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A giant weak spot in Earth's magnetic field is getting bigger — and it could be bad news for satellites

October 16, 2025
A weak region in Earth’s magnetic field has grown by an area roughly half the size of continental Europe in the last 10 years. That’s according to data collected by the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Swarm satellite constellation over the last 11 years. Swarm has been monitoring a region known as the South Atlantic Anomaly since 2014, and scientists have just published a new study…
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Liberate bags $50M at $300M valuation to bring AI deeper into insurance back offices

October 16, 2025
Liberate, an AI startup automating insurance operations, has raised $50 million in a round led by Battery Ventures as it looks to scale its agentic deployments across carriers and agencies globally. The all-equity round values the three-year-old startup at $300 million post-money, with participation from new investor Canapi Ventures and returning backers Redpoint Ventures, Eclipse, and Commerce…
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This photographer spent years photographing the border crisis. After 35,000 photographs, he won this prestigious award – in a contest that he didn’t even enter

October 16, 2025
When photographer Alejandro Cegarra set out for the US-Mexico border in 2018, he wanted to capture the struggles of migrants in a way that highlighted universally human emotions. After nearly seven years and 35,000 photographs, Cegarra’s The Two Walls series has earned the photographer a major global title – in a photography competition that he didn’t even enter. Cegarra (@alecegarra) was…
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Tesla is at risk of losing subsidies in Korea over widespread battery failures

October 16, 2025
Tesla is in hot water in South Korea as nearly 4,500 of its electric vehicles have reported serious battery issues, putting their eligibility for government subsidies at risk. We’re receiving some troubling reports from South Korea today, as the Korea JoongAng Daily is reporting that a significant number of Tesla vehicles are experiencing battery failures. The issue centers around a “BMS_a079…
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