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Powerball Jackpot Soars to $1.3B – Why Your Chances of Winning Are Astronomically Low

Powerball Jackpot Soars to $1.3B – Why Your Chances of Winning Are Astronomically Low

Powerball Jackpot Skyrockets: What Are the Real Odds of Winning Any Game of Chance? A Historic Jackpot with No Winner (Yet) Labor Day came and went without a grand prize winner in the Powerball drawing, causing the jackpot to soar to an estimated $1.3 billion for the next drawing powerball.com. This massive prize has been accumulating since the last jackpot win on May 31, spanning 41 consecutive drawings without a winner powerball.com. If nobody wins in the upcoming draw, it will tie the longest rollover streak ever (42 draws without a jackpot) set in 2024 powerball.com. The current $1.3 billion
2 September 2025
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Breakthroughs & Bombshells: Science News Roundup (Aug 27–28, 2025)

Breakthroughs & Bombshells: Science News Roundup (Aug 27–28, 2025)

Key Facts Space and Astronomy August 27–28 delivered big news from the cosmos. Astronomers witnessed a planet in the making for the first time: using ESO’s Very Large Telescope, a team directly imaged WISPIT 2b, a gas giant forming within the dusty rings of a young star sci.news sci.news. The newborn planet, about five times Jupiter’s mass, glows red-hot as it gathers gas. “Discovering this planet… was an amazing experience — we were incredibly lucky,” said Leiden Observatory’s Dr. Richelle van Capelleveen sci.news. She explained that WISPIT 2, a Sun-like star just 5 million years old, sits in an unexpected stellar group,
28 August 2025
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“SpaceX Hits 400th Landing, NASA Rallies Volunteers & Webb Snaps New Cosmic Wonders – Top Space News Aug 27–28, 2025”

“SpaceX Hits 400th Landing, NASA Rallies Volunteers & Webb Snaps New Cosmic Wonders – Top Space News Aug 27–28, 2025”

SpaceX Launches & Reusability Milestones On Aug. 27 SpaceX’s Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral carrying 28 Starlink V2 Mini satellites, and its first-stage booster (B1095) successfully returned to SpaceX’s droneship in the Atlantic. Spaceflight reports confirm this landing marks the company’s 400th ocean recovery of a Falcon first stage space.com space.com. The booster had flown once before (May 20, 2025 Starlink launch) and achieved a nearly perfect touchdown. SpaceX emphasized the significance of this reuse: in a live update, a SpaceX executive said the team must “keep challenging ourselves to achieve higher launch rates, greater lift capability, and higher
28 August 2025
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Space Race Heats Up: ISS Gets a Boost, Starship Scrubs & New Cosmic Ambitions (Aug 24–25, 2025)

Space Race Heats Up: ISS Gets a Boost, Starship Scrubs & New Cosmic Ambitions (Aug 24–25, 2025)

SpaceX’s 33rd Cargo Dragon mission (CRS-33) launched from Cape Canaveral at 2:45 a.m. EDT on Aug. 24, 2025, carrying more than 5,000 pounds of supplies and a trunk-mounted boost module to raise the ISS orbit. The Dragon’s trunk contains an independent propulsion system with two Draco engines to perform orbit-raising burns starting in September 2025 and reduce reliance on Russia’s Progress freighters. Starting in September 2025, Dragon will perform a series of ISS orbit-raising burns to sustain altitude, providing about 1.5× the reboost capability of a Russian Progress. Capsule C211, the 50th SpaceX Dragon to reach the ISS, autonomously docked
25 August 2025
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Space Race Revs Up: Secret Spaceplane, “Noah’s Ark” Satellite & Hidden Moon – All the Space News (Aug 21–22, 2025)

Space Race Revs Up: Secret Spaceplane, “Noah’s Ark” Satellite & Hidden Moon – All the Space News (Aug 21–22, 2025)

Commercial Space Sector: Launches, Satellites & Space Tourism Government Space Agencies: Programs, Missions & Collaboration Military & Defense Space: Secret Launches and Surveillance Science & Exploration: New Discoveries and ISS Experiments Sources: Space.com space.com space.com; KEYT News keyt.com keyt.com; NASA (news releases & blogs) nasa.gov nasa.gov ts2.tech; India Today indiatoday.in indiatoday.in; TS² Space News ts2.tech ts2.tech ts2.tech ts2.tech; NASA Science (Lonnie Shekhtman) science.nasa.gov; NASA Science (DART findings) science.nasa.gov; etc.
22 August 2025
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Tech Titans Face Off, Rockets Soar, and Biotech Breakthroughs – Tech News Roundup (Aug 17–18, 2025)

Tech Titans Face Off, Rockets Soar, and Biotech Breakthroughs – Tech News Roundup (Aug 17–18, 2025)

Smartphones & Gadgets: Pixel Teasers and iPhone Rumors Cybersecurity: Telecom Ransomware Shock Space & Aerospace: Record Launches and New Missions Biotech & Health Tech: New Cures and Big Deals Tech Policy & Regulation: Trade Tensions and Antitrust Fines Autos & Mobility: Carmaker Alliances and EV Moves Sources: Reuters, Spaceflight Now, TechRadar, PhoneArena, MacRumors, TS2 Technology techradar.com techradar.com reuters.com reuters.com reuters.com cybernewscentre.com cybernewscentre.com ts2.tech ts2.tech, et al.
18 August 2025
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AI Breakthroughs, Billion-Dollar Bids & Backlash – Inside the Explosive 48 Hours of Aug 17–18, 2025

