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CenterPoint Energy discloses customer data breach in SEC filing

CenterPoint Energy discloses customer data breach in SEC filing

Reuters  |  Updated Sept. 15 - 6:49 a.m.  |  Save Story

(Corrects advisory to say that a September 14 story was updated ​with the company's response in bullet 5)
Spanish scientists find first evidence of Diplodocus dinosaur in Europe

Spanish scientists find first evidence of Diplodocus dinosaur in Europe

Reuters  |  Posted Sept. 15 - 6:38 a.m.  |  Save Story

Spanish paleontologists say they have found the ​first evidence that Diplodocus, the iconic long-necked dinosaur, once roamed Europe, according to ‌research published on Tuesday in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.
SpaceX's first Starfall customer is European mission integrator Space Cargo

SpaceX's first Starfall customer is European mission integrator Space Cargo

Joey Roulette, Reuters  |  Updated Sept. 14 - 11:14 p.m.  |  Save Story

SpaceX's new Starfall business of returning products and other payloads from Earth's orbit has signed a mission deal with integrator Space Cargo as the unit's first customer, ​the company's Chief Executive Nicolas Gaume told Reuters.
Meta announces data center expansion, new community investments in Eagle Mountain

Meta announces data center expansion, new community investments in Eagle Mountain

Raegan Edelman, KSL  |  Posted Sept. 14 - 8:54 p.m.  |  Save Story

Meta has announced a massive expansion of its data center in Eagle Mountain, and the city said it fully supports the plan.
Utah dad turns daughter's Type 1 diabetes experience into push for a cure

Utah dad turns daughter's Type 1 diabetes experience into push for a cure

VideoEmma Benson, KSL  |  Posted Sept. 14 - 7:13 p.m.  |  Save Story

A Utah father is turning his daughter's experience with Type 1 diabetes into a push to accelerate research toward a cure.
Nearly 1 in 5 young people turn to AI for mental health advice. What Utah parents should know

Nearly 1 in 5 young people turn to AI for mental health advice. What Utah parents should know

Eric Cabrera, KSL  |  Posted Sept. 14 - 6:56 p.m.  |  Save Story

A national study found nearly 1 in 5 young people have used AI for mental health advice, and most haven't told anyone. A psychiatrist says parents should start by asking questions, not lecturing.
Exclusive-Vista Equity exploring strategic options for financial software provider Finastra, sources say

Exclusive-Vista Equity exploring strategic options for financial software provider Finastra, sources say

Amy-Jo Crowley and Milana Vinn, Reuters  |  Updated Sept. 14 - 12:25 p.m.  |  Save Story

Private equity firm Vista Equity Partners is exploring strategic options ​for Finastra which could include a potential sale of the software provider focused on financial institutions, four people familiar with the matter said.
Waymo to bring autonomous ride-hailing to Las Vegas

Waymo to bring autonomous ride-hailing to Las Vegas

Abhirup Roy and Prathik Jayaprakash, Reuters  |  Posted Sept. 14 - 12:14 p.m.  |  Save Story

Alphabet's self-driving unit Waymo said on Monday it will ​offer rides to the general public in Las Vegas, marking its first foray into ‌Nevada, as it expands its robotaxi service in more U.S. states.
Trump says US has tools to keep AI safe, concerns are part of 'sick conspiracy'

Trump says US has tools to keep AI safe, concerns are part of 'sick conspiracy'

⁠Bhargav ​Acharya and Katharine Jackson, Reuters  |  Posted Sept. 14 - 9:01 a.m.  |  Save Story

President Donald Trump said on Monday that the U.S. already ​has guardrails in place to regulate and prosecute AI companies, appearing to play down concerns expressed by industry leaders ‌over the weekend about misuse of artificial intelligence.
They created Siri before Apple bought it. They're still waiting for their original vision to come true

They created Siri before Apple bought it. They're still waiting for their original vision to come true

