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Artificial intelligence has developed a device that turns moon dust into energy.Moon Vacuum published by Blue Origin on Wednesday. AmazonThe re:Invent 2025 conference in Las Vegas was built using key technology from startup Istari Digital.”So we could suck up lunar dust, extract heat from it, and use it as an energy source, such as by turning lunar dust into batteries,” Istari CEO Will Roper told CNBC’s Morgan Brennan.Spacecraft performing missions on the moon are typically confined to lunar nights. There are two weeks of moonlit nights every 28 days, during which the moon is shrouded in darkness and temperatures drop…
Bangkok AP — Thailand on Wednesday lifted a 53-year-old ban on the retail sale of alcoholic beverages in the afternoon. This is expected to boost year-end tourists and business at stores such as bars and convenience stores. The ban from 2pm to 5pm will be lifted on a trial basis for 180 days, after which its effectiveness will be evaluated. The ban on the sale of beer, spirits and wine in the afternoon was enacted in 1972 when Thailand was under military rule, but the original reasons for the measure are now unknown. Thailand is predominantly Buddhist, and although drinking…
Mary Steenburgen, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen Each of her Diane’s Book Club co-stars paid tribute to the late actress. The Elf actress stressed that her late friend was “magical”. “There has never been anyone like her, and there never will be,” she said in a statement. “I loved her and felt happy to be her friend. Her love for her family. What a magical person she was!!!” “It’s hard to believe and accept that Diane has passed away,” Jane wrote in an Instagram post. “She was always a ray of life and light, always laughing at her weaknesses and infinitely…
Wednesday, November 12, 2025, Home in Hercules, California, USA. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesMortgage rates fell noticeably last week after weeks of increases, but not enough to make a big difference in demand from current borrowers and potential homebuyers. Total mortgage applications fell 1.4% for the week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index. Additional adjustments have been made for the Thanksgiving holiday. The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances of $806,500 or less, including origination fees for loans with a 20% down payment, decreased by 0.60 to 0.58…
Alan Dye, the design executive who led Apple’s user interface team for the past 10 years, is leaving the company to join Meta, Bloomberg’s Mark Garman reports. This is an important hire for Meta, as the company is pushing consumer devices such as smart glasses and virtual reality headsets. Dye will focus on improving the AI capabilities of these devices and will report directly to Chief Technology Officer Andrew Bosworth. Dai will be replaced at Apple by Steve LeMay, who has “played a key role in designing every major Apple interface since 1999,” Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a…
When President Vladimir Putin’s plane touches down in New Delhi on Thursday, he will be greeted with a lavish ceremony reserved for one of India’s most loyal partners. But his host, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is also seeking to maintain deep strategic ties with the United States, its main global rival. This is India’s diplomatic split screen. On the one hand, it could buy Russia’s state-of-the-art fighter jets, cheap oil, and the ironclad friendships forged during the Cold War. On the other, there are hopes for U.S. cooperation in technology, trade and investment, and for President Donald Trump to lift…
Levi Strauss CEO Michelle Gass was out for a run in San Francisco last March when she first heard the song “Levii’s Jeans” from Beyonce’s latest album, “Cowboy Carter.” “Literally, I got chills,” Gass recounted to CNBC, adding the name-check represented a “once in a lifetime” marketing opportunity she couldn’t afford to squander. “She is one of the most celebrated and influential artists of our time. … We asked the question, ‘Could there be something more?'” Six months later, Levi announced Beyonce would star in a new global marketing campaign. Then, a pattern that’s repeated itself since Levi invented blue jeans more…
Amazon Web Services’ annual technology conference, AWS re:Invent, wrapped up today with a ton of product news, keynotes, and the requisite customer success stories. The obvious topic is enterprise AI. This year is all about upgrades that allow customers to further customize their AI agents, including one that AWS claims can learn from users and work independently for days. AWS re:Invent 2025, which runs through December 5, kicked off with a keynote address from AWS CEO Matt Garman. He embraced the idea that AI agents could unlock the “true value” of AI. “AI assistants are starting to be replaced by…
Dan Niles, founder of Niles Investment Management, says cash is the best investment idea right now in a market that could soon top out. Markets rose on Wednesday, but Microsoft shares fell after The Information reported that the company was cutting sales quotas for software related to artificial intelligence. Microsoft denied the report. Several other AI-related names sank sympathetically. However, Alphabet’s stock price rose nearly 2%. The move was the latest in a volatile fall of AI trading that began after investors became concerned about soaring valuations. “The market is starting to say, ‘We know not everyone is going to…
Kate Middleton and Jessie J’s emotional moment bonded over cancerJesse J and Duchess Kate have royal ties. The ‘Price Tag’ singer detailed her decision to break royal protocol and hug the Princess of Wales after her Royal Variety Performance at the Royal Albert Hall last month, revealing that she chose to hug the Duchess of Wales despite being “explained not to”. “I saw my mom out in public, who also went through cancer, and I just wanted to give her a hug,” Jessie said on This Morning on Dec. 3. “It was as simple as that. I didn’t see her…