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. […]
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China’s top diplomat called Monday for new U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration to lift restrictions on trade and people-to-people contacts while ceasing what Beijing considers unwarranted interference in the areas of Taiwan, Hong Kong, Xinjiang and Tibet. Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s comments at a Foreign Ministry forum on U.S.-China relations come as Beijing presses the […]
As the pandemic raged through the U.S., Microsoft’s business continued chugging ahead and beat Wall Street expectations for the last three months of 2020, powered by ongoing demand for its workplace software and cloud computing services as people worked from home. The company on Tuesday reported fiscal second-quarter profit of $15.5 billion, up 33% from […]
A recent survey reported that more than half (56 percent) of small businesses in the U.S. engaging on social media on at least a weekly basis are projecting revenue growth in 2021, despite continuing COVID-related business limitations, according to B2B services group Visual Objects. “If small businesses want to genuinely connect with consumers in their […]
U.S.-based Ocean Networks (ONI) – which develops submarine network cable systems for governments – announced on Thursday the launch of Caribbean Express (CX) Project, an 18-fiber pair submarine cable system linking West Palm Beach Florida to Panama reaching all the way to Mexico and Colombia. According to the company, the CX system will use space […]
Finnish telecom equipment maker Nokia announced on Thursday that it has been selected by A1 Austria to provide comprehensive 5G coverage across the country in a multi-year contract. The deal – which will push A1 Austria to become a local market leader – will see Nokia supply 5G radio access and core network services. The […]
Australia’s prime minister on Friday urged Facebook to lift its blockade of Australian users and return to the negotiating table with news publishing businesses, warning that other countries would follow his government’s example in making digital giants pay for journalism. Prime Minister Scott Morrison described Facebook’s move Thursday to prevent Australians accessing and sharing news […]
NASA’s Perseverance rover landed Thursday on Mars after traveling 293 million miles (472 million kilometers), and entering the Red Planet’s stratosphere at supersonic speed, only slowing in the final minutes of the 203-day journey. Confirmation of the successful touchdown was announced in mission control at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California at 3:55 p.m. EST […]
Ford is vowing to convert its entire passenger vehicle lineup in Europe to electric power by 2030 in just the latest sign of the seismic technological changes sweeping the auto industry. Ford will spend $1 billion to revamp its factory in Cologne, Germany and make it a base for production of battery powered cars using […]
In a shocking act of retaliation Thursday, Facebook blocked Australians from sharing news, a milestone in the increasingly frantic jockeying between governments, media and powerful tech companies that one Australian minister called “an assault on a sovereign nation” and abuse of power. Australia’s government condemned the decision, which also prevented some government communications, including messages […]