Amazon to buy satellite firm Globalstar for $11.57bn in challenge to Musk’s Starlink | Technology

Amazon to buy satellite firm Globalstar for $11.57bn in challenge to Musk’s Starlink | Technology

Amazon said on Tuesday it would acquire a satellite company in an $11.57bn deal, bolstering its own fledgling space business as it looks to take on Elon Musk-led bigger rival Starlink. The deal gives Amazon access to Globalstar’s network of two dozen satellites, boosting the tech giant’s ambitions to challenge SpaceX unit Starlink, which currently…

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Javokhir Sindarov earns world chess title shot with stunning Candidates win | World Chess Championship 2026

Javokhir Sindarov earns world chess title shot with stunning Candidates win | World Chess Championship 2026

Javokhir Sindarov will challenge for Gukesh Dommaraju’s world chess championship this fall after clinching the Candidates tournament with a game to spare on Tuesday afternoon in Cyprus. The 20-year-old Uzbek grandmaster closed out an emphatic victory in the the 14-game double round-robin with a tame 58-move draw playing with the black pieces against Dutch star…

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'Amazing' Results With Drug Combo in Metastatic Cervical Cancer

‘Amazing’ Results With Drug Combo in Metastatic Cervical Cancer

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The investigational antibody-drug conjugate sacituzumab tirumotecan plus pembrolizumab (Keytruda) demonstrated encouraging antitumor activity in patients with recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer, according to phase II data. With a median follow-up of 24.7 months among 68 patients, the objective response rate (ORR) with the combination was 51% (with a confirmed ORR…

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