“Matchbox,” a film from Sam Hargrave, Skydance, Mattel Films, and Apple, will include John Cena

Matchbox, a brand-new live-action picture from Skydance and Mattel Films starring John Cena and helmed by Sam Hargrave, has been acquired by Apple Original Films. David Coggeshall and Jonathan Tropper will pen the screenplay for the film, which is based on Mattel’s renowned die-cast toy car line. Jack Odell, an avid car fan, created the […]

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Live Fungi, Bacteria, and Viruses Found High in Earth’s Atmosphere

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 high microbes could be found and whether they could survive […]

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Cortex Inc. Secures $60M to Boost Developer Platform and AI Integration

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 software development by cataloging, scoring, and prioritizing actions to improve […]

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SpaceX Successfully Launches Second Pair of Maxar WorldView Legion Imaging Satellites

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 three launches, of which this is the second. The first […]

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Ant Group continues to bet on artificial intelligence by investing in writing assistance start-up Mita

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 yuan (US$13.9 million) in a new funding round headed by […]

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