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Wes Davis

Wes Davis

Former Weekend Editor

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    AI art is gobbling up DeviantArt’s creator revenue sharing.

    AI art isn’t just showing up on the platform in droves, but DeviantArt is actively promoting the bots that pedal it, writes Slate.

    And those bots are reportedly earning tens of thousands of dollars, “monopolizing” the site’s revenue stream using generative models perhaps trained on the very artists the bots supplant.

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    Wes Davis
    Safe and accounted for.

    All of the crew of Blue Origin’s NS-25 flight have emerged from the capsule, safe and sound. That includes Ed Dwight, who was selected as the first Black Astronaut candidate in the early days of NASA’s space program but never went to space before today.

    “I thought I really didn’t need this in my life,” he said during Blue Origin’s livestream, “but now I need it in my life.”

    Screenshot: YouTube
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    Wes Davis
    Sonos is launching something on Tuesday at 9AM ET.

    The company is sending emails out that say its “most requested product” is coming on May 21st. Could the release be its rumored Sonos Ace wireless headphones?

    Screenshot of Sonos’ “Coming Soon” message going out on its email lists.
    Image: Sonos
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    Wes Davis
    Blue Origin’s capsule is back on Earth.

    The capsule parachuted down to the desert too, landing shortly after the New Shepard rocket. One of its parachutes didn’t deploy fully, but Blue Origin’s webcasters say the company has tested for that possibility and that it’s fine. They added that the crew are reporting they’re fine.

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    Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket has safely touched back down in Texas.

    The reusable rocket that just took the NS-25 capsule into space has now touched down in the desert of West Texas.

    A screenshot showing the Blue Origin booster after setting down, silhouetted in a cloud of dust.
    Screenshot: YouTube
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    Wes Davis
    Blue Origin’s NS-25 mission just reached space.

    At about 3:46 into the flight, Blue Origin confirmed its NS-25 mission had passed into space, and its astronauts were in zero g space. The capsule is now descending back to earth.

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    New Shepard has launched.

    Blue Origin’s rocket engines have fired, carrying its crew of six space tourists skyward.

    A screenshot showing the Blue Origin New Shepard rocket launching on May 19th.
    Screenshot: YouTube
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    Blue Origin is launching in one minute.

    The walkway is retracted and New Shepard has switched to autonomous mode — the launch now can’t be canceled.

    Screenshot: YouTube
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    Wes Davis
    An interesting statistic.

    Blue Origin’s livestream popped this image up, showing that about eight percent of women who’ve flown to space have been on New Shepard.

    An image showing statistics from Blue Origin.
    Screenshot: YouTube