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Bitcoin rises above $30,000 as Tesla chief likely to welcome it back

Bitcoin rises back after witnessing another slump, surging past $30,000 today according to Coindesk.  Once again, Elon Musk is behind the intense jump in value, as he reiterated his backing of Bitcoin during a panel held on Wednesday.  The Tesla chief, who has been extremely vocal in the past about the environmental risks of Bitcoin mining, has confirmed during the “B Word” cryptocurrency conference that he will most likely resume accepting Bitcoin.  “I […]

EXPLAINER: How Blue Origin's Jeff Bezos will soar into space

When Blue Origin launches people into space for the first time, founder Jeff Bezos will be on board. No test pilots or flight engineers for Tuesday’s debut flight from West Texas, just Bezos, his brother, an 82-year-old aviation pioneer and a teenage tourist. The capsule is entirely automated, unlike Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic rocket plane […]

Amazon acquires Facebook team for internet satellite

E-commerce titan Amazon payed Facebook an undisclosed fee as part of its latest acquisition, terminating Facebook’s efforts to deliver internet connectivity. Amazon acquiring Facebook’s employees initiates the beginning of its plan to provide internet connectivity from low Earth orbit satellites, The Information reports. Back in April, Facebook’s team was added to Amazon’s 500-person group which […]

Billionaire Richard Branson reaches space in his own ship

Swashbuckling billionaire Richard Branson hurtled into space aboard his own winged rocket ship Sunday, bringing astro-tourism a step closer to reality and beating out his exceedingly richer rival Jeff Bezos. The nearly 71-year-old Branson and five crewmates from his Virgin Galactic space-tourism company reached an altitude of 53.5 miles (86 kilometers) over the New Mexico […]

Starlink internet to go live in two months, Elon Musk says

Starlink internet will be provided worldwide, excluding both poles, within the next two months, Starlink and SpaceX chief Elon Musk said during the Mobile World Congress. The Tesla CEO highlighted that Starlink will be able to launch satellites into orbit, while promising to deliver high-speed broadband internet to as many users as possible. Musk broke […]

Jeff Bezos will blast into space on rocket's 1st crew flight

Outdoing his fellow billionaires in daredevilry, Jeff Bezos will blast into space next month when his Blue Origin company makes its first flight with a crew. The 57-year-old Amazon founder and richest person in the world by Forbes’ estimate will become the first person to ride his own rocket to space. Bezos announced his intentions […]

EXPLAINER: China prepares space station core module launch

China plans to launch the core module for its first permanent space station this week in the latest big step forward for the country’s space exploration program. The Tianhe, or “Heavenly Harmony” module is set to be hurtled into space aboard a Long March 5B rocket from the Wenchang Launch Center on the southern island […]

Microsoft-HPE Spaceborne computer project among cargo delivered to ISS spacecraft

It’s been a busy week for NASA, with early Monday morning seeing the docking of the Northrop Grumman Cygnus N-G15 resupply mission spacecraft to the ISS, which includes thousands of pounds of food and science experiments, including a joint HPE/Microsoft collaboration to bring advanced computing power and AI to the station with the Spaceborne Computer-2. […]