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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced Wednesday that the New World screwworm was detected in a 3-week-old calf in Zavala County, Texas. This is the first time the New World screwfly has been detected in the United States since 2017.New World screwworm larvae “burrow into the flesh of live animals, causing severe damage and economic loss to livestock,” the Department of Agriculture said in a press statement about the Texas discovery.The statement said larvae were found in the calf’s navel, adding that no further findings have been made to date. The New World screwworm…
Poke, a startup that makes using AI agents as easy as sending a text message, has become the first AI agent approved to run on Apple’s Messages for Business platform. Previously, the platform was designed to help companies like airlines, retailers, and hotel chains communicate with their customers through iMessage, offering a standardized interface that supported both automated chat and live agents. Previously, it was not exposed to standalone third-party AI agents. Poke, released in March, was one of the first AI agents designed to be accessible to casual users without the technical skillset or inclination to work with command-line…
Honeywell-backed Quantinum Inc.’s stock price rose as much as 19% to more than $71 apiece in Thursday’s listing. The quantum company’s stock closed well above those highs with an increase of less than 1%, giving it a market capitalization of $15.66 billion. On Wednesday night, Quantinum’s roughly 28 million shares were priced at $60 per share, above the previous expected range of $53 to $55. This public offering raised $1.68 billion. Quantinam is listed on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol QNT. The IPO was good news not only for Quantinuum, but also for the club’s name, Honeywell International. The industrial…
Prince William talks about Duchess Kate’s recovery after battling cancer in a rare interviewkate middleton details the ripple effects of a cancer diagnosis. Specifically, how it affects the loved ones of the person surviving the illness. More than a year after the Princess of Wales announced her cancer was in remission, she shared insight into how “difficult” the experience was for her husband. prince williamtheir children prince george,12, princess charlotte11, and prince louis8, and the rest of the family. “We know it’s just as difficult for families and loved ones,” Kate said as she visited cancer patients celebrating the end…
Poland’s Maja Chwalinska beat Diana Schneider to reach the French Open final, making history after qualifying.Published June 4, 2026June 4, 2026Maja Chwalinska (Poland) defeated Diana Schneider (Russia) 7-6 (4), 6-4, becoming the second competitor in the Open era to reach a Grand Slam singles final.Chwarinska, 24, will face Russian teenager Mila Andreeva in Saturday’s final at Roland Garros and has a chance to match Emma Raducanu’s title win at the 2021 US Open.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listAccording to statistics provider Opta, Chwalinska and Raducanu are the only men and women to reach a major singles final from…
On January 28, 2025, the SoftBank logo will be displayed at directly managed stores in Tokyo. Kazunari Kato | ReutersSoftBank’s rise to become Japan’s most valuable company has put the conglomerate in the spotlight and raised questions about whether it is taking too much risk with its highly leveraged bets on artificial intelligence.Shares in the Japanese technology investment giant, led by founder Masayoshi Son, have soared about 70% this year on investor enthusiasm for AI, driven by the soaring valuation of chip design company Arm Holdings and hopes that OpenAI could make a major initial public offering this year. The…
Just when you thought the AI data center boom couldn’t get any crazier, Meta built a data center inside a tent. This strategy seems to borrow equal parts from Tesla and xAI. To cut construction time in half, Meta built six tents, or what the company calls “rapid deployment structures,” outside New Albany, Ohio, said Michael Thomas, founder of Cleanview, which tracks data center deployments. Thomas’ discovery is not entirely new. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told the Information last year about plans to use weatherproof tents to house the company’s multi-gigawatt data centers. But Thomas’ images and review of local…
Global biopharmaceutical M&A is on the rise, with the sector on track for its strongest year since its pre-pandemic peak seven years ago.Driven by the looming patent cliff, a newly booming public market, and big pharma’s race to shore up its pipeline, deal value has reached $106 billion in 201 deals through 2026, according to PitchBook data.If the current pace of biopharmaceutical M&A continues for the rest of this year, industry deal value could be on track to exceed $250 billion, potentially making it the strongest year for biotech and pharma since their peak in 2019.Rajesh Kumar, head of life…
Supabase CEO and Co-Founder Paul Copplestone (left) and Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder Ant Wilson.Provided by: Spa Base Co., Ltd.Vibe coding requires infrastructure. Supabase is trying to provide that. The startup, which develops backend tools for building artificial intelligence apps, announced Thursday that it has raised $500 million at a valuation of $10.5 billion. This is the latest sign that venture investors are pouring money into every corner of the growing AI market. Supabase’s valuation has nearly doubled since its last funding round in October, riding the wave of AI-assisted coding that allows developers and people with no technical skills…
Elon Musk introduced himself and Grimes’ baby boy XÆA-12 to the world on Twitter in May 2020. He later revised the spelling of the name to meet California’s legal guidelines, which allow only the English alphabet. Switching to Roman numerals, his parents agreed to spell his name X Æ A-Xii. “X, unknown variable,” Grimes explained on Twitter. “Æ, my elf spelling of Ai (love and/or artificial intelligence). A-12 = predecessor to the SR-17 (our favorite aircraft). No weapons, no defenses, just speed. Superior in combat, but non-violent.” “A=Archangel, my favorite song,” Grimes continued, adding a mouse and sword emoji. “Metal…