Month: October 2025
Chinese new space mission
China was set to launch the Shenzhou-21 spaceship to its orbiting space station on Friday, sending its newest rotation of three astronauts — along with four mice. The latest astronaut crew taking off from the Jiuquan launch center in northwestern China includes pilot and mission commander Zhang Lu, who also was on the Shenzhou-15 mission
Zoox’s autonomous robotaxis
Autonomous vehicles are essentially endpoints in a complex distributed network. Because latency isn’t an option at 60 miles an hour, each vehicle is essentially a rolling data center, using its on-board infrastructure to navigate while capturing vast amounts of real-world information about everything from traffic patterns to weather conditions and pedestrian behavior. That data is
Bitcoin Ends the month in red
While the US government shutdown has ground to a halt most federal business, including decisions on crypto exchange-traded projects, crypto bills in four states moved ahead this month.Bitcoin is about to disappoint investors, as it’s on the verge of ending October, a historically good month, in the red. Meanwhile, BNB Chain has seen record activity
Donald Trump diplomacy to end government shutdown
The filibuster is the Senate rule that requires 60 votes of its 100 members to pass most legislation. Ditching the filibuster to reopen the government would be a big step for the Senate, one that Senate Majority Leader John Thune previously ruled out, saying the rule is “something that’s been a bulwark against a lot
Investing in Oracle stocks
Oracle stock has been riding a wave of hype largely driven by investor enthusiasm over its expanding role in artificial intelligence and cloud infrastructure. The company’s strategic partnerships particularly with Nvidia and its aggressive push into AI-driven cloud services have positioned it as a credible challenger to hyperscalers like Amazon and Microsoft. Strong growth in
AI Boom Drives Trillion-Dollar Tech Valuations
Top technology companies hit fresh valuation milestones in October, as their shares climbed on expectations of robust demand for AI chips and computing infrastructure driven by the artificial intelligence boom.Tech shares have risen sharply on optimism over AI’s potential and a series of partnerships and deals with major global companies, including OpenAI, Oracle, Nokia and
Passkey Adoption
Google has done so well at getting people to adopt passkeys—in which you usually confirm your login with your device’s biometric authentication, kicking off an exchange of cryptographic identifiers bound to the site’s domain name that can’t be gamed by lookalike phishing sites—that Dashlane didn’t count it among its leaderboard of passkey-supporting sites.As for Amazon
Google partners with Ambani’s Reliance
In a push to expand its AI footprint in emerging markets, Google has partnered with billionaire Mukesh Ambani–led Reliance Industries to bundle its AI Pro subscription with Jio 5G plans at no extra cost.India, the world’s most populous nation and the second-largest internet market with over a billion users, has long been an irresistible target
United Kingdom to flight out Britons out of Jamaica
The UK government has chartered flights to help British nationals leave Jamaica in the wake of Hurricane Melissa. As many as 8,000 Britons are understood to be on the Caribbean island. The Foreign Office has urged them to register their presence to receive updates on the disaster response.The rare category five storm – the strongest
Nuclear saber-rattling from Trump and Putin
The Kremlin’s constant nuclear boasts may have finally struck a chord in the White House, with President Donald Trump ordering the resumption of US nuclear weapons tests.“Because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis,” Trump wrote in a post on