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The Exploration Company, led by CEO Hèlene Huby, closed a $450 million Series C funding round, the largest such raise by any European space firm and reportedly the biggest ever for a female-led company in Europe. Huby was also named an envoy at France's International Space Summit, appearing alongside astronaut Thomas Pesquet as a prominent voice in European space policy.
Golfer Shane Lowry has teamed up with medical technology company Stryker after caring for his father, Brendan, through hip and knee replacement surgeries using Stryker devices. The partnership aims to highlight the often-overlooked role of caregivers and support families navigating similar journeys, according to Stryker's Joint Replacement division president Katherine Truppi.
Consumer-grade solar kits that plug directly into a standard wall outlet, long popular in Europe as balcony solar, are gaining traction in the US. These systems pair a few small panels with a microinverter that feeds power into the home's electrical circuit, with an optional battery to store excess energy for use at night or during outages.
Tesla is staging its first public launch of the Cybercab, a driverless two-seat vehicle with no steering wheel or pedals, in Austin on Thursday. Ahead of the event the company registered 420 autonomous vehicles in Texas and deployed dozens of the cars around the city and elsewhere in the US, with executives including Elon Musk hyping the moment on social media.
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, currently nearing the outer boundary of the solar system as it heads toward interstellar space, risks losing two of its scientific instruments at this critical juncture. The timing is significant because the probe is approaching a region where continuous data collection is essential for understanding the transition beyond the sun's influence.
Karyann Parkinson, a law student in Williamsburg, Virginia, let her 5-year-old son Sam walk roughly half a mile alone to a nearby pond within their gated community, a route he had safely traveled many times before. A passerby reported the child to security, triggering a police and Child Protective Services response that led to charges against Parkinson. A judge convicted her last week of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, a first-degree misdemeanor carrying a six-month suspended jail sentence, and CPS placed her on the state's child abuse registry for seven years.
Early reviews of Sennheiser's Momentum True Wireless 5 earbuds highlight strong audio performance alongside a notable design choice: repairable components, a rarity for true wireless earbuds. Details on pricing, battery life and full specs were not disclosed in available coverage.
Sennheiser's fifth-generation Momentum True Wireless earbuds bring a smaller, more ergonomic design, five extra hours of ANC battery life (up to 12 hours per charge, 40 with the case), and user-replaceable batteries priced around $30-$40. The buds also gain an 8-band EQ, refined Sound Personalization, native Dolby Atmos with optional head tracking, enhanced adaptive ANC, and improved call quality via extra microphones, a bone conduction sensor and AI noise separation.
Google unveiled Gemini 3.8 Flash, its third Flash-tier model release in six weeks, alongside a new cybersecurity model for government and enterprise clients. The launch coincided with a federal judge rejecting the Justice Department's demand that Google divest its ad exchange, and with Berkshire Hathaway's Greg Abel publicly praising Alphabet's AI standing.
Snowflake reported fiscal second-quarter revenue of $1.55 billion, up 35% year over year, and adjusted earnings of 62 cents per share, both beating analyst expectations. The company raised its full-year product revenue forecast to $6.07 billion and pointed to growth in its CoCo AI coding agent, which now serves over 9,100 accounts after adding 2,000 in the quarter.
Startup Atlas has opened pre-orders for its first product, a small EEG sensor that sticks behind the ear to track brain waves, skin activity, movement and vocal patterns. An iOS app translates that data into scores for presence, performance under pressure and stress recovery, letting users log activities to see what states help them thrive. The device costs $500 upfront plus a $30 monthly fee for replacement sensors and adhesives.
Sennheiser's new Momentum 5 Wireless headphones claim up to 57 hours of battery life with ANC on, nearly double rivals like the Sony WH-1000XM6 and Bowers & Wilkins Px7 S3. The headphones also feature a battery that users can swap themselves by removing four screws under the ear pad, though the replacement battery isn't yet sold separately. They support a wide range of audio codecs including aptX Lossless and offer both wired and USB-C lossless playback.