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Shake truck helps Californians prepare for massive quake

Randy Baxter holds on for dear life as a simulator shows him just how powerful a magnitude 7 earthquake can be.

Blockchain"s Hidden Divide: Where Are the Women?

Blockchain is considered one of the key technologies of the future - yet women remain significantly underrepresented. African American women in particular face barriers to entry and leadership roles. The thesis, ...

Owkin Launches K Pro: The First Agentic AI Co-Pilot for Biopharma Powered by Biological Reasoning Models

Enterprise platform, queried through natural language, to help pharma, biotech, and investors make better decisions.High-quality biological patient data, enriched and integrated for use by AI agents.

Google to invest $15 bn in India, build largest AI hub outside US

Google said Tuesday it will invest $15 billion in India over the next five years, as it announced a giant data centre and artificial intelligence base in the country.

SpaceX launches Starship megarocket on successful test flight

SpaceX's massive Starship rocket soared through Texas's golden-hour skies Monday before splashing down successfully, as the US company vies to silence critics who doubt Elon Musk's startup can deliver NASA's lunar projects on time.

SpaceX's launches Starship megarocket on successful test flight

SpaceX's massive Starship rocket soared through Texas's golden-hour skies Monday before splashing down successfully, as the US company vies to silence critics who doubt Elon Musk's startup can deliver NASA's lunar projects on time.

GA-ASI and Hanwha Finalize Deal To Produce Gray Eagle(R) STOL UAS

Partnership Will Enable Cost Savings By Manufacturing Unique and Flexible UAS Platform in South Korea

Graid Technology Announces Strategic License Agreement With Intel Corporation to Accelerate RAID Innovation

In today's digital economy, data is the most valuable asset for every organization, and ensuring it is both resilient and readily available is critical to unlocking its full value. Through this agreement, Graid Technology will combine the proven enterprise performance of Intel® VROC with the breakthrough innovation of its own SupremeRAID™ portfolio, the industry's first GPU-based RAID architecture for high-performance workloads such as AI and HPC.

SpaceX launches Starship test flight

SpaceX's massive Starship rocket soared into its latest test flight Monday, as the US company vies to defy critics who say its technology might not be on track to deliver NASA's lunar projects and fulfill Elon Musk's Mars ambitions.

Scientists probe Tajik glacier for clues to climate resistance

Greenland is melting, the Alps are melting and the Himalayas are melting -- yet in one vast mountain region, huge glaciers have remained stable, or even gained mass, in recent decades. Can it last?

UK spearheads polar climate change research as US draws back

Britain's flagship polar research vessel heads to Antarctica next week to help advance dozens of climate change-linked science projects, as Western nations spearhead studies there while the United States withdraws.

Australian airline Qantas says millions of customers' data leaked online

Australian airline Qantas said Sunday that data from 5.7 million customers stolen in a major cyberattack this year had been shared online, part of a leak reportedly involving dozens of firms.

New species of Jurassic 'sword dragon' found in UK

A skeleton found on Britain's Jurassic Coast has been identified as a new species of ichthyosaur, a type of prehistoric marine reptile that once ruled the seas, scientists said Friday.

'Time runs away': Japan's city with a two-hour cap on phone use

Police won't be rounding up people glued to phones in Japan's Toyoake, but the mayor believes his two-hour limit can help residents find a healthier relationship with their screens.

Europe needs reusable rockets to catch Musk's SpaceX: ESA chief

Europe must quickly get its own reusable rocket launcher to catch up to billionaire Elon Musk's dominant SpaceX, European Space Agency director Josef Aschbacher told AFP in an interview.

GSK Unveils Fast-Tracked IBP Transformation with OMP at Gartner Supply Chain Planning Summit

ANTWERPEN, BE / ACCESS Newswire / October 9, 2025 / OMP, a leader in supply chain planning solutions, is spotlighting at the Gartner Supply Chain Planning Summit 2025 in London how GSK is accelerating its global transformation. The global healthcare company will reveal how it is reshaping end-to-end planning across its Medicines & Vaccines business. Powered by OMP's AI-driven Unison Planning™, GSK is speeding up demand and supply implementations worldwide.

