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OpenAI has sold $6.6 billion in shares held by current and former employees, according to a new report from Bloomberg. The sale pushed OpenAI’s total valuation to $500 billion, the highest ever achieved by a privately held company. Purchasers included SoftBank, Dragoneer Investment Group, Thrive Capital, MGX, and T. Rowe Price, the report said. The sale was not a conventional …

Donald Trump’s administration is taking a 5 percent equity ownership of mining company Lithium Americas, on top of another 5 percent stake in the company’s joint mining project with GM in Nevada, the Department of Energy announced yesterday. The mine at Thacker Pass is expected to become the largest producer of lithium in the Western Hemisphere once it opens in …

A new study reveals surprising insights into the world’s most common chronic liver disease, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD). While diabetes has long been seen as the leading danger, researchers discovered that high blood pressure may pose an even greater risk of death, along with low “good” cholesterol. Credit: Shutterstock Patients with chronic liver disease (MASLD) who also have …

IN A NUTSHELL 🌍 NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory launches to study Earth’s geocorona from the L1 Lagrange point. 🔭 The mission aims to capture detailed images using advanced UV imaging technology. 🚀 Positioned at L1, the observatory will analyze hydrogen loss critical for understanding exoplanet habitability. 🌌 This mission builds on Dr. George Carruthers’ vision, enhancing our knowledge of planetary …

In 26C heat, it was the final cobbled climb on the circuit which put paid to the hopes of Pidcock, who finished third at the recent Vuelta a Espana. Pidcock, 26, had told BBC Sport success could breed success in Kigali, but despite his eight-man Great Britain team delivering him to the front of the race at the crucial moment, …

If choosing what to eat sometimes feels like navigating a maze of labels and health claims, here’s some welcome clarity. Researchers have pinpointed one humble ingredient as the most nutrient-packed food on the planet — and chances are, it’s been quietly sitting in your local supermarket all along. The world’s most nutrient-dense food According to a study from William Paterson …

Qualcomm recently announced its newest high-end chips. The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 is its most advanced smartphone chip ever, and it will be used in the Galaxy S26 series next year. Besides exceptional performance, it is also the world’s first chip to use Samsung’s APV video codec that aims to compete with Apple’s ProRes codec. Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen …

When a supercentenarian, someone who is older than 110 years old, is interviewed, they are inevitably asked to share their tips for longevity. But what if their secret could be studied scientifically? What could their genome tell us about ageing and why they avoid the diseases that claim so many other people? If any secrets were uncovered, might they, perhaps, …

Captive orchids Dixon and his team already managed to grow a living, captive collection of Rhizanthella orchids with their fungi and bushes once, in the 1990s. That collection died around 2000 due human error, in the form of an unclear watering rota that left the plants dried out after one Christmas holiday, he says.  While frustrating, this did not seem …

When Maria Branyas Morera died last year at 117 years and 168 days old, she was the oldest known person in the world. Before she died, she asked doctors to study her. Dr. Manel Esteller, chairman of Genetics at the University of Barcelona’s School of Medicine, spent three years analyzing Branyas’ health. A study, published online Wednesday, by Esteller and a …