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Blood test can find thousands of genetic conditions in pregnancy, say scientists

Blood test can find thousands of genetic conditions in pregnancy, say scientists

Technique that examines fragments of foetal DNA in mother’s bloodstream could limit need for invasive screening, according to researchers A new maternal blood test that can detect thousands of serious genetic conditions in the developing…

Quote of the day by inventor of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee

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Quote of the day by inventor of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee

One of the most esteemed scientists in the world reflects on how important data has become in the 21st century and the modern iteration of the internet

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NASA Leader Responds to Criticism Over All-Male Artemis III Crew

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NASA Leader Responds to Criticism Over All-Male Artemis III Crew

NASA’s missions these days rarely feature all-male crews. Jared Isaacman, its administrator, said women play prominent roles throughout the space agency.

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How Elon Musk nailed the SpaceX IPO: ‘I’m not sure that this could have gone much better’

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How Elon Musk nailed the SpaceX IPO: ‘I’m not sure that this could have gone much better’

There were a lot of ways that SpaceX’s initial public offering could have gone wrong. Instead, the company bucked Wall Street norms, pulled off the biggest IPO ever and raised $75 billion.

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Kimi K2.7-Code cuts thinking tokens 30% — but practitioners say the benchmarks don't check out

Kimi K2.7-Code cuts thinking tokens 30% — but practitioners say the benchmarks don't check out

Moonshot AI released Kimi K2.7-Code this week, an open-source update to its K2 coding model family, claiming leaner reasoning and double-digit performance gains. K2.7-Code is built on the same trillion-parameter mixture-of-experts…

Class V Group Founder Analyzes Unique Features of SpaceX's Record $75B IPO

Class V Group Founder Analyzes Unique Features of SpaceX's Record $75B IPO

Lise Buyer, Founder at Class V Group and one of the architects of Google's IPO, provided insights on SpaceX's recent record-breaking $75 billion IPO. She highlighted the unusual aspects of the offering, including its fixed pricing rather…

Tom Mueller on SpaceX’s Rise and Space Economy

Tom Mueller on SpaceX’s Rise and Space Economy

Tom Mueller, Founder and CEO of Impulse Space and first employee at SpaceX, discussed SpaceX’s evolution from a risky startup in 2002 to a $2 trillion public company. He described early skepticism, repeated test failures, and key…

How much money did Elon Musk make in SpaceX’s stock market debut?

How much money did Elon Musk make in SpaceX’s stock market debut?

He’s now the world’s first trillionaire, after his rocket and AI company broke IPO records on its way to a $2.1tn valuation Elon Musk is now the world’s first trillionaire. SpaceX’s historic debut on the stock market on Friday launched the…

Google researchers introduce 'faithful uncertainty', allowing LLMs to offer best guesses instead of hallucinations

Google researchers introduce 'faithful uncertainty', allowing LLMs to offer best guesses instead of hallucinations

Large language models continue to struggle with hallucinations, presenting a major roadblock for real-world enterprise applications. Reducing these errors is a messy business, forcing model developers to navigate a strict tradeoff where…

SpaceX IPO Leaves Billions on the Table Amid High Valuation Concerns

SpaceX IPO Leaves Billions on the Table Amid High Valuation Concerns

Jay Ritter, director of The IPO Initiative and Emeritus Professor at the University of Florida, discussed the unprecedented $75 billion SpaceX IPO, highlighting its fixed $135 offer price set before the roadshow—a highly unusual approach…

Wall Street climbs as SpaceX shares launch, oil slides on Mideast deal hopes

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Wall Street climbs as SpaceX shares launch, oil slides on Mideast deal hopes

Wall Street ended higher as SpaceX surged 19 per cent in its Nasdaq debut, giving the company a valuation of over US$2 trillion.

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NYC Comptroller Raises Concerns Over SpaceX Index Inclusion and Governance Structure

NYC Comptroller Raises Concerns Over SpaceX Index Inclusion and Governance Structure

New York City Comptroller Mark Levine discussed the fast-tracking of SpaceX's inclusion into major indexes such as MSCI Global Standard and FTSE Russell, highlighting concerns about the abandonment of traditional criteria like seasoning…