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Spirit Airlines' bankruptcy process has uncovered an unexpectedly valuable asset: its corporate internal data. AI firms including Google, Micro1, and Mercor are bidding millions for the airline's records to train enterprise AI agents.
French nuclear plants successfully maintained grid reliability during recent record heatwaves despite temporary output reductions mandated by aquatic protection laws.
Chinese streaming giant Bilibili is expanding globally by eliminating identity verification requirements for overseas users, building an English-language website, and recruiting creators and community managers across major international markets.
New research from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory reveals that as generative models grow, the influence of individual training images vanishes, complicating efforts to track data attribution and settle fair use disputes.
Luca Thommen, an engineer and Pioneer Fellow at ETH Zurich, is developing a novel solar thermal collector designed to generate affordable, low-emission process heat for industrial applications, aiming to replace natural gas across manufacturing operations.
Versatile RobotX, a UK agtech spin-out developing autonomous harvesting systems, has secured over €1.17 million in funding from the British Design Fund, Innovate UK, and Defra.
LymeAlert, a healthtech startup co-founded by an MIT Sloan fellow, is launching an at-home diagnostic kit designed to detect Lyme disease-causing bacteria in captured ticks within minutes.
New academic research demonstrates how reusable launch architecture has solidified U.S. dominance in space access, leaving European space programs with rising costs and difficult strategic tradeoffs.
Microsoft has resolved a security vulnerability in Windows Virtualization-Based Security that permitted low-level memory spoofing to disable endpoint detection, antivirus software, and kernel protections using a basic script.
Google has expanded its Private Computing Toolkit with the release of HEIR, an open-source compiler toolchain designed to enable homomorphic encryption for artificial intelligence inference.
Northern Gritstone, an investment vehicle backing university spinouts in northern England, is establishing a San Francisco office to help its portfolio companies secure American venture capital and scale internationally.
A new paper published in IEEE Annals of the History of Computing traces how computer science terminology has relied on double meanings since the 1950s, leading the public to confuse statistical classification with human cognition.
Two studies suggest misconduct remains uncommon, but becomes more likely when overheated markets reward growth without adequate oversight.
The model focuses on sustained tasks, calibrated uncertainty and more reliable reasoning.
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