**I have absolutely no idea and am not qualified in any way to answer**

...but this is Slashdot, so... I'd imagine unmanned; I think the study is to see if the costs are low enough to make this viable, given that Hubble is rather old and might fail anyway.

Re replacement gyros, plus de-orbiting stuff? I guess they _might_ "simply" be able to attach an external module to take over all of these functions. Worst case, it'd need to attach to the existing power-supply, but I guess it might be easier (says me!) to have separate solar panels to power this entirely separate module.

I've used KSP quite a bit, so I'm pretty sure I'm nearly qualified!! :D

To be fair, I think (I didn't RTFA okay!) they are just banning them from being on their network; so, having a fire on one of their buses is probably bad. Having a fire on one of their tube-trains is probably more bad because it might be difficult for passengers to quickly get out, and having a fire within any of the tube stations is probably bad because they're an enclosed space. Having a large number of people panic in such a location might alone lead to deaths.

So... it seems more like a safety thing to me.

It is very worrying!

In TFA, there's an example of an up-scaled tram. There a blue ... something, perhaps a warning notice or something near the front of the tram. But imagine this is a registration number of the tram. It is not visible in the original, and I don't believe there are enough pixels to even take a guess. However, I suspect the "AI magic" would use detail from other similar images it has been exposed to... thus, it _could_ perhaps show an incorrect tram-registration number.

*We* know this information isn't correct, but it could be difficult to a lay-person to defend themselves if presented with an apparent photograph that shows, what appears to be, absolute incontrovertible truth!

Obviously, right now, an "expert" would be required to enhance a photo, and thus they should know what may or may not work. But imagine a future where this tech is embedded into cheap consumer cameras. At that point, I worry that people would believe what they see in a photo that they believe they took.

Imagine a phone-camera where you have (effective) infinite pinch/zoom!

Still cool though! ;-)

With that attitude, the nerds will be stealing your dinner money soon! ;-)

As soon as I saw "fine" I knew if definitely wasn't the UK... 'cos we always just roll over and take it.

Probably having a clown as our current PM doesn't help.

^ This! :-)
I have no mod-points to mod-up... but I would otherwise.

Not only that, but where the obvious issues are someone trying to sell me a product, there's also much much more insidious uses, as have been exploited on Facebook, where a users preferences can be used to funnel them news of dubious merit.

Previously I'd have largely ignored this and considered that it was up to the users to manage their own privacy... but I think given recent events, it's clear that there are a very large section of society who are very susceptible to such misuse/abuse of user tracking.

For this reason, things like this should be kicked to the kerb *and* we need laws to prevent people working around them - because they will otherwise.

I'm not disagreeing with you and I expect full electric to be the future, but I and a bit disappointed with pretty much all the big car manufacturers for not having done enough... I think there's still some scope to improve ICEs in terms of both efficiency and reliability.

Christian von Koenigsegg has been talking for years about building engines with no cam-shaft, and it seems that's what he's put on their latest car - the Gemera.

There's a bit more info here: https://www.koenigsegg.com/gemera/engine-and-drivetrain/, but not having a cam-shaft allows for playing with valve timing to optimise the burn depending on conditions, removes the mechanical drag of the cam-shaft, removes the weight too, and makes the engine a bit more compact.

Obviously, a Koenigsegg ain't an every-day car! But, it seems a shame none (as far as I know) of the big car manufacturers pursued this.

Oh, and another car of theirs, the Koenigsegg Regera, has an ICE (plus electric) but without a gearbox! It uses electric up to... I think about 20 or 30 mph, before switching. And electric for reverse. Again, all reduces weight, and... well... it's interesting because once again, it's just different to what everyone else has done.

**FYI - I'm not in any way an engineer... I just lust after cars I totally can't afford and I'm a nerd! :D

Yeah, I think I'd rate this:
+1 for style / making an effort
-1 million for good thinking

Agreed!

Plus, my original Moto G that I bought in.. 2014? did not come with a charger because even then pretty much everything was using micro-USB.

I did get a Moto G8 Power this year and it did come with a USB-C charger, although I suppose most people (myself included) may not have a spare USB-C charger at the moment. I still wouldn't have objected if it had not been in the box though.

I did not know that! Cheers!! :D

Because a free market will go for the cheapest option at any given time, but long-term that'll be bad for everyone due to the environmental impact.

The current administration seem to indicate* that they would prefer to remove any regulations and allow local manufacturers to build inefficient vehicles, all with the idea that that will encourage more local production and less imports.
* Starred because quite honestly, what this administration says and what they do, often do not agree. They say one thing to appeal to voters but do something entirely different.

Personally, I think once a good proportion of cars being sold are full-EVs, more people will at least ride in them, and they'll be less inclined to go back to ICE cars.

It is unfortunate... but the current administration is unusually backward in it's thinking, and (one hopes) there's a good chance that'll change soon, in which case, the US should be well positioned to lead with now proven technology.

Unity was actually pretty good, but it took them quite a few releases to get to that point. When they initially included it as the primary desktop, it was buggy and slow... and I think that's where they lost a lot of users.

I'm using (Mint) Cinnamon right now, but only because I want a supported desktop and Gnome is still crap.

I have to login to TikTok in order to view anything? That'll never catch on!