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Germany's startup sector is producing a record number of billion-dollar companies, according to Tagesschau. Fintechs Trade Republic and N26 are among the most prominent, while newer additions include software firm Osapiens and defense company Stark Defense. The growth is being driven mainly by the artificial intelligence boom and rising European defense spending, which are attracting large investments into young German companies.

A new Paramount+ subscriber says they are exploring the Star Trek universe tonight, starting with the first episode of Starfleet Academy and enjoying it. The comment reflects fresh interest in the franchise now that the Starfleet Academy series is streaming, with fans sharing their first impressions of the new show as they work through the wider Trek catalogue on the service.

A longtime Star Trek fan has shared their enthusiasm for the current season of Strange New Worlds, saying they had no one in their daily life to discuss it with and turned to social media instead. They highlight the show's deep-cut Trek lore as a particular joy, asking others not to post spoilers as they catch up on recent episodes.

Italian venture firm Eureka! Venture has launched a new €20 million fund dedicated to backing DeepTech startups in Italy. The fund will provide early-stage capital to companies working on advanced technology, aiming to strengthen Italy's position in the European DeepTech ecosystem and address the funding gap for science-based ventures in the country.

Star Trek fans are celebrating Chief Miles O'Brien, the working-class engineer of Deep Space Nine, as a fan favourite after Data. A lighthearted post calling him a 'union man' and joking about his love of blue-collar values has drawn warm engagement, with readers agreeing the everyman character stands out among Starfleet officers.

Indonesian weightlifter Rahmat Erwin Abdullah has broken a world record and an ASEAN record while winning a medal at an international competition. President Prabowo Subianto publicly praised the athlete, congratulating him on the achievement. The feat has drawn attention across Indonesia, with national media highlighting both the record-setting lift and the presidential recognition.

A viewer has finished watching the original Star Trek series, expressing relief at finally completing it. The comment notes the calm the show's ending leaves behind, suggesting a satisfying but long journey through the classic science fiction run. The remark is a personal milestone shared with a small audience rather than a broader news event.

The Detroit Free Press has published a glowing review of the play 'Eureka Day', calling it funny, furious and unforgettable. The write-up is drawing attention to the production, which blends comedy with sharper, more contentious themes. theatre fans are discussing the show and its critical reception.

Remembering actress Madlyn Rhue, best known to genre fans as Lieutenant Marla McGivers in the Star Trek episode "Space Seed," with a career spanning films like "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" and series including "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.", "Mannix", "Hawaii Five-0", "Fantasy Island", "Murder, She Wrote" and "Days of Our Lives". Fans are posting tributes and hashtag memorials honoring her television legacy.

A German runner completed his first parkrun outside Germany, taking part in the weekly 5k event in Sittard, the Netherlands. On a fast, flat course with a quick field, he finished in 25:19, a personal best he described as unbelievably fast for himself. He celebrated the milestone of running parkrun in a second country.

Star Trek: Scouts, the animated series featuring young Starfleet cadets, has released a clip showing its kid characters facing off against robots in a game of space basketball. The scene highlights the show's playful, lighthearted take on the Star Trek universe, blending classic sci-fi adventure with sports comedy aimed at younger audiences.

The Redwood Coast Music Festival is underway in Eureka, California, filling the city with live music and performances through the weekend. Local coverage features photos from the event, highlighting crowds enjoying the listening entertainment across venues. The long-running festival is a fixture of the area's cultural calendar, drawing visitors and musicians to the Redwood Coast each year.

OWASP Ottawa has announced that Farshad Abasi, security leader and founder of Eureka DevSecOps and Forward Security, will speak at OWASP Ottawa Day 2026. His talk, titled 'Your Threat Model is Lying to You: Why Modeling the Design Isn't Enough in 2026,' will examine gaps in current threat modeling practices and how design-level analysis alone falls short.

A five-star review is drawing attention to Star Trek: Voyager—Homecoming, a 2026 novel by Susan Bridges and Tilly Bridges. Readers say the book offers one last story tying up threads left dangling when the series ended its seven-season run on May 23, 2001. Fans of the show, long hoping for closure on unfinished plotlines, are welcoming the announcement.

A Japanese edition of The Mathematicians' Library is being sent to a school in Grantham, England, to help restart an international exchange programme that was disrupted by the Covid pandemic. The sender describes it as a good cause and notes that copies in German and Spanish are also available for similar purposes.

A SpaceX Dragon capsule has docked with the International Space Station just under eight hours after launch, the fastest a US spacecraft has ever reached the orbiting outpost. Four astronauts from the United States, Canada and Russia are aboard the capsule. The unusually quick rendezvous is drawing attention as a milestone for US crewed spaceflight, with the multinational crew highlighting continued US-Russian cooperation in orbit despite tensions on the ground.

TimberTrek, an open-source tool gaining stars on GitHub, combines interpretable machine learning with interactive visualization. It lets users explore Rashomon sets — collections of equally accurate decision trees — and choose the model that best matches their domain knowledge. The tool runs as a web app and in Jupyter notebooks, drawing attention from data scientists interested in making model choices more transparent.

A new documentary, reviewed by Leslie Felperin for the Guardian, follows two Devon neighbours locked in a bitter dispute over the future of the countryside. The film explores the clash between conventional farming and rewilding, complete with troublesome wild boar, and is described as warm and wry with real bite.