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Japan's ispace launches world's first commercial moon mission

Japan's ispace launches world's first commercial moon mission

-- 2022-12-11 17:33:21

A Japanese space startup has launched a spacecraft to the moon after several delays, a step toward what would be a first for the nation and for a private company. ispace Inc's HAKUTO-R mission took o...

NASA's Orion capsule heads for splashdown after Artemis I flight around moon

NASA's Orion capsule heads for splashdown after Artemis I flight around moon

REUTERS 2022-12-11 13:30:03

NASA's uncrewed Orion capsule hurtled through space on Sunday on the final return leg of its voyage around the moon and back, winding up the inaugural mission of the Artemis lunar programme 50 years t...

Twitter to relaunch Twitter Blue at higher price for Apple users

Twitter to relaunch Twitter Blue at higher price for Apple users

REUTERS 2022-12-11 09:21:45

Twitter Inc will relaunch a revamped version of its subscription service Twitter Blue on Monday at a higher price for Apple users, the company said in a tweet on Saturday. The company said users coul...

Nearly 10pc of marine life threatened with extinction: Red List

Nearly 10pc of marine life threatened with extinction: Red List

-- 2022-12-10 16:40:23

The effects of human activity from climate change to pollution are "devastating" marine life, with nearly a tenth of underwater plants and animals assessed so far threatened with extinction, the lates...

Twitter to introduce new controls for ad placements

Twitter to introduce new controls for ad placements

-- 2022-12-10 13:22:51

Twitter will roll out new controls as soon as next week to let companies prevent their ads from appearing above or below tweets containing certain keywords, the social media platform told advertisers...

Japanese billionaire Maezawa picks K-pop star TOP, DJ Steve Aoki to join SpaceX moon trip

Japanese billionaire Maezawa picks K-pop star TOP, DJ Steve Aoki to join SpaceX moon trip

REUTERS 2022-12-09 11:55:39

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa revealed on Friday that K-pop star TOP and DJ Steve Aoki will be among the eight crew members he plans to take on a trip around the moon as soon as next year, hitch...

Google Ad Manager outage costs big websites ad sales

Google Ad Manager outage costs big websites ad sales

-- 2022-12-09 10:20:36

A Google service relied upon by many large websites to sell and display ads was down for about three hours Thursday, denying major news publishers revenue during the crucial holiday period, two source...

Scientists find two million-year-old DNA in Greenland

Scientists find two million-year-old DNA in Greenland

-- 2022-12-08 18:45:47

Scientists have identified DNA from animals, plants and microbes dating to about 2 million years ago - the oldest on record by far - from sediment at Greenland's northernmost point dug up around the m...

Voyager-1: The lone traveller of space

Voyager-1: The lone traveller of space

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2022-12-08 16:39:22

It was the late autumn of 1977 when, for more people in sunny Florida, winter started to show its presence, albeit in a soothing way. The Cape Canaveral Air Force Base of Florida witnessed one of the...

Sony says it has technology for humanoid robots

Sony says it has technology for humanoid robots

-- 2022-12-07 17:38:05

Japanese electronics and entertainment conglomerate Sony Group Corp said on Tuesday it has the technology to make humanoid robots quickly once it has identified how they could be effectively used. "I...

India asks Google to stop displaying online betting ads: Mint

India asks Google to stop displaying online betting ads: Mint

REUTERS 2022-12-07 13:01:07

India has asked Google not to display surrogate ads of overseas betting companies, Mint newspaper reported on Wednesday, citing a person aware of the development in the ministry of information and bro...

Meta oversight board urges changes to VIP moderation system

Meta oversight board urges changes to VIP moderation system

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-07 11:00:03

Facebook parent Meta’s quasi-independent oversight board said Tuesday that an internal system that exempted high-profile users, including former US President Donald Trump, from some or all of it...

NASA's Orion capsule makes its closest approach to moon

NASA's Orion capsule makes its closest approach to moon

-- 2022-12-06 14:41:42

The uncrewed Orion capsule of NASA's Artemis I mission sailed within 80 miles (130 km) of the lunar surface on Monday, achieving the closest approach to the moon for a spacecraft built to carry humans...

Chinese hackers stole millions worth of US COVID relief money, Secret Service says

Chinese hackers stole millions worth of US COVID relief money, Secret Service says

REUTERS 2022-12-06 12:07:43

Chinese hackers have stolen tens of millions of dollars worth of US COVID relief benefits since 2020, the Secret Service said on Monday. The Secret Service declined to provide any additional details...

Facebook owner Meta may remove news from platform

Facebook owner Meta may remove news from platform

-- 2022-12-06 10:36:02

Facebook parent Meta Platforms on Monday threatened to remove news from its platform if the US Congress passes a proposal aimed at making it easier for news organizations to negotiate collectivel...

