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'Time runs away': Japan's city with a two-hour cap on phone use

Police won't be rounding up people glued to phones in Japan's Toyoake, but the mayor believes his two-hour limit can help residents find a healthier relationship with their screens.

Europe needs reusable rockets to catch Musk's SpaceX: ESA chief

Europe must quickly get its own reusable rocket launcher to catch up to billionaire Elon Musk's dominant SpaceX, European Space Agency director Josef Aschbacher told AFP in an interview.

Xenetic Biosciences, Inc. Announces Pricing of $4.5 Million Underwritten Offering of Common Stock

FRAMINGHAM, MA / ACCESS Newswire / October 10, 2025 / Xenetic Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:XBIO) ("Xenetic" or the "Company"), a biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing innovative immuno-oncology technologies addressing difficult to treat cancers, today announced the pricing of an underwritten offering of 735,000 shares of common stock at a price to the public of $6.12 per share, for gross proceeds of approximately $4.5 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other estimated offering expenses. All shares of common stock are being offered by Xenetic. The offering is expected to close on or about October 14, 2025, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

M42 Announces an Agreement to Acquire Stake in Drone Defense Company Epirus

DALLAS, TX, TX / ACCESS Newswire / October 9, 2025 / Messier 42 LLC ("M42"), a private leading global artificial intelligence technology and digital transformation company, announces that it has entered into an agreement to acquire a minority interest in Epirus, a high-growth technology company dedicated to overcoming the asymmetric challenges inherent to the future of national security.

QumulusAI Secures $500M Non-Recourse Financing Facility through USD.AI to Accelerate AI Infrastructure Growth

Partnership with Permian Labs, the developer of the USD.AI protocol unlocks blockchain-based credit markets for scalable GPU deployments

GSK Unveils Fast-Tracked IBP Transformation with OMP at Gartner Supply Chain Planning Summit

ANTWERPEN, BE / ACCESS Newswire / October 9, 2025 / OMP, a leader in supply chain planning solutions, is spotlighting at the Gartner Supply Chain Planning Summit 2025 in London how GSK is accelerating its global transformation. The global healthcare company will reveal how it is reshaping end-to-end planning across its Medicines & Vaccines business. Powered by OMP's AI-driven Unison Planning™, GSK is speeding up demand and supply implementations worldwide.

Smallest.ai Raises $8M Seed to Redefine Enterprise Voice AI

SAN FRANCISCO, CA / ACCESS Newswire / October 9, 2025 / Smallest.ai, the full-stack enterprise Voice AI platform, today announced an $8 million Seed round led by Sierra Ventures, with participation from 3one4 Capital and Better Capital.

Afghan mobile access to Facebook, Instagram intentionally restricted: watchdog

Access to several social media sites, including Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat, has been "intentionally restricted" in Afghanistan, an internet watchdog said Wednesday, a week after a 48-hour telecommunications blackout in the country.

'Solids full of holes': Nobel-winning materials explained

The chemistry Nobel was awarded on Wednesday to three scientists who discovered a revolutionary way of making materials full of tiny holes that can do everything from sucking water out of the desert air to capturing climate-warming carbon dioxide.

Trio wins chemistry Nobel for new form of molecular architecture

Japan's Susumu Kitagawa, UK-born Richard Robson and American-Jordanian Omar M. Yaghi on Wednesday won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing so-called metal–organic frameworks, the Nobel jury said.

Energy storage and new materials eyed for chemistry Nobel

The development of new compounds and novel ways of storing energy are some of the research fields commentators say could be contenders for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry announced Wednesday.

Study finds women have higher genetic risk of depression

Women are genetically at higher risk of clinical depression than men, Australian researchers found in a study published Wednesday that could change how the disorder is treated.

Rolling Stone Leads an Editorial Chorus Spotlighting SMX’s Recycling Platform Mint (NASDAQ: SMX)

NEW YORK, NY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / October 8, 2025 / Every so often, culture catches up to innovation - and Rolling Stone was first to say it out loud. When a publication built on spotting the next big thing declares that plastic promises are dead and proof is the new flex, it's not just another sustainability story. It's a generational pivot. From there, USA Today, The Straits Times, Morning Honey, OPIS, and The Los Angeles Tribune joined the chorus, each showing how SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) is turning the circular economy into something the world can finally verify. And profit from.

Join FatPipe's Exclusive Live Investor Webinar and Q&A Session on October 15

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH / ACCESS Newswire / October 8, 2025 / FatPipe, Inc. (NASDAQ:FATN) ("FatPipe" or the "Company"), a pioneer in enterprise-class, application-aware, secure software-defined wide area network ("SD-WAN") solutions that provide the highest levels of reliability, security, and optimization for Wide Area Networks (WANs), is pleased to invite investors to a webinar on October 15, 2025, at 4:15 p.m. ET.

Cubic Defense to Showcase Edge Computing, Secure Communications, Digital Intelligence, and Ground Training Systems at AUSA 2025

Delivering secure connectivity and realistic training for mission readiness

OpenAI's Fidji Simo says AI investment frenzy 'new normal,' not bubble

The dizzying investments in artificial intelligence infrastructure do not constitute a bubble but rather represent today's "new normal" to meet skyrocketing user demand, Fidji Simo, OpenAI's de facto number two, said on Monday.

