NEW YORK, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. online movie rental service Netflix Inc. said Monday it has awarded a $1 million prize to the team that best improved its recommendation system.
JERUSALEM, July 7 (UPI) -- A teenage girl from a town in southern Israel has won first prize in an international physics competition for her work on heat convection.
BURBANK, Calif., Aug. 8 (UPI) -- "Deal Or No Deal" host Howie Mandel has announced that, for the first time, the U.S. game show's $1 million top prize will be given away this season.
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. 13 (UPI) -- Google is offering $20 million for the first lunar robot paid for with private funds, The San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News reported Thursday.
MOSCOW, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Japanese violinist Kyoko Yonemoto has won first prize at the Moscow Paganini International Violin Competition. The competition on Wednesday, marked the first time a Japanese citizen has won first prize at Paganini, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported Friday.
WARSAW, Poland, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- A Polish pianist outplayed 11 finalists to become the first Pole in three decades to win Warsaw's prestigious Chopin International Piano competition.
SANTA FE, N.M., May 12 (UPI) -- A New Mexico official said Thursday an international competition hosted by the state will someday lead to safe, cost-effective space travel for the public.
SANTA FE, N.M., May 11 (UPI) -- Gov. Bill Richardson Tuesday announced New Mexico has won a competition that will establish his state as a world leader in space commercialization.
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa, March 14 (UPI) --
