Don’t count out Astra Space just yet. The company, which was taken private again earlier this year for a sliver of its former value, has landed a new contract with the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to support the development of a next-gen launch system for time-sensitive space missions.  The contract, …

President Joe Biden issued the first-ever national security memorandum on artificial intelligence on Thursday, detailing goals for how the government should work with cutting-edge AI technologies while advancing international consensus around the controversial technology. Since OpenAI released its ChatGPT artificial intelligence chatbot in 2022, AI has been a much-debated issue. …

This film, based on Robert Harris’s 2016 thriller of the same title, centers on a British cardinal (a sensational Ralph Fiennes), and a campaign for a new pope. Source link

David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital.Brendan McDermid/ Reuters David Einhorn said computer hardware maker HP could eventually benefit from AI. HP will likely see “high-teens growth” in the years ahead, he said. He said HP stock trading around 10x earnings looks “very reasonable.” Famed hedge fund investor David Einhorn is eyeing …

The actor and filmmaker, who built his career in the Georgia capital, said he had realized that in the former president’s America, “there is no dream that looks like me.” Source link

Blue Origin has carried out a successful uncrewed certification mission of its second New Shepard ship on Wednesday, as the company looks to effectively double the number of tourists it can fly to suborbital space and back. The RSS Kármán Line capsule is named for the imaginary boundary at 100 …

After years of confusion, Public Service Loan Forgiveness has finally started to pay off millions in federal student loans for the teachers, nurses and other public service workers it’s designed to help. Recent legal challenges to another student loan relief program have thrown a new wrench in the plans of many borrowers pursuing …

The Broadway revival of “Romeo + Juliet” plays to the TikTok crowd. But maybe that’s a good thing. Source link

(Bloomberg) — Defaults in an opaque corner of China’s local debt market have surged to a record high, ensnaring investors who’d assumed the securities had an implicit guarantee from the state. Most Read from Bloomberg It wasn’t supposed to be this way. Last year, confronted with a wave of bad …

A person of interest was taken into custody after Sgt. Sarah Roque, 23, was found dead at Fort Leonard Wood, according to Army officials. Source link