NASA confirmed Thursday that SpaceX will launch the European Space Agency's Rosalind Franklin Mars rover, perhaps as soon as late 2028, on a Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. So why is NASA deciding which rocket will launch a flagship European Mars mission? It's a long story involving the search for extraterrestrial life, crippling political hatchets, and of all things, Russi...
NASA confirmed Thursday that SpaceX will launch the European Space Agency's Rosalind Franklin Mars rover, perhaps as soon as late 2028, on a Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. So why is NASA deciding which rocket will launch a flagship European Mars mission? It's a long story involving the search for extraterrestrial life, crippling political hatchets, and of all things, Russia's invasion of Ukraine. You can trace the history of Europe's Rosalind Franklin mission back a nearly a quarter-century. A few years after NASA landed its first rover on Mars in 1997 , the European Space Agency came up with a plan to send its own mobile robot to the red planet. The European rover was part of a program named Aurora, and officials hoped to launch it in 2009. Russia would have supplied a Soyuz rocket to send the rover on its way. Read full article Comments
OpenAI ( OPENAI ) has agreed to pay chip designer Cerebras ( CBRS ) more than $20B to use servers powered by the firm’s chips over the next three years, The Information reported . As part of the agreement, OpenAI will receive warrants for a minority portion of Cerebras’ shares, and that ownership could increase as it spends more. OpenAI has also agreed to provide Cerebras ( CBRS ) with around $1B ...
OpenAI ( OPENAI ) has agreed to pay chip designer Cerebras ( CBRS ) more than $20B to use servers powered by the firm’s chips over the next three years, The Information reported . As part of the agreement, OpenAI will receive warrants for a minority portion of Cerebras’ shares, and that ownership could increase as it spends more. OpenAI has also agreed to provide Cerebras ( CBRS ) with around $1B to fund the development of data centers that would run its AI products, the report said. Microsoft-backed ( MSFT ) OpenAI’s spending over the next three years could reach $30B, which could give OpenAI warrants for 10% of the firm. Cerebras could reveal part of its previously undisclosed arrangement as soon as Friday, when it unveils paperwork to go public, the report adds. AMD-backed ( AMD ) Cerebras is also targeting a fundraise of about $3B in an offering next month at a valuation of around $35B. In addition to Nvidia ( NVDA ) and AMD, Cerebras competes with Groq. More on OpenAI, Cerebras Systems Inc. Nadella's Flip-Flop OpenAI's Dilemma Wall Street Lunch: ChatGPT Tops 800M Weekly Active Users EU regulator proposes measures for Google to share search engine data with third parties OpenAI looks to deepen AI push into life sciences, new research paper says
Seven nuclear power reactors are scheduled to be completed and commissioned in China this year, state broadcaster China Central Television reported , citing the nation’s atomic energy organization’s annual report. China currently operates 60 commercial nuclear reactors, with 36 units under construction — including two that started this year — the world’s largest build-out, according to the report....
Seven nuclear power reactors are scheduled to be completed and commissioned in China this year, state broadcaster China Central Television reported , citing the nation’s atomic energy organization’s annual report. China currently operates 60 commercial nuclear reactors, with 36 units under construction — including two that started this year — the world’s largest build-out, according to the report. The government last month set a goal of 110 gigawatts of nuclear capacity by 2030 in its latest five-year plan draft, a 76% jump from the end of last year. The lofty target underscores the priority Chinese leaders have placed on the around-the-clock reliability of nuclear’s carbon-free electricity.
Earnings Call Insights: Netflix (NFLX) Q1 2026 Management view Gregory Peters (Co-CEO Gregory Peters) said Netflix is maintaining its 2026 framework, stating, "we are maintaining our guidance, our strong outlook for organic growth that we established for 2026. That's revenue growth of 12% to 14%, operating margin at 31.5%." He added the outlook "includes roughly doubling the advertising business t...
Earnings Call Insights: Netflix (NFLX) Q1 2026 Management view Gregory Peters (Co-CEO Gregory Peters) said Netflix is maintaining its 2026 framework, stating, "we are maintaining our guidance, our strong outlook for organic growth that we established for 2026. That's revenue growth of 12% to 14%, operating margin at 31.5%." He added the outlook "includes roughly doubling the advertising business to about USD 3 billion," while framing runway with, "we're still under 45% penetrated" of an estimated "roughly 800 million" addressable households, "captured about 7% of addressable revenue" of an estimated "USD 670 billion," and "account for only 5% of TV view share globally." Theodore Sarandos (Co-CEO Theodore Sarandos) described three priorities and tied them to growth, saying, "we're focused on 3 big priorities" including expanding beyond core series and films with "further expansion into podcasts," "more regional live sports events," and "growing our games offering, including a brand-new kids gaming app." He also said Netflix is "leveraging technology" including "now even how content is created and produced," and "improving monetization" through distribution, pricing plans, and advertising. Spencer Neumann (Chief Financial Officer Spencer Neumann) addressed the abandoned Warner Bros. transaction costs, saying, "there's no material impact on our operating margin outlook," and that M&A-related expenses remain "still in the ballpark" of the company’s prior projection that "was carrying $275 million of kind of cost for M&A-related activity." He also said the InterPositive acquisition had been embedded in earlier guidance, and for Warner Bros. costs, "some that we were planning to carry into '27 were pulled forward into 2026." Outlook Gregory Peters (Co-CEO Peters) reiterated Netflix’s full-year targets, saying management is maintaining "revenue growth of 12% to 14%, operating margin at 31.5%" and that this "includes roughly doubling the advertising business to about USD 3 ...
Hong Kong police are hunting for a man after mobile phones were snatched from two women moments before MTR train doors closed at two different stations. Police received reports from two victims, aged 48 and 33, at 8.24pm and 8.33pm on Thursday, respectively, that their phones had been grabbed by a man at Lai King and Mei Foo stations. The suspect, believed to be about 30 years old, took advantage ...
Hong Kong police are hunting for a man after mobile phones were snatched from two women moments before MTR train doors closed at two different stations. Police received reports from two victims, aged 48 and 33, at 8.24pm and 8.33pm on Thursday, respectively, that their phones had been grabbed by a man at Lai King and Mei Foo stations. The suspect, believed to be about 30 years old, took advantage of the closing doors to snatch the devices and escape. The stolen phones – an OPPO Find X9 and an...