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On 29 September 1954, the convention establishing CERN entered into force. The document was opened for signature in Paris in 1953, and the idea of a common European laboratory had…
Read the newsStarship's 14th flight on September 28, 2026 reached Earth orbit for the first time and delivered 26 operational Starlink V3 satellites. After an engine failure during ascent, the ship returned…
Read the newsThe second model in the Claude 5.5 family runs more than 30% faster than its predecessor and costs up to 30% less on typical tasks. The gains are especially noticeable…
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Estonian programmer Jaan Tallinn invested in DeepMind before Google bought it and in 2021 led a Series A round for Anthropic. For more than a decade he has been calling…
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On September 28, 2020, miHoYo released Genshin Impact, a free-to-play open-world role-playing game with gacha mechanics. It launched on Windows, Android, iOS, and PlayStation 4, and it is still being…
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The fourteenth Starship launch is scheduled for September 28, 2026. Ship 41 is expected to reach a stable orbit for the first time and deploy 26 Starlink V3 satellites.
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On September 24, 2026, Bitget discovered unauthorized transfers from some of its hot wallets. The exchange estimates losses at about $351.6 million; cold wallets were not affected.
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New York-based Precision Neuroscience has closed an oversubscribed $250 million Series D round. Among the co-leads are Bill Ackman's Pershing Square and the Ackman Oxman Institute.
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On September 28, 1928, Alexander Fleming noticed in his laboratory a dish where staphylococcus did not grow around the mold. Thus penicillin, the first antibiotic, was discovered.
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On September 27, 1954, NBC aired the first nationwide broadcast of Tonight Starring Steve Allen. That program launched The Tonight Show, which is still on the air today.
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The free web app Lofi Cities shows pixel night cities with rain, snow and their own sounds, and synthesizes lofi music right in the browser without samples, so it never…
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NASA has moved the infrared telescope PRIMA into Phase B, toward preliminary design. The project's cost is capped at $1.2 billion, and launch is targeted for 2033.
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