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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.

Facebook's cryptocurrency ambitions face privacy concerns, political backlash

Published On: June 19, 2019 12:33 PM NPT By: Reuters

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK, June 19: Facebook Inc announced ambitious plans on Tuesday to launch a new global cryptocurrency called Libra, part of an effort to expand into digital payments that immediately raised privacy concerns.

Facebook reveals Libra cryptocurrency, with lofty goals

Published On: June 18, 2019 03:40 PM NPT By: Reuters

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK, June 18: Facebook Inc revealed plans on Tuesday to launch a cryptocurrency called Libra, the latest development in its effort to expand beyond social networking and move into e-commerce and global payments.

NepaliSat-1 to travel around Earth from June 17

Published On: June 10, 2019 07:00 PM NPT By: RSS

KATHMANDU, June 10: The NepaliSat-1, Nepal's first satellite launched into space by Japan's Kyushu Institute of Technology on April 17 is to go through the Earth's orbit from June 17.