A strong economy and excitement surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) have supercharged the stock market. The benchmark S&P 500 (^GSPC -0.00%) it has returned nearly 27% so far in 2024, hitting 57 record highs in the process. The index most recently peaked at…Read More »
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and a Crew Dragon spacecraft are ready to launch the Polaris Dawn commercial astronaut mission from Launch Complex 39A. Liftoff from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is set for no earlier than 3:38 a.m. EDT (0738 UTC) on…Read More »
First announced at Google’s I/O developer conference in May, Google Photos’ AI-based search feature, “Ask Photos,” rolled out to users starting Thursday. The feature, which allows users to ask AI to find photos with more complex questions, will initially be available in…Read More »
SpaceX lost its flight head booster, tail number B1062, during its attempted landing on the drone, “A Shortfall of Gravitas.” This was the 23rd flight of the booster. Image: SpaceX Update 5:20 am EDT: SpaceX is scrubbing the Starlink 9-5 launch from…Read More »
A Starlink 8-6 mission strip showing the Falcon 9 rocket flying away from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on August 28, 2024. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has been grounded by the Federal…Read More »
File: A Falcon 9 rocket is ready to launch a Starlink mission. Image: SpaceX Update 5:06 am EDT: SpaceX has launched the mission and landed B1081 on the drone, “Of course I still love you.” After its second flight mission in as…Read More »
For more than two decades, Jay Chandarana relied on commercial banks to meet the day-to-day working capital needs of his family business, sesame seed exporter Dhaval Agri. It was an agreement that basically worked: the company grew to have a share of…Read More »
U Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC 0.12%) has been on a roll for more than two years, with its gains fueled by improving economic conditions, the dawn of artificial intelligence (AI), an uncontested US election, and recent tax cuts interest from the Federal Reserve…Read More »
Vay, a startup that made a teleoperated breakthrough in car-sharing in Berlin and Las Vegas, is expanding into commercial and business-to-business services supported by recent deals with French carmaker Peugeot and Belgium-based Poppy. Vay is not a traditional ride-hailing or car-sharing startup,…Read More »
A Falcon 9 rocket soars through the skies over Florida’s Space Coast during the Starlink 8-10 mission. This was SpaceX’s return to the flight mission, following a failed booster landing on Wednesday. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now Update 4:04 am EDT: SpaceX has…Read More »