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Rocket issues delay 1st-ever private mission to Venus: 'We are awaiting Neutron readiness'

September 4, 2026
The future of a privately backed robotic mission Venus seems about as cloudy as the planet itself at the moment. Scientists based at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are working with the California-based company Rocket Lab to search for possible signs of life on Venus. The first step in that program is the Rocket Lab Mission to Venus, which will deploy a small, nose cone-like probe…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Google’s latest AI weather model gives you no excuse to forget your umbrella

September 4, 2026
Scientists at Google DeepMind and Google Research released a new artificial intelligence model for weather forecasting today that sees our changing atmosphere more clearly and predicts its behavior more often. WeatherNext 3 is the latest wave of a sea change in meteorology brought out by deep learning techniques, and Google says it will start feeding into weather information users see in search…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Tesla settles fatal Autopilot fire truck lawsuit, avoiding jury trial

September 4, 2026
Tesla has settled a wrongful death lawsuit over a 2023 crash in which a Model S on Autopilot slammed into a parked fire truck, killing the driver and seriously injuring his brother. The confidential settlement, filed in California federal court, lets Tesla avoid a jury trial that would have put Elon Musk’s own Autopilot claims in front of jurors. A Model S on Autopilot at 70 mph The crash…
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DefenseNews

US Marine Corps plans to use 3D scanners to detect cracked body armor

September 4, 2026
The U.S. Marine Corps is looking to acquire high-resolution 3D scanners to detect cracked body armor. The goal is to develop sensors that can “scan individual hard armor plates for cracks and delaminations,” according to a Marine Corps Request For Information, which is due Oct. 2. More specifically, the devices will inspect Enhanced Small Arms Protective Inserts and United States Marine Corps…
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