Virgin Galactic opens new frontiers for space flight
Virgin Galactic’s first suborbital mission successfully concluded, inaugurating commercial flights and opening up a new frontier for travelling around space for companies interested in carrying out scientific research. Taking off from Spaceport…
Canada’s Quebecor to pull its ads from Facebook, Instagram
By Tiyashi Datta and Samrhitha Arunasalam (Reuters) – Quebecor said on Wednesday it will pull its ads from Facebook and Instagram, following Meta Platforms’ decision to stop access to news…
Europe’s Euclid space telescope launched on mission to explore ‘dark universe’
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) – A European-built orbital satellite was launched to space on Saturday from Florida on a mission to shed new light on the mysterious cosmic phenomena known…
How to kill a star? Astronomers see a ‘demolition derby’ scenario
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Astronomers have spotted an immensely energetic explosion emanating from an ancient galaxy, apparently triggered by a type of star destruction hypothesized for decades but…
SolarWinds executives receive Wells notice from US SEC
By Samrhitha Arunasalam (Reuters) – SolarWinds said on Friday some of its former and current executives had been issued a Wells notice by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over…
TikTok COO Pappas quits after five years in the role
By Samrhitha Arunasalam, Dawn Chmielewski, and Sheila Dang (Reuters) – TikTok Chief Operating Officer V. Pappas is stepping down after five years with the short-video company owned by China’s ByteDance,…
SES confirms end of Intelsat merger talks
By Nilutpal Timsina (Reuters) – SES SA said on Thursday that it has ceased merger talks with Intelsat, ending what would have signaled further consolidation in the rapidly changing satellite…
Study reveals how immune system of astronauts breaks down
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Evidence is growing about the many ways that traveling in the microgravity environment of space tampers with the human body, with new research showing…
Tech companies including Google gripe about unfair cloud practices
By Urvi Dugar, Samrhitha Arunasalam and Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) – Technology trade groups as well as Alphabet’s Google have griped to the Federal Trade Commission about allegedly unfair business practices…
SK Signet to launch EV chargers with Tesla’s charging standard
By Samrhitha Arunasalam (Reuters) – Electric-vehicle (EV) charger maker SK Signet said on Thursday it was adding products compatible with the North American Charging Standard (NACS), after major U.S. automakers…