An ‘anomaly’ meant a fireball arrived at the recovery zone instead of a spent first stage

There's good news and bad news for the Chinese commercial launch industry. The good news is that LandSpace's ZhuQue-3 launched successfully on its maiden flight. The bad news is that a hoped-for recovery of the first stage ended in a fireball.…

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Breakie breakie, hier dutch crow op de 27 mhz, is er iemand staande bij?

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The Cassandra Complex

Manu Chao

De Europese Commissie voert de druk op in de heikele discussie rondom het inzetten van de in de EU bevroren Russische tegoeden voor Oekraïne. Als lidstaten daar niet gezamenlijk de risico’s van willen dragen, moeten ze zelf gaan lenen.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Multiple divisions at Microsoft have lowered sales growth targets for certain artificial intelligence products after many sales staff missed goals in the fiscal year that ended in June, The Information reported on Wednesday. It is rare for Microsoft to lower quotas for specific products, the report said, citing two salespeople in the Azure cloud unit. The division is closely watched by investors as it is the main beneficiary of Microsoft's AI push. [...]

The Information report said Carlyle Group last year started using Copilot Studio to automate tasks such as meeting summaries and financial models, but cut its spending on the product after flagging Microsoft about its struggles to get the software to reliably pull data from other applications. The report shows the industry was in the early stages of adopting AI, said D.A. Davidson analyst Gil Luria. "That does not mean there isn't promise for AI products to help companies become more productive, just that it may be harder than they thought."

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Discover what’s on at the F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2025 – full weekend schedule, entertainment line-up, food and beverage options, Fanzones and fan activations, plus all the action from the season-ending night race at Yas Marina Circuit.

After a season filled with various twists and turns, the three-way battle for the 2025 Drivers’ Championship will finally be decided at this weekend’s finale in Abu Dhabi.

Twenty three races down, one to go, and still three drivers in with a chance of becoming the 2025 World Champion. The season is set for a thrilling finale this weekend, and on top of the three-way battle there are plenty of other positions to be finalised, and reactions to be given, at the last race of the year in Abu Dhabi.