Amazon pours another $4B into Anthropic, OpenAI’s biggest rival
On Friday, Anthropic announced that Amazon has increased its investment in the AI startup by...
November 2024
DirecTV announces termination of deal to buy Dish satellite business
DirecTV is pulling out of an agreement to buy its satellite rival Dish after bondholders...
How real is this European space startup that aims to launch astronauts?
It would be easy to be cynical about a German-French startup named The Exploration Company,...
Russian ballistic missile attack on Ukraine portends new era of warfare
Two days ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a change in the country’s policy for...
Microsoft president asks Trump to “push harder” against Russian hacks
Microsoft’s president has called on Donald Trump to “push harder” against cyber attacks from Russia,...
Google seems to have called it quits on making its own Android tablets—again
Depending on which Android-focused site you believe, either a third Pixel Tablet was apparently in...
Rocket Report: Next Vulcan launch slips into 2025; Starship gets a green light
Welcome to Edition 7.20 of the Rocket Report! This is a super-long version of the...
UK hospitality startup Lighthouse enters unicorn club with $370M raise
London-based startup Lighthouse just raised a hefty $370mn from American investment giant KKR at a...
We’re closer to re-creating the sounds of Parasaurolophus
The duck-billed dinosaur Parasaurolophus is distinctive for its prominent crest, which some scientists have suggested...
Surgeons remove 2.5-inch hairball from teen with rare Rapunzel syndrome
After a month of unexplained bouts of stomach pain, an otherwise healthy 16-year-old girl arrived...
Dutch startup picked for $100M wind-powered carbon capture plant in Texas
Amsterdam-based startup Skytree is set to deploy its carbon-sucking machines on a newly announced carbon...
Candela brings electric flying ferry to US shores after $40M raise
Candela is flying high — and across the Atlantic. The Swedish startup has secured $14mn,...
An ad giant wants to control your next TV’s operating system
An ad company’s foray into TV operating systems (OSes) illustrates a significant shift for TV...
NASA is stacking the Artemis II rocket, implying a simple heat shield fix
The Space Launch System rocket that will dispatch four astronauts on the first Moon mission...
Obsidian’s Avowed is the cure for “Souls-like” action-RPG fatigue
In the years since Dark Souls first hit the scene, the action RPG genre has...