Live and on-demand video constituted an estimated 66% of global internet traffic by volume in 2022, and the top 10 days for internet traffic in 2024 coincided with live streaming events such as the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson boxing match and coverage of the NFL. Streaming enables seamless, on-demand access to video content, from online gaming to short videos like TikToks, and longer content such as movies, podcasts and NFL games. The defining aspect of streaming is its on-demand nature. Consider the global reach of a Joe Rogan podcast episode or the live coverage of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft launch ' both examples demonstrate how streaming connects millions of viewers to real-time and on-demand content worldwide. When it comes to video content ' whether it's a live stream or a prerecorded video ' there are two major challenges to address. First, video data is massive in size, making it time-consuming to transmit from the source to devices such as TVs, computers, tablets and smartphones....
The Los Angeles-based startup is helping streamline the approach to satellites with the ability to mass produce spacecraft buses ' the main body and structural component of satellites ' to help meet increasing demand from customers like the U.S. Department of Defense. 'Apex's approach to building spacecraft is key to America realizing its commercial and national security strategies in space,' said founder and CEO Ian Cinnamon. 'This successful raise accelerates our production, allowing Apex to expand its inventory ahead of demand to better enable the missions of our innovative customers, including defense primes, the U.S. government and some of the most exciting companies in the country.' However, so far space tech investment has been slow. Only $1.7 billion was invested in VC-backed startups in Q1, per Crunchbase data. Last year saw a total of $12.5 billion invested in space tech for the whole year....
Mourners of Pope Francis gathered at the Vatican, scenes from the the second weekend of Coachella 2025, a humanoid-robot half-marathon in China, a wildfire in Nebraska, a 'Big Wheel' Easter race in San Francisco, and much more Caretaker Ellie Gifford holds Joseph Mathews in her arms as they look up at the ceiling of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in the wake of the the death of Pope Francis, on April 21, 2025, in Washington, D.C. # Fiery streaks of handmade rockets light up the night sky over the village of Vrontados on the Greek island of Chios, as two rival congregations engage in a traditional "rocket war" to celebrate Easter on April 20, 2025. Thousands of fireworks were launched between the Saint Markos and Panagia Erithiani churches, turning the solemn resurrection night into a spectacle of light and sound. # People run for cover as a plume of dirt and smoke rises above tents at a camp for displaced Palestinians in northern Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, during an Israeli strike, on April 19, 2025. #...
On board Intuitive Machines' Athena spacecraft, which made a moon landing on March 6, were cutting-edge MIT payloads: a depth-mapping camera and a mini-rover called 'AstroAnt.' Also on that craft were the words and voices of people from around the world speaking in dozens of languages. These were etched on a 2-inch silicon wafer computationally designed by Professor Craig Carter of the MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering and mounted on the mission's Lunar Outpost MAPP Rover. Dubbed the Humanity United with MIT Art and Nanotechnology in Space (HUMANS), the project is a collaboration of art and science, bringing together experts from across MIT ' with technical expertise from the departments of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Mechanical Engineering, and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; nano-etching and testing from MIT.nano; audio processing from the MIT Media Lab's Opera of the Future and the Music and Theater Arts Section; and lunar mission support from the Media Lab's Space Exploration Initiative....
