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The hunt for mysterious 'Planet Nine' offers up a surprise

It's an evocative idea that has long bedevilled scientists: a huge and mysterious planet is lurking in the darkness at the edge of our solar system, evading all our efforts to spot it.

Meta AI bot used a billion times monthly: Mark Zuckerberg

Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg touted the tech firm's generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) assistant on Wednesday, telling shareholders it is used by a billion people each month across its platforms.

GoodData Rolls Out AI Assistant: Embeddable Generative Analytics You Can Trust

Next-Gen Conversational Analytics Now Available, Secure, and Fully Embeddable

Starship megarocket blows up over Indian Ocean in latest bumpy test

SpaceX's prototype Starship exploded over the Indian Ocean on Tuesday, capping another bumpy test flight for the rocket central to billionaire Elon Musk's dream of colonizing Mars.

IPRoyal Survey Highlights Inflation as Top Driver of Retail Pricing Decisions Amid Margin Pressure

Outdated Manual Tracking Holds Back Pricing Agility as 95% of Companies Face Price-Sensitive Customers

SpaceX launches Starship rocket on latest test flight

SpaceX's Starship megarocket, the linchpin of founder Elon Musk's ambitions to colonize Mars, blasted off on its latest test mission Tuesday after the vessel's last two outings ended in fiery explosions.

Webb telescope captures deep view of ancient galaxies

The James Webb space telescope's deepest view of a single target yet depicts spinning arcs of light that are galaxies from the universe's distant past, the European Space Agency said Tuesday.

SpaceX set for next Starship launch after fiery failures

SpaceX is set Tuesday for the next test flight of its Starship megarocket -- the linchpin of founder Elon Musk's Mars ambitions -- after the vessel's last two outings ended in fiery explosions.

GoodData Launches GoodData AI: Embed, Extend, and Scale Analytics with AI

AI-Native Analytics Platform That Understands Your Business - and Your Developers

Brazil's truth-teller Mendonca Filho's double Cannes win

Brazilian director Kleber Mendonca Filho, whose thriller "The Secret Agent" won two prizes at the Cannes film festival Saturday, revels in getting under the skin of his homeland.

Doubt cast on claim of 'hints' of life on faraway planet

When astronomers announced last month they might have discovered the most promising hints of alien life yet on a distant planet, the rare good news raised hopes humanity could soon learn we are not alone in the universe.

Anthropic's Claude AI gets smarter -- and mischievious

Anthropic launched its latest Claude generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) models on Thursday, claiming to set new standards for reasoning but also building in safeguards against rogue behavior.

After two setbacks, SpaceX could try to launch massive Starship next week

SpaceX said Friday it will make another launch attempt next week of the massive Starship rocket -- key to CEO Elon Musk's long-term vision of colonizing Mars -- after two consecutive in-flight explosions earlier this year.

Pope's call to tame AI sets tone for Christian leaders

Pope Leo XIV singled out the challenges of artificial intelligence as he took office this month, underscoring religious leaders' hopes to influence a technology freighted with both vast hopes and apocalyptic fears.

Deminers comb Belgian countryside for remnants of Great War

Working with the utmost care, a Belgian deminer wiggled a century-old artillery shell from the soil and deposited it safely in a sandbox in the back of his truck.

DCLI Drives Fleet Efficiencies with BlackBerry Radar Deployment Across 100,000 Chassis

Innovative Asset Monitoring Technology Selected by U.S.'s Largest Container Chassis Provider

Apple design legend Jony Ive joins OpenAI

The legendary designer behind Apple's iPhone, Jony Ive, has joined OpenAI to create devices tailored for using generative artificial intelligence, according to a video posted Wednesday by the ChatGPT maker.

Google ramps up AI features in search engine

Google on Tuesday said it was beefing up online searches with even more generative artificial intelligence, as it presses on with embracing AI despite fears for its ad-based business model.

Cambridge Isotope Laboratories Launches ISOLED-D: Revolutionary Deuterated Reagents for OLED Manufacturing

New ISOLED-D™ line delivers premium, scalable deuterated reagents for OLED synthesis, supporting the industry from R&D through commercial production with CIL's global manufacturing and expertise.

