Jared Isaacman, who led the first all-private astronaut mission to orbit, has commissioned 3 more flights from SpaceX
The privately financed Polaris space program would include the first spacewalk by private citizens and the first crewed launch of the Starship, Elon Musk's gigantic spacecraft he hopes will fly to Mars. https://wapo.st/3oJ84HC
Google hired the co-founders of prominent AI start-up Character.ai, in a deal similar to recent transactions by Microsoft and Amazon that drew antitrust scrutiny. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/08/02/google-character-ai-noam-shazeer/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
Born at least in part of idealism, WikiLeaks’ aid to a Russian influence operation succeeded so well that it ushered in a golden era of hacking and leaking. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/06/26/wikileaks-leaks-reveals-hacking-influence/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
