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Science/Tech

Blue Origin Rocket Exploded Thursday Night During Hot-Fire Test

Today at 20:28 PM, via Slashdot

Spaceflight Now shared their video of the explosion, which the Orlando Sentinel describes as showing Blue Origin’s rocket “become engulfed in flames. The fireball expands out and covers the entire launch pad as the fuselage of the rocket can be seen crumbling into the flames.” Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos said on X.com. “It’s too early to know the root cause but we’re already working to find...

Huge Group’s Ecosystem Pivot Signals Long-Term Value Inflection

Today at 18:29 PM, via Tech Financials

Huge Group Limited (JSE: HUG), a South African investment holding entity focused on building and managing strategically integrated enabling ecosystems, today announced the publication of its Integrated Annual Report for the financial period ended 28 February 2026.  The report details Huge Group’s continued evolution as an investment holding company focused on ecosystem investments and provides […]

Supreme Court Lets Vermont’s Meta Lawsuit Proceed, Opening Door To 50-State Legal Wave

Today at 17:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Fortune: The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a push to avoid a lawsuit alleging that Facebook and Instagram harmed young users, a decision that comes as social media companies increasingly face legal scrutiny. Parent company Meta appealed after Vermont’s highest court allowed a suit filed by its attorney general in 2023 to move forward. The company is...

Harry Howard AI Secures $3 Million Seed Round to Scale AI-Powered Workspace for One-Person Companies

Today at 16:18 PM, via Tech Financials

Victoria, BC  – Harry Howard AI, the innovative AI-powered startup execution platform, today announced the successful closing of its $3,000,000 USD Seed funding round. The funding round saw strong participation from a prominent group of global venture capital firms and angel networks, including B Strategy , Metalabs Ventures , Neuralhash Capital, Mantella Venture Partners, Inovia […]

How fintech startups and iGaming platforms can slash time-to-market using infrastructure solutions

Today at 15:24 PM, via Tech Financials

Building a proprietary financial or gaming platform from scratch used to be a badge of honor. Founders would spend eighteen months raising capital, hiring engineering teams, and arguing over database architecture before writing a single line of client-facing code. In the current market, that approach is financial suicide. Investors are exhausted by long development cycles, […]

Blue Origin Rocket Explodes in Fiery Setback

Today at 15:22 PM, via Wired

The detonation of the New Glenn rocket resulted in a huge fireball in Florida, and may have long-term implications for the company’s ambitions.

Don’t shoot for the moon: aiming for ‘above average’ is key to success, maths suggests

Today at 15:00 PM, via The Guardian

Model created by researchers shows better outcomes are often more likely when people are not too ambitious

It is the end of an idiom for motivational speakers. Instead of shooting for the moon when pursuing life’s goals, researchers say people should be advised to aim a little lower if they want the best outcome.

The tip may lack the punch of uncompromising drive, but aiming for merely above...

‘It’s an obsession’: the man on a family mission to save the glutinous snail

Today at 14:40 PM, via The Guardian

Ian Hughes is boosting one of Europe’s most at-risk species with science, his sons and some homemade T-shirts

Ian Hughes and his son, Ben, are driving through the hills of north Wales with an array of homemade animal artefacts rattling around their car: diagrams, plaster casts, hand-printed T-shirts. They finally reach Llyn Tegid – Bala Lake in English – where, knee-deep in the water, Ian...

AI has fundamentally changed enterprise support

Today at 14:21 PM, via ITWeb

Technology enables a transition from reactive troubleshooting to predictive, preventive and insight-led operations, say enterprise software support and AI specialists.

FBI Arrests CIA Official With $40 Million In Gold Bars In His Home

Today at 13:00 PM, via Slashdot

A senior CIA official, David Rush, was arrested after investigators found more than $40 million in gold bars and about $2 million in cash at his Virginia home. According to the New York Times, “The only charge lodged against David Rush is that he inflated his academic credentials and obtained military leave pay worth tens of thousands of dollars.” From the report: The court papers describe Mr....

Hunt is on for the country’s top CISOs

Today at 12:57 PM, via ITWeb

Nominations are now open for Brainstorm’s new CISO awards, which recognise the achievements of SA’s foremost cyber security leaders.

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