BlackBerry SecuSUITE Expands to Windows Devices, Extending Sovereign-Grade Protection Across the Digital Workplace

WATERLOO, ON, ON / ACCESS Newswire / October 9, 2025 / BlackBerry Limited (NYSE:BB)(TSX:BB) today announced the expansion of BlackBerry® SecuSUITE® to Windows® devices, extending sovereign-grade secure communications trusted by governments and critical enterprises to include laptops and workstations. This expansion will enable secure voice, messaging, and file sharing across mobile devices, laptops, and desktops, delivering the same assured protection through a consistent, adoptable workflow.

Laser Digital Partners with Solidus Labs to Advance Crypto-Native Market Surveillance

The partnership will equip Laser Digital with Solidus Labs' advanced detection capabilities to monitor trading behavior across exchanges, OTC markets, and DeFi venuesBacked by Nomura, Laser Digital was recently licensed by VARA under its Pilot Framework to offer OTC crypto derivatives

Afghan mobile access to Facebook, Instagram intentionally restricted: watchdog

Access to several social media sites, including Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat, has been "intentionally restricted" in Afghanistan, an internet watchdog said Wednesday, a week after a 48-hour telecommunications blackout in the country.

'Solids full of holes': Nobel-winning materials explained

The chemistry Nobel was awarded on Wednesday to three scientists who discovered a revolutionary way of making materials full of tiny holes that can do everything from sucking water out of the desert air to capturing climate-warming carbon dioxide.

Trio wins chemistry Nobel for new form of molecular architecture

Japan's Susumu Kitagawa, UK-born Richard Robson and American-Jordanian Omar M. Yaghi on Wednesday won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing so-called metal–organic frameworks, the Nobel jury said.

Energy storage and new materials eyed for chemistry Nobel

The development of new compounds and novel ways of storing energy are some of the research fields commentators say could be contenders for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry announced Wednesday.

Study finds women have higher genetic risk of depression

Women are genetically at higher risk of clinical depression than men, Australian researchers found in a study published Wednesday that could change how the disorder is treated.

OpenAI's Fidji Simo says AI investment frenzy 'new normal,' not bubble

The dizzying investments in artificial intelligence infrastructure do not constitute a bubble but rather represent today's "new normal" to meet skyrocketing user demand, Fidji Simo, OpenAI's de facto number two, said on Monday.

Computer advances and 'invisibility cloak' vie for physics Nobel

A maths theory powering computer image compression, an "invisibility cloak" or the science behind the James Webb Space Telescope are some achievements that could be honoured when the Nobel physics prize is awarded Tuesday.

Nobel literature buzz tips Swiss postmodernist, Australians for prize

Swiss postmodernist novelist Christian Kracht and Australia's Gerald Murnane and Alexis Wright are among the favourites for the Nobel literature prize, experts told AFP ahead of the Swedish Academy's much-anticipated announcement on Thursday.

HotelRunner and Visa Partner Globally to Power Embedded and Autonomous Finance in Travel

Uniting the strength of Visa's trusted infrastructure with HotelRunner's deep presence in hospitality, this strategic preferred partnership sets the foundation for a new era of embedded finance in travel. By bringing Visa's products directly into HotelRunner's platform, this collaboration will enable seamless, secure, and scalable cross-border payments and settlements for thousands of travel businesses worldwide.

OpenAI signs multi-billion dollar chip deal with AMD

OpenAI signed a multi-year partnership Monday with chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices as the ChatGPT-maker continues an investment spree to secure massive amounts of computing power for rolling out generative artificial intelligence.

OpenAI offers more copyright control for Sora 2 videos

When OpenAI released its new video generation model Sora 2 last week, users delighted in creating hyper-realistic clips inspired by real cartoons and video games, from South Park to Pokemon.

Appetite-regulating hormones in focus as first Nobel Prizes fall

Research into hormones that regulate appetite is seen leading the race for the Nobel Prize in Medicine, to be awarded Monday -- the first in this year's Nobel season.

Competition heats up to challenge Nvidia's AI chip dominance

The artificial intelligence (AI) revolution has whetted the appetites of Nvidia's competitors, who are seeking to close the gap on the chip giant, which has so far been the central playmaker in the AI revolution.

Boom or bubble: How long can the AI investment craze last?

The staggering investments in artificial intelligence keep coming: Last week, AI chip giant Nvidia announced it would invest $100 billion to help OpenAI, the frontrunner in generative AI, build data centers.

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