A Falcon 9 rocket soars through the skies over Florida’s Space Coast during the Starlink 8-10 mission. This was SpaceX’s return to the flight mission, following a failed booster landing on Wednesday. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now Update 4:04 am EDT: SpaceX has launched the mission and landed its first stage booster on its drone, “Read … Read more
First announced at Google’s I/O developer conference in May, Google Photos’ AI-based search feature, “Ask Photos,” rolled out to users starting Thursday. The feature, which allows users to ask AI to find photos with more complex questions, will initially be available in “early access” to select customers in the US before expanding to a larger … Read more
A Starlink 8-6 mission strip showing the Falcon 9 rocket flying away from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on August 28, 2024. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has been grounded by the Federal Aviation Administration for the second time in less than two months, following the … Read more
The advancement of generative AI tools has created a new problem for the internet: the proliferation of images of synthetic nudes that resemble real people. On Thursday, Microsoft took a big step to give victims of revenge porn a tool to prevent their Bing search engine from returning these images. Microsoft has announced a partnership … Read more
For more than two decades, Jay Chandarana relied on commercial banks to meet the day-to-day working capital needs of his family business, sesame seed exporter Dhaval Agri. It was an agreement that basically worked: the company grew to have a share of 13% of the country’s total exports, making it the largest exporter of sesame … Read more
Sentinel-2 in the Vega launch tower. Image: ESA-CNES-ARIANESPACE/CSG-T video optics. Leduc Update 10:52 pm EDT: Arianespace has confirmed the successful deployment of the Sentinel-2C spacecraft. The European Space Agency (ESA) has completed its transition to its Vega-C mission with the final launch of its first generation Vega. The mission, called VV24, brought an Earth imaging … Read more
Diversification can be a useful way to manage risk in the financial sector. Warren Buffett led Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A -0.99%) (BRK.B -1.18%) reached a new milestone in August, surpassing $1 trillion in market capitalization for the first time. Although Berkshire is known for its public equity investments in companies such as Apple and Coca-Colathe value … Read more
If you’re hunting for a deal, there aren’t many choices right now. Get in on these discounted names while they’re still on sale. If you insist on buying your dividend stocks at a discount, you are largely out of luck right now. Although the S&P 500 it has been uncomfortably volatile since July, is still … Read more
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility – your central hub for news and insights on the future of transport. Sign up here for free – just click TechCrunch Mobility! Short week, shorter newsletter. For all the readers based in the US, I hope you had an enjoyable Labor Day. Before jumping into the news fray, here’s … Read more
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Station on the Starlink 8-11 mission on September 5, 2024. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Update 1:12 pm EDT: SpaceX has confirmed the deployment of all 21 Starlink satellites. SpaceX managed to find good enough weather to launch its 85th Falcon … Read more
