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China has successfully recovered an orbital rocket booster via controlled descent for the first time, breaking what some see as the long-standing monopoly held by American commercial aerospace. During the maiden flight of the Long March 10B earlier today, the state-owned China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) achieved a
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There has never been a better time to be a bug hunter, whether the goal is patching Windows or breaking into it. With AI now capable of digging up software flaws faster than any human team could manage, Microsoft has announced a sweeping overhaul of how it finds and fixes
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On May 31, Sarah Wynn-Williams took the stage as a panelist at the prestigious Hay Festival, alongside law professor Tim Wu and journalist Carole Cadwalladr. Before she said a word, she was greeted by cheers. She never did say a word, sitting in silence as the two other panelists discussed
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AI and ML Standalone experiment killed after less than 12 months as model maker redirects agentic ambitions towards workplace productivity OpenAI has decided its AI browser experiment has run its course, pulling the plug on ChatGPT Atlas less than a year after launch and moving its browser-based agent features into
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Kimi delivers impressive performance for coding, document analysis, and multi-step agentic tasks, especially considering its price point. The most powerful features require higher subscription tiers, so casual users may feel that ceiling before they hit it. Pros * +Generous free tier * +Strong coding performance * +Competitive API pricing Cons * -Agent Swarm locked
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* Interpol’s Operation First Light 2026 spanned 97 countries, leading to 5,811 arrests, $239M seized, and 31,014 bank accounts blocked * Authorities analyzed 152,808 cases, identified 15,606 suspects, and uncovered scams ranging from BEC to money laundering, with victims exceeding 142,000 globally * Notable busts included a
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Mistral Vibe is the most affordable premium AI assistant from a major provider right now, and its Work and Code modes make a strong case for professionals who need more than a chatbot. The free tier is too restricted to evaluate the platform properly, and the jump from Pro to
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* Take-Two Interactive has its next quarterly finanical report scheduled for August 7 * The report will take place before the market open, which is unusual for Take-Two * Fans are hoping for a new GTA 6 update Rockstar Games' parent company, Take-Two Interactive, has quite an important day coming up, and
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* A new teaser for Spider-Man: Brand New Day has been revealed * The Korean TV spot shows off more of the titular hero's battle with the Hulk * It also appears to spoil the return of another of the webslinger's foes A fresh TV spot for Spider-Man: Brand
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A number of companies, betting on various architectural approaches, are trying to build the first commercially viable quantum computer capable of significantly outperforming current systems. Oratomic, which entered the race earlier this year with the goal of developing the first utility-scale quantum computer by the end of the decade, said
