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Researchers from Spain and Japan have discovered abundant live fungi, bacteria, and viruses at altitudes of 1,000 to 3,000 meters in Earth’s atmosphere. This groundbreaking study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, involved collecting air samples over Japan to investigate how
Cortex Applications Inc., a productivity platform startup, announced it has raised $60 million in funding to enhance its internal developer platform, increase developer awareness, and integrate more advanced workflows, engineering intelligence, and artificial intelligence. Founded in 2019, Cortex provides a platform that helps companies streamline
On August 15, two Maxar Intelligence imaging satellites were launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida by a SpaceX Falcon 9. Liftoff of the Maxar-2 mission occurred at 9:00 a.m. Eastern. The company’s constellation of six high-resolution imaging satellites, called WorldView Legion, requires
This week, space weather has continued to produce vivid displays of the Northern Lights, which are even more amazing from 250 miles above Earth, where astronauts live and work. At least five strong solar flares with coronal mass ejection throughout the course of the weekend
The August security update for Samsung phones is being sent rapidly, which is indicative of its significance. It is now available for certain years-old former flagships in the US after being added to the Galaxy S24 range and some Galaxy Fold models last week. The
The finance behemoth has made its latest investment in a low-key Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-up that specializes in search engines and writing help: Ant Group. According to a report released by local media Latepost on Thursday, Shanghai Mita Network Technology raised over 100 million
Workers everywhere put in countless hours a day on monotonous repetitive chores, like turning papers into PDFs and then uploading them to a drive, where they are then imported into a database and sent to a group of people by email. Even though UiPath was
The Peacock Theater in Los Angeles hosted the 73rd Miss USA contest on Sunday night, and Alma Cooper was declared the winner. Savannah Gankiewicz, who took over as Miss USA 2023 following Noelia Voigt’s resignation in May, won the title. Cooper, 22, is a military
Following an earlier this month setback, SpaceX has found its footing once more. On Sunday morning, July 28, the business launched two missions, launching clusters of its Starlink broadband satellites from coast to coast atop Falcon 9 rockets in less than five hours’ time. The
Today, Dazz, an Israeli startup that specializes in comprehensive security remediation, announced the conclusion of a $50 million fundraising round that was co-led by Greylock and included Cyberstarts, Insight Partners, and Index Ventures. With its most recent investment round, the company has raised $110 million