Polar bear biopsies to shed light on Arctic pollutants

With one foot braced on the helicopter's landing skid, a veterinarian lifted his air rifle, took aim and fired a tranquiliser dart at a polar bear.

Global chip giants converge on Taiwan for Computex

Global semiconductor chip giants will gather at Taiwan's top tech expo this week to showcase "the next frontier" for an industry dominated by artificial intelligence.

Eurovision favourite KAJ shines spotlight on Finland's Swedish- speaking minority

Comedy act KAJ, the favourite to win Saturday's Eurovision Song Contest for Sweden, has shone a spotlight on Finland's small Swedish-speaking minority, little-known outside the Nordic region, Finnish officials say.

Vladimir Medinsky: Russia's history hawk leading talks with Kyiv

Russia's former culture minister and Kremlin aide Vladimir Medinsky took part in failed talks with Ukraine at the start of Moscow's invasion in 2022 and has built a career promoting an ultra-patriotic version of Russian history.

Ancient reptile tracks rewrite when animals conquered land

After a brief rain in part of the ancient supercontinent of Gondwana 350 million years ago, a reptile pressed its small claws into the still-wet ground.

Maxon Introduces New Real-Time Rendering and Cinematic Previews Solution for Architects

Maxon gives first preview of new solution with partner Vectorworks at AIA Conference on Architecture & Design 2025

Loar Announces Pricing of Secondary Public Offering

WHITE PLAINS, NY / ACCESS Newswire / May 14, 2025 / Loar Holdings Inc. (NYSE:LOAR) ("Loar") announced today the pricing of a secondary underwritten public offering of 9,000,000 shares of its common stock by certain of its stockholders at $83.41 per share. In addition, the selling stockholders have granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,350,000 shares of common stock at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions. The offering is expected to close on May 16, 2025, subject to customary closing conditions.

S.Africa's vast radio telescope draws new generation to the cosmos

When Lungelo Zondi first learnt about stars and galaxies at primary school in South Africa, she dreamt of having a live feed into the universe for uninterrupted space exploration.

Universe dying quicker than thought, says new research

The universe is poised to die much faster than previously thought, according to new research by Dutch scientists.

Loar Announces Launch of Secondary Public Offering

WHITE PLAINS, NY / ACCESS Newswire / May 13, 2025 / Loar Holdings Inc. (NYSE:LOAR) ("Loar") announced today the launch of a secondary underwritten public offering of 9,000,000 shares of its common stock by certain of its stockholders. In addition, such selling stockholders expect to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 1,350,000 additional shares of common stock at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions.

Loar Holdings Inc. Reports Q1 2025 Record Results and Upward Revision to 2025 Outlook

WHITE PLAINS, NY / ACCESS Newswire / May 13, 2025 / Loar Holdings Inc. (NYSE:LOAR) (the "Company," "Loar," "we," "us" and "our"), reported record results for the first quarter of 2025.

Market Logic Software and Alchemy-RX Announce Strategic Partnership to Accelerate Transformation of Insights to Growth

This partnership brings together complementary capabilities: Market Logic's AI-powered technology platform DeepSights™ - which centralizes and synthesizes research across knowledge sources - and Alchemy-Rx's proven methods to turning those insights into high-impact ideas. While Market Logic enables organizations to uncover trusted insights faster and more effectively, Alchemy-Rx helps brands act on those insights to fuel incremental revenue.

OMP's Unison Planning Achieves SAP(R) Certified Integration with RISE with SAP S/4HANA(R) Cloud

ANTWERPEN, BE / ACCESS Newswire / May 13, 2025 / OMP, a global leader in supply chain planning solutions, announced today that its Unison PlanningTM platform has achieved SAP® certification as integrated with RISE with SAP S/4HANA® Cloud. Continuing its long history of providing SAP-certified integration, this milestone confirms Unison Planning's full support for S/4HANA environments and its compatibility with RISE with SAP.

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