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The James Webb Space Telescope's disappearing 'Little Red Dots' may lead to another cosmic puzzle

July 24, 2026
Paleontologists now know that many of the dinosaurs didn’t disappear but instead evolved into modern birds, and new research suggests that “cosmic dinosaurs” observed by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) didn’t go extinct either. Rather, they may have evolved into familiar sights in the modern universe: vast conglomerations of densely packed stars called “globular…
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AI chip startup Etched defies skeptics, hits $10.3B valuation from big-name investors 

July 24, 2026
Etched, the AI chip startup founded by three Harvard dropouts in 2022, has closed a $300 million Series C funding round at a $10.3 billion valuation, co-founder and COO Robert Wachen tells TechCrunch. The round was led by Sequoia, with Andreessen Horowitz, SK Hynix, Jane Street, and Diffusion Capital also participating, along with other, earlier investors. Other backers of the company include…
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How David Bailey's photos turned Mick Jagger and Michael Caine into 1960s design icons – never-before-seen contact sheets behind Box of Pin-Ups go on sale

July 24, 2026
Some portfolios document a moment. Box of Pin-Ups, you might say, built one. When the British photographer David Bailey released a boxed set of 36 portraits in 1965, he wasn’t just shooting the people who mattered in London (Mick Jagger, John Lennon, Michael Caine, the Kray twins). He was making the argument, novel at the time, that musicians, models, fashion designers and even criminals…
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Exclusive: Segway teases more electric bikes, including a street-legal next-gen Xyber

July 24, 2026
Segway has made major strides in the e-bike space recently, but the company isn’t done expanding its electric bicycle lineup just yet. Following the launches of the Myon commuter e-bike and MUXI cargo bike earlier this year, the company has confirmed to Electrek that it plans to unveil two additional e-bike models before the end of 2026, with both expected to become available in the third…
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