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Winning the Red Planet race: Returning Mars samples before China should be a top US priority, experts say

January 8, 2026
Moon boots and Mars boots: anyway you look at it there are a lot of NASA shoes still to drop. Among the agency’s missions in perpetual déjà vu status is Mars Sample Return (MSR), an attempt to bring samples of the Red Planet back to Earth, an endeavor viewed as a U.S. high priority. However, there’s also been a recurrent whirlwind of fallout about Mars Sample Return in recent years…
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Skylight debuts Calendar 2 to keep your family organized

January 8, 2026
Skylight may have started as a digital picture frame, but today, the company is more focused on helping families stay organized with shared calendars, lists, meal planning tools, and more. At CES 2026, the company debuted its latest product: the Skylight Calendar 2, which…
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Intel spinout Articul8 raises more than half of $70M round at $500M valuation

January 8, 2026
Articul8, an enterprise AI company spun out of Intel in early 2024, has secured more than half of a planned $70 million funding round at a $500 million pre-money valuation, according to its CEO, as it looks to capitalize on growing demand for AI systems in regulated industries. The Series B funding round is structured in two installments, with the first led by Spain’s Adara Ventures…
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"This was the first jaguar I'd ever seen, but I wasn't there to photograph one", admits HIPA 2025 category winner Karine Aigner

January 8, 2026
Karine Aigner’s photograph of an elusive jaguar in Ecuador saw her win the General – Color category in the fourteenth season of HIPA (the Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Award), themed ‘Power’. With a prize pot of US$1 million [£739,550/AU$1,490,000] HIPA is the world’s richest photography competition so its category winners are able…
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Honda and Sony will deliver their first EV in 2026, but this SUV may be an even bigger hit

January 8, 2026
Honda and Sony will begin delivering their first co-developed EV, the Afeela 1, later this year. The joint venture revealed a new electric SUV prototype that could steal the spotlight. Honda and Sony are launching an electric SUV Honda and Sony’s joint venture, Sony Honda Mobility (SHM), showcased their second EV at CES 2026 this week, the Afeela Prototype 2026. Although it’s still a…
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