Tech
For the first time, a Starship upper stage came back from orbit and was caught by its launch tower at Starbase, Texas. The half of the rocket that faces the hardest trip home can now land whole, so what does that unlock next?
Nov 15, 2026 · 10:30 AM
Tech
Tesla is now selling the Cybercab to private owners for $29,990, two years after Elon Musk promised it would cost under $30,000. What does owning a car with no pedals actually involve, and where can you use it?
Nov 15, 2026 · 4:45 PM
AI
Jan von Plato spent years reading Kurt Gödel's shorthand at a page a week; Claude digested all 16 notebooks in a couple of days. Did Gödel really have the proof he said he had before Paul Cohen?
Nov 15, 2026 · 7:15 AM
Geopolitics
In one afternoon in Manila, Mark Carney closed a trade deal with the Philippines and the bulk of a bigger one with all 11 ASEAN members. What do Canadian farmers and Filipino exporters get, and how fast can it reach them?
Nov 15, 2026 · 5:45 PM
AI
Anthropic's coding agent can now write a small program that runs several tools at once instead of asking for them one at a time. It is experimental and off by default, so who can switch it on, and what keeps it in check?
Nov 15, 2026 · 11:15 AM
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Tech
For the first time, a Starship upper stage came back from orbit and was caught by its launch tower at Starbase, Texas. The half of the rocket that faces the hardest trip home can now land whole, so what does that unlock next?
Nov 15, 2026 · 10:30 AM
Tech
Tesla is now selling the Cybercab to private owners for $29,990, two years after Elon Musk promised it would cost under $30,000. What does owning a car with no pedals actually involve, and where can you use it?
Nov 15, 2026 · 4:45 PM
AI
Jan von Plato spent years reading Kurt Gödel's shorthand at a page a week; Claude digested all 16 notebooks in a couple of days. Did Gödel really have the proof he said he had before Paul Cohen?
Nov 15, 2026 · 7:15 AM
Geopolitics
In one afternoon in Manila, Mark Carney closed a trade deal with the Philippines and the bulk of a bigger one with all 11 ASEAN members. What do Canadian farmers and Filipino exporters get, and how fast can it reach them?
Nov 15, 2026 · 5:45 PM
AI
Anthropic's coding agent can now write a small program that runs several tools at once instead of asking for them one at a time. It is experimental and off by default, so who can switch it on, and what keeps it in check?
Nov 15, 2026 · 11:15 AM
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