Computer advances and 'invisibility cloak' vie for physics Nobel

A maths theory powering computer image compression, an "invisibility cloak" or the science behind the James Webb Space Telescope are some achievements that could be honoured when the Nobel physics prize is awarded Tuesday.

Nobel literature buzz tips Swiss postmodernist, Australians for prize

Swiss postmodernist novelist Christian Kracht and Australia's Gerald Murnane and Alexis Wright are among the favourites for the Nobel literature prize, experts told AFP ahead of the Swedish Academy's much-anticipated announcement on Thursday.

HotelRunner and Visa Partner Globally to Power Embedded and Autonomous Finance in Travel

Uniting the strength of Visa's trusted infrastructure with HotelRunner's deep presence in hospitality, this strategic preferred partnership sets the foundation for a new era of embedded finance in travel. By bringing Visa's products directly into HotelRunner's platform, this collaboration will enable seamless, secure, and scalable cross-border payments and settlements for thousands of travel businesses worldwide.

EMCORE Reintroduces the Industry-Favorite DSP-1750 Fiber Optic Gyroscope with Next-Generation Performance and Design

BUDD LAKE, NJ, TODAY ANNOUNCED THE LAUNCH OF THE TAC / ACCESS Newswire / October 7, 2025 / EMCORE LLC, a leading provider of advanced inertial sensors serving the aerospace and defense industries, today announced the launch of the TAC-DSP-1750 Fiber Optic Gyroscope (FOG). The new TAC-DSP-1750 marks the return of a proven industry favorite, the legacy DSP-1750, now re-engineered with EMCORE's state-of-the-art Photonic Integrated Chip (PIC) technology and modernized electronics for higher performance, improved reliability, and expanded applications.

Vertosoft and Exclusive Networks Announce Strategic Partnership to Amplify U.S. Public Sector and Commercial Distribution

Partnership combines Vertosoft's public sector distribution and contract access with Exclusive Networks' commercial distribution and technical services, to accelerate partner & supplier growth

OpenAI signs multi-billion dollar chip deal with AMD

OpenAI signed a multi-year partnership Monday with chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices as the ChatGPT-maker continues an investment spree to secure massive amounts of computing power for rolling out generative artificial intelligence.

OpenAI offers more copyright control for Sora 2 videos

When OpenAI released its new video generation model Sora 2 last week, users delighted in creating hyper-realistic clips inspired by real cartoons and video games, from South Park to Pokemon.

Appetite-regulating hormones in focus as first Nobel Prizes fall

Research into hormones that regulate appetite is seen leading the race for the Nobel Prize in Medicine, to be awarded Monday -- the first in this year's Nobel season.

Competition heats up to challenge Nvidia's AI chip dominance

The artificial intelligence (AI) revolution has whetted the appetites of Nvidia's competitors, who are seeking to close the gap on the chip giant, which has so far been the central playmaker in the AI revolution.

FatPipe (FATN) Announces General Availability of Total Security 360 Single-Stack Integrated Cybersecurity Platform with SD-WAN and Network Security for SMB Market

Single-stack network, cybersecurity, and email security solution simplifies deployment

BrYet US, Inc. Receives Approval to Initiate in Australia a First-in-Human Phase 1/2 Trial of ML-016 in Advanced Cancers with Lung and/or Liver Involvement

HOUSTON, TX / ACCESS Newswire / October 6, 2025 / HOUSTON, TX and SUNSHINE COAST, QUEENSLAND / ACCESS Newswire / October 6, 2025 / BrYet US, Inc. ("BrYet"), a biotechnology innovator developing a drug with the potential to be a first-in-class medicine for metastatic disease, today announced that it has received an Australian Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) approval for its first-in-human clinical study of ML-016.

Unusual Machines Secures $800,000 Order for High-Performance Drone Components from Red Cat

ORLANDO, FL, FL / ACCESS Newswire / October 3, 2025 / Unusual Machines, Inc. (NYSE American:UMAC), a leading provider of high-performance drone components, today announced it has received an $800,000 order from Red Cat Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:RCAT), a drone technology company integrating robotic hardware and software for military, government, and commercial operations.

GameSquare Announces Initial Stock Repurchase

FRISCO, TX, ON / ACCESS Newswire / October 3, 2025 / GameSquare Holdings, Inc. ("GameSquare" or the "Company") a next-generation media, entertainment, technology and digital native treasury company, today announced its initial stock repurchase under its previously announced $5 million authorization.

Boom or bubble: How long can the AI investment craze last?

The staggering investments in artificial intelligence keep coming: Last week, AI chip giant Nvidia announced it would invest $100 billion to help OpenAI, the frontrunner in generative AI, build data centers.

Strange 'rogue' planet spotted guzzling matter like a star

A mysterious "rogue" planet has been observed gobbling six billion tonnes of gas and dust a second -- an unprecedented rate that blurs the line between planets and stars, astronomers said Thursday.

OpenAI valuation soars to $500 bn in private share sale: reports

The valuation of ChatGPT developer OpenAI soared to a chart-topping $500 billion in a deal for employees to sell a limited number of shares, financial media reported Thursday.

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