Lisa Eadicicco, CNN  |  Posted Sept. 14 - 7:35 a.m.  |  Save Story

Dag Kittlaus and Adam Cheyer, known for creating an assistant that's now found in billions of Apple devices, have been thinking about what comes after the search engine for a long time.
Viasat, Space42 commit up to $1 billion to direct-to-device venture

Viasat, Space42 commit up to $1 billion to direct-to-device venture

Reuters  |  Updated Sept. 14 - 12:35 a.m.  |  Save Story

California-based Viasat and UAE satellite operator Space42 said on ​Monday they had agreed to establish Equatys, a direct-to-device platform aimed at connecting smartphones and ‌other devices to satellites.
Analysis-ASML extends chipmaking dominance as customers embrace High NA

Analysis-ASML extends chipmaking dominance as customers embrace High NA

Toby Sterling, Reuters  |  Posted Sept. 14 - 12:01 a.m.  |  Save Story

As Dutch computer chip equipment maker ASML broke ground on a new plant in Eindhoven last week, CFO Roger Dassen said the AI ​boom had transformed the mood among customers.
China's Ligent seeks about $723 million in Hong Kong IPO, targets AI-related expansion

China's Ligent seeks about $723 million in Hong Kong IPO, targets AI-related expansion

Nikita Maria Jino and Yantoultra Ngui, Reuters  |  Updated Sept. 13 - 6:40 p.m.  |  Save Story

China's Ligent Technologies seeks to raise about HK$5.67 billion ($723 million) in ​a Hong Kong initial public offering to fund product development and expand production, showed a prospectus filed at the stock exchange on Monday.
Cave fossils in China reveal lives of mysterious human relatives

Cave fossils in China reveal lives of mysterious human relatives

Katie Hunt, CNN  |  Posted Sept. 13 - 8:34 a.m.  |  Save Story

Archaeologists excavating a cave in southwestern China have unearthed fossilized remains that belonged to an enigmatic population of extinct hominins, revealing new details about their long-lost way of life.
After tragedy, a Greek couple welcomes a daughter born from an embryo frozen for 22 years

After tragedy, a Greek couple welcomes a daughter born from an embryo frozen for 22 years

Derek Gatopoulos, Associated Press  |  Updated Sept. 12 - 7:21 p.m.  |  Save Story

Out of their darkest moment, a Greek couple managed to make a new start with a baby born this week. Doing so meant using one of Cristina Rapti‑Tzelepi's decades-old embryos and racing to beat a government deadline.
The closest planet to our sun is shrinking. Here's what that means

The closest planet to our sun is shrinking. Here's what that means

Ashley Strickland, CNN  |  Posted Sept. 12 - 1:04 p.m.  |  Save Story

Telltale wrinkles that cover Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, suggest it was once a larger world that has shrunk in size — and it may be shrinking more than scientists realized.
Dogs know if we're happy, sad or scared just from our expressions, study suggests

Dogs know if we're happy, sad or scared just from our expressions, study suggests

Lianne Kolirin, CNN  |  Posted Sept. 12 - 11:23 a.m.  |  Save Story

It's something every dog owner knows — but now we have the science to prove it: Dogs really can tell when we're happy or sad.
Well-preserved tooth from Pacific mastodon found in a creek in San Francisco Bay Area

Well-preserved tooth from Pacific mastodon found in a creek in San Francisco Bay Area

Jamie Stengle, Associated Press  |  Posted Sept. 12 - 9:02 a.m.  |  Save Story

Brigid Lynch was working along a wooded creek in a mountainous part of the San Francisco Bay Area when something that didn't look like the rocks she'd been studying caught her eye. It turned out to be the fossilized tooth of a Pacific mastodon.
'Gambling with our lives': Another AI employee quits over safety concerns

'Gambling with our lives': Another AI employee quits over safety concerns

Hadas Gold, Martin Goillandeau, David Goldman, CNN  |  Posted Sept. 12 - 7:58 a.m.  |  Save Story

A number of AI employees have loudly quit their companies over safety concerns.