SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, carrying four private citizens, has launched into space, where the crew will spend five days – and attempt the world’s first private spacewalk.
The mission is funded by billionaire Jared Isaacman and is the second privately-crewed mission from SpaceX – the spaceflight company founded by Elon Musk.
A view of the Amazon logo outside Amazon’s offices in Dublin City Centre, Ireland, on Feb. 15, 2023. Artur Widak | Nurphoto | Getty Images Amazon representatives met with the House China committee in recent months to discuss lawmaker concerns over the company’s partnership with TikTok, CNBC confirmed. A spokesperson for the House Select Committee…
Business & FinanceDealsTechnology 19 September 2024, 10:35 am 1 minute Reuters was first to report on Intel’s decision not to divest its majority stake in Mobileye, boosting the Israeli company’s shares by over 16%. Mobileye shares, which have dropped 73% this year, took a beating earlier in the month after media reports that Intel was…
The Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD has seen its quarterly revenues soar, beating Tesla’s for the first time. It posted more than 200bn yuan ($28.2bn, £21.8bn) in revenues between July and September. This is a 24% jump from the same period last year, and more than Elon Musk’s company whose quarterly revenue was $25.2bn. However,…
Meta has been fined €798m (£664m) for breaking competition law by embedding Facebook Marketplace within its social network. The European Commission said this meant alternative classified ads services had faced “unfair trading conditions”, making it harder for them to compete. In addition to the fine, it has ordered Meta to stop imposing these conditions on…
Companies are being warned about the increasing use of AI to carry out so-called CEO Fraud. More victims are coming forward with their stories of being targeted using generative AI techniques and one case in Hong Kong reportedly saw an AI clone used during a video meeting to trick staff into losing $25m. But while…
Dogecoin shot higher on Tuesday night, extending its postelection surge after President-elect Donald Trump formally announced the creation of the Department of Government Efficiency, which he referred to as “DOGE” in his statement. Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, former Republican presidential candidate and Strive Asset Management co-founder, will lead the department, Trump said…