than 14 million children did not receive a single vaccine last year — about the same number as the year before — according to U.N. health officials. Nine countries accounted for more than half of those unprotected children.In their annual estimate of global vaccine coverage, released Tuesday, the World Health Organization and UNICEF said about 89% of children under one year old got a first dose of the diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough vaccine in 2024, the same as in 2023. About 85% completed the three-dose series, up from 84% in 2023.Officials acknowledged, however, that the…

Top members of Meta’s new Superintelligence Lab discussed pivoting away from the company’s powerful open source AI model, Behemoth, and instead developing a closed model, reports The New York Times.  Sources told The Times that Meta had completed training on Behemoth, but delayed its release due to underwhelming internal performance. When the new Superintelligence Lab launched, testing on the model reportedly halted.  The discussions are just that — discussions. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg would still need to sign off on any changes, and a company spokesperson told TechCrunch that Meta’s position on open source AI is “unchanged.” “We plan to…

Today, July 14, is your last chance to file a claim in the 23andMe bankruptcy case.The genetic testing firm, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in March, is offering eligible customers the chance to seek damages tied to a 2023 data breach that exposed the sensitive personal information of nearly 7 million users.The breach includes names, ancestry results, relationship data, and shared DNA percentages.Customers have until 11:59 p.m. CT Monday, July 14, to file claims electronically, or until 4:59 p.m. CT if submitting by mail. The deadline was originally set in May by the US Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern…

ATLANTA (AP) — Pittsburgh’s Oneil Cruz hit a 513-foot drive over Truist Park’s right-center field seats while advancing to the second round of the All-Star Home Run Derby along with Seattle’s Cal Raleigh, Tampa Bay’s Junior Caminero and Minnesota’s Byron Buxton on Monday night.Atlanta’s Matt Olson, Washington’s James Wood, the New York Yankees’ Jazz Chisholm Jr., and the Athletics’ Brent Rooker were eliminated.Cruz and Caminero each hit 21 long balls and Buxton had 20 in the opening round of the annual power show. Raleigh and Rooker had 17 apiece, but Raleigh advanced on the tiebreaker of their longest homer, 470.61…

When you answer the phone, do you say “hello” or offer some sort of greeting right away, or do you expect the caller to initiate the conversation?If you’re over the age of 28, my guess is you’re confused by this question. Of course you say “hello” when picking up the phone.But Gen Z — a generation raised in a post-landline universe — may disagree. They expect you — the person calling — to speak first.A recent viral tweet brought up this alarming etiquette divide. Someone who works in recruiting tweeted that she’s noticed that when she calls Gen Z people…

What’s left of the AI coding startup Windsurf will be acquired by its competitor Cognition, the two companies just announced.Google announced on Friday that it had hired Windsurf’s CEO and other key executives and licensed its technology, leaving Windsurf’s future as an independent company in doubt. This also meant a previous deal with OpenAI to acquire it was off.Now, Windsurf interim CEO Jeff Wang says Cognition’s acquisition will be a “perfect fit” that would provide endless opportunities for engineers to “100x” their productivity. The terms of Cognition’s deal, announced Monday, weren’t disclosed.”The last 72 hours have been the wildest rollercoaster…

Mark Zuckerberg is in full founder mode again. This time it’s the AI version.Meta fell behind in the generative AI race earlier this year when the company rolled out its Llama 4 model. The product was not up to scratch, compared to rival offerings from DeepSeek, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.Since then, Zuck has gone on a hiring bender, personally recruiting top AI talent with pay packages in the $100 million range and more.That’s just one ingredient for success in generative AI. Another is high-quality data. Hence, Meta’s weird $14 billion deal to buy just under half of Scale AI and its leader,…