Space sickness — What happens when an astronaut in orbit says hes not coming back? “If you guys don’t give me a chance to repair my instrument, I’m not going back.” Eric Berger – Jan 22, 2024 11:00 am UTC Enlarge / The STS-51-B mission begins with the liftoff of the Challenger from Pad 39A
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Hedge funds myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The world’s most successful hedge funds made their biggest profits on record last year as punchy bets on stock markets paid off when share prices surged. The top 20 managers made profits for investors of
Ron DeSantis has suspended his campaign for president and endorsed Donald Trump as the Republican nominee for the White House in 2024, in a significant blow to Nikki Haley with just two days to go until the New Hampshire primary. DeSantis announced his decision in a video posted to social media on Sunday afternoon, saying
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Hedge funds myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Assets managed by the Chinese operations of Bridgewater and Two Sigma surged as the US hedge funds outperformed their local peers during the market turbulence of last year. Bridgewater China Investment Management, the local arm
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Iran accused Israel of killing four members of its elite Revolutionary Guards and a number of Syrians forces in an air strike that targeted a building in Damascus. Tasnim, an Iranian news agency affiliated to
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is set to be handed a multibillion-pound boost by official forecasters next week, paving the way for a package of pre-election tax cuts. Leading economists predict that lower UK borrowing costs could give Hunt significantly more fiscal headroom in his March 6 Budget, paving the way for income tax cuts or further
Loading… Loading… Semiconductor stocks have fallen in the first two trading sessions of 2024. Is this a sign of a strained market with valuations running too hot and prompting investors to take profits? Bank of America said it remained bullish on the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOX) for 2024, despite its 65% gain in 2023. The
SLIM down — Japans Moon sniper mission aims for precise lunar landing SLIM will attempt to land on the Moon with a precision of less than 100 meters. Stephen Clark – Jan 19, 2024 1:42 pm UTC Enlarge / This artist’s illustration shows the SLIM spacecraft descending toward the Moon and ejecting two deployable robots
Loading… Loading… Semiconductor stocks have fallen in the first two trading sessions of 2024. Is this a sign of a strained market with valuations running too hot and prompting investors to take profits? Bank of America said it remained bullish on the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOX) for 2024, despite its 65% gain in 2023. The
A bigger tug — Rocket Report: A new estimate of Starship costs; Japan launches spy satellite One space tug company runs into financial problems; another says go big or go home. Stephen Clark – Jan 19, 2024 12:00 pm UTC Enlarge / An H-IIA rocket lifts off with the IGS Optical-8 spy satellite.Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
37.4K Will 2024 be a dumpster fire? Every new year comes with a set of new predictions. Times are always changing, and each year I like to come up with my own set of possible SHTF situations. This year’s list is an adaptation of what I predicted in 2024. Fortunately, they didn’t come to fruition,
The world could soon have its first trillionaire, according to a prominent anti-poverty organization. That’s pretty cool. But Oxfamwhich started as a famine relief group before mission creep set inportrays the achievement of a new nominal benchmark in wealth as a bad thing that contributes to the misery of the masses. Through impressive economic illiteracy,
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Until this week, the UK economy looked increasingly set for a smooth “soft landing”, with inflation dropping sharply and early signs of growth picking up. But data releases in the past few days have added
AlphaGeometry — DeepMind AI rivals the worlds smartest high schoolers at geometry DeepMind solved 25 out of 30 questionscompared to 26 for a human gold medalist. Timothy B. Lee – Jan 18, 2024 11:55 pm UTC Enlarge / Demis Hassabis, CEO of DeepMind Technologies and developer of AlphaGO, attends the AI Safety Summit at Bletchley
Loading… Loading… Altcoins and meme coins are currently navigating choppy waters in the cryptocurrency market. This follows Bitcoins BTC/USD price roller coaster, where the apex cryptocurrency spiked to $49,000 last week after the launch of BTC exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the U.S., only to experience a swift downturn to $41,000, as a sell the news
By Pooja Toshniwal Paharia Jan 19 2024 Reviewed by Danielle Ellis, B.Sc. In a recent study in Nature Microbiology, researchers compared severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron variant of concern (VOC) replication in human cell lines and primary airway cultures and measured host responses to infection. Study: Evolution of enhanced innate immune suppression
Loading… Loading… TradesViz, which started as a project by Pavitra Kumar (aka PK) during his time at Georgia Tech, recently earned a spot as a finalist in the Best Portfolio Tracker and Best Data Analysis Tool categories at the Benzinga FinTech Awards 2023. The startup has quickly become a standout in trading analytics and portfolio
Flying private — Axiom, SpaceX launch third all-private crew mission to space station A US-Spanish dual citizen commands a crew of Italian, Swedish, and Turkish astronauts. Stephen Clark – Jan 19, 2024 4:08 am UTC Enlarge / A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to begin the Ax-3 commercial crew mission.Stephen
Kinda maybe coming soon-ish — Zuckerbergs AGI remarks follow trend of downplaying AI dangers Zuckeberg and Altman both tamp down fear and hype with casual statements about AGI. Benj Edwards – Jan 18, 2024 11:19 pm UTC Enlarge / Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., during the Meta Connect event in Menlo
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Private equity myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Private equity executives are predicting a sharp increase in takeover activity as buyout firms that have held on to investments in the hope of higher prices finally begin to capitulate. There has been a marked