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Facebook faces a $5B FTC fine, the largest ever in tech
Published On: July 13, 2019 03:31 PM NPT By: Associated Press
July 13: At $5 billion, the fine the FTC is about to levy on Facebook is by far the largest it’s given to a technology company, easily eclipsing the second largest, $22 million for Google in 2012.
Japan says space probe landed on asteroid to get soil sample
Published On: July 11, 2019 11:13 AM NPT By: Associated Press
TOKYO, July 11: Japan’s space agency said data transmitted from the Hayabusa2 spacecraft indicated it successfully landed on a distant asteroid Thursday and completed its historic mission of collecting underground samples that scientists hope will provide clues to the origin of the solar system.
TV is over the moon with specials recounting 1969 landing
Published On: July 6, 2019 11:30 AM NPT By: Associated Press
LOS ANGELES, July 6: The 1969 moon landing turned an achievement seen only in the imagination and sci-fi movies into a most improbable television event, a live broadcast starring Neil Armstrong and a desolate landscape.
Scientists conclude cigar-shaped interstellar object not an alien spaceship
Published On: July 2, 2019 01:34 PM NPT By: Reuters
WASHINGTON, July 2: After investigating the nature of a mysterious and apparently cigar-shaped object called ‘Oumuamua spotted in 2017 speeding through our solar system, astronomers remain uncertain over how to classify it, but are confident it is not an alien spaceship.
Google internet balloon spinoff Loon still looking for its wings
Published On: July 1, 2019 04:00 PM NPT By: Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO, July 1: Google’s bet on balloons to deliver cell service soon faces a crucial test amid doubts about the viability of the technology by some potential customers.
Facebook’s digital currency may flourish where banks don’t
Published On: June 29, 2019 11:40 AM NPT By: Associated Press
NEW YORK, June 29: Europeans and Americans have their Visa and Mastercards. For everyone else, here comes ... Libra?
Apple design chief Jony Ive, Steve Jobs' confidant, to leave and start own firm
Published On: June 28, 2019 12:00 PM NPT By: Reuters
June 28: Jony Ive, a close creative collaborator with Apple Inc co-founder Steve Jobs whose iPhone and other designs fueled Apple’s rise to a $1 trillion company, will leave later this year to form an independent design company.
NASA plans to send a drone to Saturn’s largest moon
Published On: June 28, 2019 10:30 AM NPT By: Associated Press
June 28: Get ready to see another world from the eyes of a dragonfly — at least, a robotic one.
SpaceX launches Falcon Heavy rocket with 24 satellites
Published On: June 25, 2019 01:30 PM NPT By: Reuters
June 25: SpaceX launched its Falcon Heavy rocket on Tuesday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying 24 experimental satellites in what Elon Musk’s rocket company called one of the most difficult launches it has attempted.
50 years later, the moon is still great for business
Published On: June 24, 2019 03:49 PM NPT By: Reuters
NEW YORK, June 24: Fifty years after humans first visited, businesses are still trying to make a buck off the moon.
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