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SpaceX’s AI business is beating expectations

SpaceX hit profitably in the third-quarter, with net income of $4.4 billion. AI was the engine.

  • SpaceX's AI business, including Super Intelligence, outperformed expectations in Q2.
  • Company's income now accounts for 52% of total earnings, up to $14.6 billion.
  • Neocloud business boasts 1.7 GW of compute capacity, boosting revenue.

Health & Medicine

Fridge‑free vaccines could reach more people, but there are still practical challenges in African settings

Keeping vaccines and medicines at the right temperature is critical for their efficacy and safety. But this is an often overlooked part of getting them to the people who need them. In April 2025, the U.K. biotechnology company Stablepharma began the first human trial of a tetanus-diphtheria vaccine designed to remain stable without…

World

Blakeman’s uptown fracking fiesta

BLAKEMAN’S (LACK OF) ENERGY PLAN: GOP gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman continued to hammer Gov. Kathy Hochul on rising energy costs today, promising to slash utility bills in half if he’s…

AI

OpenAI acquires startup Orchestra Bio to beef up its biotech business

OpenAI says it's adding Orchestra's team and technology to work on Rosalind, its AI model for life sciences research, and to its related Rosalind Workbench tool, a harness that aims to help…

  • OpenAI acquires AI biotech startup Orchestra Bio
  • $20 million funding raised by Orchestra Bio since 2025
  • Integration of Orchestra Bio into OpenAI's Rosalind platform

World

No excuses — Mantashe must apologise for crude, politically sexist remarks on sexual exploitation

The ANC’s former deputy secretary-general Thenjiwe Mtintso says the party’s chairperson, Gwede Mantashe, must apologise for his crude and ignorant words.

  • Gwede Mantashe must apologize for sexist remarks on sexual exploitation.
  • Thenjiwe Mtintso demands Mantashe's apology after interview before elections.
  • Mtintso emphasizes abuse of power, gender-based violence, and femicide.

Culture

The ‘Tavern-Style’ Pizza Takeover

In the suburbs of Chicago where they both grew up, it was just pizza, according to Brittany and Brennan Grosvenor, the couple behind Proof in Portland, Oregon. Ordering came down to the question of “thin-crust, deep-dish, or double-dough,” Brittany recalls of her family’s Friday night tradition.

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