Max Q: SpaceX’s Bandwagon program is a big deal, actually
Hello and welcome back to Max Q! In this issue: SpaceX’s new rideshare program News from India’s space agency and more SpaceX’s new Bandwagon program is a big threat to small launch providers SpaceX is expanding its rideshare program with a new series of missions aimed at meeting the demand
Read moreTriller’s S-1 filing claims 550M users, but its app installs fall far short, new data shows
TikTok competitor Triller is preparing to go public, but estimates from Apptopia call its self-reported user numbers into question. Per Triller’s S-1 filing, the short-form video app has had 550 million lifetime sign-ups. But market intelligence firm Apptopia estimates that Triller has been downloaded just 73.2 million times since launch
Read moreThe Up-and-Running Guide to Architectural Fitness Functions
What you need to know about them without any mysteries left to uncover.Solving the question: How long is a piece of string? Or many? Photo by Patrycja Chociej on UnsplashYou’ve heard about architectural fitness functions, but most of the material you find lacks concrete details. Let’s fix that.I’ll explain:What architectural fitness functions areWhat
Read moreTeeny EV startup Arcimoto hooks up with defense contractor
What happens when a maker of tiny electric vehicles dips its wheels into the military industrial complex? We’re about to find out. On Monday, Arcimoto said it is diversifying beyond its usual business via a partnership with Department of Defense contractor Matbock. That’s a first for the EV startup, which
Read moreMatch Group is going steady with AI, appoints Zynga alum to lead AI-focused team
Match Group, the company behind dating apps like Tinder and OkCupid, is getting serious about its relationship with AI. After toying with some AI-powered features on Tinder, Match Group is taking things to the next level by appointing former Zynga head of growth Mark Kantor as Vice President of Innovation.
Read moreFriend.tech hype is skyrocketing, but will it actually reach the stars?
Since Friend.tech opened its invite-only beta test 11 days ago, the decentralized social-focused app has quickly attracted a lot of users, even catching the attention of big name crypto influencers, NBA players and OnlyFans creators. But can it convert all the early hype to meaningful, lasting traction? The app, built
Read moreDon’t Confuse Trust With Getting Along
Credit: MidjourneyIf you ask any team if they trust each other, they would probably say they do, especially if they worked together for a longer period of time.There is an abundance of teams that seem to have a good time working together but that continuously deliver unsatisfactory results. Trust can often
Read moreRigid Body Simulation Basics — Part 1: From Newton’s Law to a Constrained Optimization Problem
Rigid Body Simulation Basics — Part 1: From Newton’s Law to a Constrained Optimization ProblemScreen captures from constraint-based rigid body simulators by authorIntroductionThis article is intended to be the first article in a series where I plan to discuss some important topics on real-time physics simulation and build an engine incrementally. This first
Read moreSnapchat is expanding further into generative AI with ‘Dreams’
Snapchat is preparing to further expand into generative AI features, after earlier launching its AI-powered chatbot My AI which can now respond with a Snap back, not just text. With the company’s forthcoming generative AI feature called “Dreams,” Snap will again experiment with AI images — but soon, those images
Read moreEKS Node Autoscaling With Large Container Images and a Warm Pool, a Tragedy in Three Parts
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