Watch out, Elon Musk. Chinese robots are coming

AND THEY’RE off! Well, some of them. One weak-kneed participant collapsed before the starting line. Another did so a few steps later. A third quickly ran into a railing. Still, the remaining 18 humanoid robots taking part in a Beijing half-marathon on April 19th leapt, skipped or trundled glitchlessly onto a special track in a…

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Jonathan McDowell: tracking commercial companies’ space operations is more difficult than spy organisations

Jonathan McDowell has been a load-bearing part of the world’s spaceflight knowledge for more than four decades. His monthly newsletter on the industry – Jonathan’s Space Report – details all upcoming launches and has become an essential resource for everyone from keen amateurs to space professionals, while his library of space industry information and ephemera, which…

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Remote workers with college degrees are flooding low-skill jobs and making more than doctors back home

Report warns a college degree no longer guarantees skilled work in today’s AI-powered global job economy Remote jobs, once seen as offering freedom, now trap professionals in cycles of digital underemployment Middle-level professionals are taking side gigs to survive while tech roles remain out of reach The global job market is undergoing a profound transformation…

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