Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin is pausing its space tourism flights for “no less than two years” in order to focus all of its resources on upcoming missions to the moon, the company announced Friday. The decision puts a temporary halt on a program that Blue Origin has been using to fly humans past the Kármán line, the recognized …

Since 2021, NASA’s Perseverance rover has achieved a number of historic milestones, including sending back the first audio recordings from Mars. Now, nearly five years after landing on the Red Planet, it just achieved another feat. This past December, Perseverance successfully completed a route through a section of the Jezero crater plotted by Anthropic’s Claude chatbot, marking the first time …

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America’s once-promising EV transition may have taken a U-turn, but at least some in Hollywood are trying to do their part. Rivian partnered with Grey’s Anatomy to make a custom electric ambulance for the long-running series. The ambulance is a modified version of Rivian’s Commercial Van. The custom “vanbulance” serves a dual purpose: preventing on-set exhaust fumes (which could harm …

SpaceX is reportedly lining up four major Wall Street banks for a potential 2026 IPO — a move that could signal the long-awaited reopening of the public markets after a years-long IPO drought. In the meantime, late-stage private companies like SpaceX are finding other ways to create liquidity for employees and early shareholders, largely through a fast-growing secondary market. To …

Self-driving truck startup Waabi’s billion-dollar fundraise isn’t just about trucks.   The deal, for $750 million up front plus another $250 million from Uber tied to deployment milestones, marks a major expansion into robotaxis for the company founded by former Uber AI chief Raquel Urtasun. It also feels like another chip from Uber on the autonomous vehicle roulette table. With more than 20 AV partners worldwide, …

Icertis CEO Samir Bodas in 2022. Photo by Anthony Bolante via Icertis In 2021, the independent judges for the GeekWire Awards nominated Samir Bodas as one of the finalists in the category of CEO of the Year. He said no thanks. The co-founder of Icertis, one of the region’s most valuable startups, asked to withdraw from consideration. “It’s a great …

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Pilgrims are advised to complete their biometric verification at home through the Saudi “Visa Bio” application. Web Desk January 30, 2026 ISLAMABAD: An important update has been issued for pilgrims intending to perform Hajj this year, as biometric verification has been declared mandatory for obtaining a Saudi Hajj visa. According to the spokesperson for the Ministry of Religious Affairs, pilgrims …