AI Breakthroughs, Billion-Dollar Bids & Backlash – Inside the Explosive 48 Hours of Aug 17–18, 2025

OpenAI released GPT-5 during Aug 17–18, 2025 rollout, billed as a major upgrade with strong coding, math, and science capabilities, while Sam Altman acknowledged it still lacks self-learning. In China, Pan Jianwei’s team used AI to position over 2,000 neutral-atom qubits in 3D in 1/60,000 of a second, a 10× larger array than prior work, in a result published in Physical Review Letters. MIT researchers designed novel antibiotic compounds with generative AI, generating 36 million candidate molecules and identifying compounds potent against MRSA and drug-resistant gonorrhea. Allen Institute for AI unveiled MolmoAct, an open-source robotics model that reasons in 3D,
18 August 2025
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Tech World Rocked by 8 Non‑AI Surprises This Week

Tech World Rocked by 8 Non‑AI Surprises This Week

Apple is developing a home companion robot—a 7-inch iPad-like display on a movable arm—targeting a 2027 launch, internally dubbed the “Pixar Lamp,” with a more lifelike, conversational Siri. Pebble Time 2 features a 1.5-inch color e-paper display, heart-rate sensor, and about 30-day battery life, while Pebble 2 Duo uses a black-and-white display with no HR monitor, both running an updated Pebble OS. Amazon expanded Prime same-day delivery of perishables to over 1,000 U.S. cities, with expansion to 2,300 cities by year-end, free for Prime orders of $25 or more, under a $4 billion logistics push. On August 13, President Donald
14 August 2025
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All the Breakthroughs You Missed: The Biggest Science Stories from August 10–11, 2025

All the Breakthroughs You Missed: The Biggest Science Stories from August 10–11, 2025

Medicine & Health Space & Astronomy Climate & Environment Physics & Materials Science Technology & Innovation Sources: The above summaries are based on reports and press releases from reputable outlets and journals, including The Guardian theguardian.com theguardian.com, Science sciencedaily.com sciencedaily.com, NASA space.com, ScienceDaily/RAS sciencedaily.com sciencedaily.com, Euronews (AP) euronews.com euronews.com, Reuters reuters.com reuters.com, Nature sciencedaily.com sciencedaily.com, and university press releases sciencedaily.com sciencedaily.com. Each story’s details and quotes are drawn from the original research publications or official statements by experts involved.
11 August 2025
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Space Drama: Astronaut Launch Scrub, Secret Satellites & Surprise Alliances (July 31–Aug 1, 2025)

Space Drama: Astronaut Launch Scrub, Secret Satellites & Surprise Alliances (July 31–Aug 1, 2025)

On July 31, 2025, NASA’s Crew-11 mission to the ISS was scrubbed due to weather, with liftoff canceled just over a minute before launch and the crew—Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, Kimiya Yui, and Oleg Platonov—set to retry on Aug. 1 at 11:43 a.m. ET. SpaceX Falcon 9 booster B1094 landed at Cape Canaveral’s Landing Zone 1 after the Crew-11 attempt, reportedly the final planned use of LZ-1 under new Space Force rules. The Crew-11 mission marked the sixth flight of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endeavour, setting a new reuse record for SpaceX crew capsules. By Aug. 2, Crew-11 docked with the
1 August 2025
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Space Setbacks, Cyber Hacks & Tech Triumphs: Major Tech News Roundup (July 31 – Aug 1, 2025)

Space Setbacks, Cyber Hacks & Tech Triumphs: Major Tech News Roundup (July 31 – Aug 1, 2025)

Consumer Electronics & Big Tech Highlights Cybersecurity & Data Breaches Biotechnology & Health Tech Breakthroughs Semiconductor Industry & Hardware Electric Vehicles & Transportation Tech Space Exploration & Aerospace Tech Antitrust & Legal Battles Digital Policy & Platform Governance Tech Industry Deals & Startup News Sources: Connected news reports from Reuters, TechCrunch, CleanTechnica, and other reputable outlets reuters.com techcrunch.com ts2.tech ts2.tech reuters.com, covering developments in tech business, policy, and innovation worldwide on July 31 and Aug 1, 2025. Each link provides further details for verification.
1 August 2025
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AI’s Wild 48 Hours: Apple Opens Wallet, Musk Bends to EU, Breakthrough AI Models & More (July 31–Aug 1, 2025)

AI’s Wild 48 Hours: Apple Opens Wallet, Musk Bends to EU, Breakthrough AI Models & More (July 31–Aug 1, 2025)

Major Research Breakthroughs in AI Corporate Announcements and AI Initiatives Government Policy and AI Governance Updates Noteworthy AI Applications & Business Impacts In sum, the last two days brought a flood of AI developments: breakthrough research in security (AI spotting code bugs and prison threats) and science (AI designing battery materials and health campaigns), major corporate bets (Apple loosening its purse strings, Meta doubling down on an AI future, Microsoft and NTT launching global AI programs), significant policy maneuvers (the EU corralling AI firms into a code of conduct, the US grappling with how to govern AI without throttling it),
1 August 2025
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