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Canada's Horizon Aircraft taps BETA for flight control system
4+ hour, 56+ min ago (327+ words) The Canadian hybrid-electric aircraft maker said it will integrate BETA's fly-by-wire flight control hardware and customized software into its Cavorite X7, which can carry one pilot and up to six passengers with as much as 1, 500 pounds of payload. The deal comes…...
Space X and AI startup wealth fuels demand for private jets
5+ hour, 36+ min ago (747+ words) By Doyinsola Oladipo and Allison Lampert The Cleveland-based attorney attributed the rush to a handful of major "liquidity events" in the tech industry. The IPO of Elon Musk's Space X, whose holdings include artificial-intelligence firm x AI, raised a record…...
Honeywell Aero to develop more defense products for Europe outside US export controls
5+ hour, 36+ min ago (607+ words) NATO leaders have unveiled arms deals worth tens of billions of dollars at a gathering in Turkey this week, as they face U. S. demands to spend more to defend Europe and due to pressure from Russia's war in Ukraine. Some European…...
China, India-linked hacking groups targeted Pakistani law enforcement, report says
3+ hour, 56+ min ago (490+ words) The campaigns offer a glimpse into foreign efforts to gather information on Pakistan's security challenges including" militant violence, tensions with Afghanistan and the country's economic collaboration with China. "When multiple cyberespionage actors operate against law enforcement institutions of a single…...
Ukraine's top prosecutor says no signs of Kyiv being behind Nord Stream blasts
6+ hour, 8+ min ago (309+ words) The explosions, months after Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, damaged the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, a vital route for Russian gas exports to Europe, as well as the Nord Stream 2 branch, which had yet to enter service. The Prosecutor General's…...
Greek firefighters battle fire at business site, at least two injured
9+ hour, 2+ min ago (170+ words) About 75 firefighters assisted by 20 engines, vehicles and a helicopter had been deployed at the site, tackling the blaze which broke out early in the morning, sending a plume of black smoke into the sky." One severely injured man has been…...
Alector and GSK partnership to end after dementia, Alzheimer's drug failures
11+ hour, 57+ min ago (252+ words) July 8 (Reuters) " Alector said on Wednesday that GSK had terminated their neuroscience collaboration agreement covering two experimental antibody drugs after both the drug candidates suffered clinical setbacks. The decision follows the failure of a late-stage study of latozinemab in a…...
Rubrik unveils $500 million UK investment, names London as European HQ
10+ hour, 49+ min ago (314+ words) The UK is one of the world's leading technology markets, and has become increasingly important to Rubrik's long-term growth," said CEO and co-founder Bipul Sinha. This investment strengthens our UK ecosystem, helping EMEA customers address the critical need for European…...
Open AI launches GPT-Live voice models that listen and speak simultaneously
21+ hour, 40+ min ago (152+ words) July 8 (Reuters) " Open AI on Wednesday launched GPT-Live, a new family of voice models capable of listening and speaking simultaneously in real time. The IPO-bound AI startup said it will roll out two versions of GPT-Live " GPT-Live-1 and GPT-Live-1 mini…...
Ancient quasars add to a 'major unsolved problem' in astrophysics
1+ day, 56+ min ago (706+ words) WASHINGTON, July 8 (Reuters) " A quasar " among the universe's most luminous and energetic objects " is a supermassive black hole caught in the act of guzzling matter at the heart of a galaxy. Scientists have now found quasars dating to so early…...