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Will High Altitude Platforms Become an Integral Part of 6G?

The sixth generation of the in the evolution of wireless evolution promises to be disruptive in terms of the extreme solutions envisioned to meet the projected targets in terms of data rates, latencies, coverage, use cases, etc. The drive to ubiquitous connectivity and ever-increasing capacity requirements have pushed designers to foresee a vertical expansion of […]

Musk to Join Twitter Board, Promises Change

Twitter Inc said on Tuesday it will offer Elon Musk a seat on its board of directors, a position the Tesla boss and entrepreneur plans to use to bring about significant improvements at the social media site after disclosing a sizeable holding. Musk reported in a regulatory filing on Monday that he had amassed a […]

China calls on US to protect space station from satellites

China is calling on the United States to protect a Chinese space station and its three-member crew after Beijing complained that satellites launched by Elon Musk’s SpaceX nearly struck the station. A foreign ministry spokesman accused Washington on Tuesday of ignoring its treaty obligations to protect the safety of the Tiangong station’s three-member crew following […]

Dogecoin value rises, Tesla declares accepting the crypto as payment

Dogecoin shares soared to over 18 percent on Tuesday following Tesla Inc. chief, Elon Musk’s announcement of the company’s altered tactic of accepting cryptocurrency payments for merchandise. The announcement revealed on Twitter sent Dogecoin shares to heighten in valuation when most cryptocurrencies seem to be dropping in value. “Tesla will make some merch buyable with […]

New Twitter CEO steps from behind the scenes to high profile

Newly named Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has emerged from behind the scenes to take over one of Silicon Valley’s highest-profile and politically volatile jobs. But his prior lack of name recognition coupled with a solid technical background appears to be what some big company backers were looking for to lead Twitter out of its current […]

NASA launches spacecraft to test asteroid defense concept

NASA launched a spacecraft Tuesday night on a mission to smash into an asteroid and test whether it would be possible to knock a speeding space rock off course if one were to threaten Earth. The DART spacecraft, short for Double Asteroid Redirection Test, lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base atop a SpaceX Falcon […]

Musk says Hertz did not finalize 100,000 Tesla deal, Hertz fires back

Elon Musk announced on Monday that Tesla has not signed a contract with Hertz, despite the rental car firm’s disclosure a week ago of a significant deal with the electric car manufacturer. Tesla shares jumped by 12.6 percent following the announcement of a massive order from Hertz of almost 100,000 vehicles on October 25, granting […]