Apple and Amazon resume advertising on Twitter

Apple and Amazon resume advertising on Twitter

-- 2022-12-05 14:43:48

Amazon.com and Apple are planning to resume advertising on Twitter, according to media reports on Saturday. The developments follow an email sent by Twitter on Thursday to advertising...

Japanese billionaire to make ‘big announcement’ on space after Musk meeting

Japanese billionaire to make ‘big announcement’ on space after Musk meeting

REUTERS 2022-12-05 14:04:21

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa tweeted on Monday that he plans to make a "big announcement" related to space after a meeting with SpaceX owner Elon Musk. Yusaku Maezawa, founder of online fashio...

Chinese astronauts return to earth after 'successful' six-month mission

Chinese astronauts return to earth after 'successful' six-month mission

REUTERS 2022-12-05 12:15:50

Three Chinese astronauts landed back on earth on Sunday on board the re-entry capsule of the Shenzhou-14 spacecraft, state broadcaster CCTV reported, bringing to an end a six-month mission on China's...

New Zealand plans law to require Facebook, Google to pay for news

New Zealand plans law to require Facebook, Google to pay for news

REUTERS 2022-12-05 09:11:03

The New Zealand government said it will introduce a law that will require big online digital companies such as Alphabet Inc's Google and Meta Platforms Inc to pay New Zealand media companies for the l...

Distant black hole is caught in the act of annihilating a star

Distant black hole is caught in the act of annihilating a star

-- 2022-12-04 16:27:09

Astronomers have detected an act of extreme violence more than halfway across the known universe as a black hole shreds a star that wandered too close to this celestial savage. But this was no ordinar...

Facebook and YouTube streaming earnings: Myths and reality

Facebook and YouTube streaming earnings: Myths and reality

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2022-12-03 18:54:58

With the advent of technology, more and more people are getting involved in live-streaming on both Facebook and YouTube to earn money. As these sites have a ubiquitous presence, earning money from the...

The story of a half-eaten Apple

The story of a half-eaten Apple

Safrina Kabir 2022-12-03 16:58:35

The Apple company is known to everyone as the iPhone maker. They earned themselves a global reputation as the most valuable company in the world. However, there's an interesting story behind their log...

Silicon Valley startup beaming electricity wirelessly raises $30m

Silicon Valley startup beaming electricity wirelessly raises $30m

-- 2022-12-03 16:43:14

Reach Power Inc, a Silicon Valley startup that beams electricity wirelessly, said on Friday it had raised $30 million in a funding round that will help it commercialise its products. While big-dish a...

German government not planning blanket Huawei ban

German government not planning blanket Huawei ban

REUTERS 2022-12-03 14:17:03

Germany does not want to follow the United States in generally banning products made by Chinese telecoms equipment makers such as Huawei, but will continue making such decisions on a case-by-case basi...

Australia says law making Facebook and Google pay for news has worked

Australia says law making Facebook and Google pay for news has worked

-- 2022-12-02 17:02:44

An Australian law giving the government power to make internet giants Facebook owner Meta Platforms and Alphabet Inc's Google negotiate content supply deals with media outlets has largely worked, a go...

Arctic data cable linking Europe to Japan secures first investment

Arctic data cable linking Europe to Japan secures first investment

-- 2022-12-02 16:46:32

A plan to build the first fibre-optic cable across the Arctic has secured its first investment, the consortium behind the 1.1 billion euro ($1.15 billion) scheme said on Friday. The subsea cable, whi...

Scientists build 'baby' wormhole as sci-fi moves closer to fact

Scientists build 'baby' wormhole as sci-fi moves closer to fact

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-02 09:49:48

In science fiction, think films and TV like "Interstellar" and "Star Trek", wormholes in the cosmos serve as portals through space and time for spacecraft to traverse...

Elon Musk says Apple never considered removing Twitter from App Store

Elon Musk says Apple never considered removing Twitter from App Store

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-12-01 10:17:48

Elon Musk on Wednesday tweeted that the misunderstanding about Twitter potentially being removed from Apple Inc's App Store was resolved following his meeting with the iPhone maker's Chief Execu...

Twitter not safer under Elon Musk, says former head of trust and safety

Twitter not safer under Elon Musk, says former head of trust and safety

REUTERS 2022-11-30 14:14:05

Former Twitter head of trust and safety Yoel Roth on Tuesday said the service was not safer under new owner Elon Musk, warning in his first interview since resigning this month that the company no lon...

Chinese astronauts board space station in historic mission

Chinese astronauts board space station in historic mission

REUTERS 2022-11-30 11:56:29

Three Chinese astronauts arrived on Wednesday at China's space station for the first in-orbit crew rotation in Chinese space history, launching operation of the second inhabited outpost in low-Earth o...