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China to Launch Next Crewed Mission on Sunday to Build Space Station

China will launch a spacecraft on Sunday carrying three astronauts to the core module of the unfinished Chinese space station, where they will work and live for six months as construction enters advanced stages. A Long March-2F rocket carrying the Shenzhou-14 spacecraft is set to blast off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the northwestern […]

Sony to Build Space Lasers with New Satellite Services Unit

Sony on Thursday said it formed a new company that will build and supply devices that allow small satellites in orbit to communicate with one another via laser beams, dipping into the fast-growing space sector. Sony Space Communications Corp, registered on Wednesday, is meant to take advantage of laser technology to avoid a bottleneck of […]

Microsoft says Will Not Resist Unionization Efforts by Employees

Microsoft Corp will not resist unionization efforts from its employees, its President Brad Smith said on Thursday, in a sign of growing receptiveness in the tech sector that has been for long unconcerned about organized labor. Microsoft recognizes employees legal right to choose to form or join a union, although they “will never need to […]

How Facebook’s Cryptocurrency Venture Fell to its Demise

Surely, we all remember that one time when Facebook tried to enter the cryptocurrency world to expand its influence into the decentralized universe of cryptocurrency and blockchain. But those familiar with Facebook’s cryptocurrency venture also know that the dream did not even come close to fruition. Why? Let’s just start by saying many factors led […]

EU Acted Like a Fishing Trawler in Antitrust Data Searches, Meta Lawyer Says

Meta Platforms Inc on Wednesday compared searches by EU antitrust regulators to a fishing super trawler as watchdogs investigate the owner of Facebook’s data and online marketplace. Meta says it has already handed over more than a million documents to the European Commission since its first request in 2019 regarding its Facebook Marketplace, social networking […]

Big Tech Ramps Up Efforts to Quash Milestone Antitrust Bill

Big tech has launched a media blitz aimed at derailing one of the most ground-breaking bipartisan bills in the U.S. that would bar tech companies, like Amazon.com Inc, from giving preference to their own businesses on their websites. Amazon lambasted the bill on Wednesday saying in a blog post that the bill “jeopardizes two of […]

China's Tencent Revises Pay Rise Policy in Memo, Amid Cost Savings Pressures

China’s Tencent Holdings has told staff it will no longer guarantee them a pay raise upon promotion, according to an internal letter seen by Reuters, as it reviews its salary policy amid a wider cost-cutting drive. The Chinese social media and gaming giant told its employees of the policy change on Tuesday, saying the decision […]

Applications of Augmented Reality in Construction

How can augmented reality be used in the construction industry, a field that has maintained relatively similar technology over the past decades? 3D printing and modular building are new trends in some types of construction, but what does the application of augmented reality in construction look like? In a world of rapid digital transformation and […]