Monday, July 8, 2024

Technology

San Francisco police allowed to deploy deadly robots in emergency

San Francisco’s public defender, police oversight groups and the ACLU had urged the 11-member body to reject the police’s use of equipment proposal.

Elon Musk says Apple threatened to remove Twitter from App Store

The billionaire CEO of Twitter and Tesla, Elon Musk, accused Apple Inc of threatening to remove Twitter from its App Store

NASA’s most powerful rocket takes off for the moon 50 years after Apollo

Artemis 1, NASA’s most powerful moon rocket in history, blasted off from Cape Canaveral in Florida on November 16 with three test dummies on board.

Elon Musk completes $44 billion Twitter takeover and fires top executives

Elon Musk, a multi-billionaire became the owner of Twitter after completing the $44 billion deal, marking a new era for one of the world’s most influential social media platforms.

SpaceX launches four astronauts to International Space Station on NASA Crew-5 mission

A SpaceX rocket soared into orbit from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday carrying the next long-term International Space Station crew, with a Russian cosmonaut, two Americans and a Japanese astronaut

NASA spacecraft collides with asteroid in ‘planetary defense test’

NASA crashed a small spacecraft directly into an asteroid, a 14,000-mile-per-hour collision designed to test whether such technology could someday be deployed to protect the planet from an Earth-bound asteroid

Apple begins manufacturing iPhone 14 in India

Apple said it has started assembling its flagship iPhone 14 in India as the U.S. tech giant looks to shift some production away from China.

Airbus partners with Japan’s Hiratagakuen to test future eVTOL flights

Airbus is partnering with Japanese helicopter operator Hiratagakuen to launch commercial transportation services with CityAirbus NextGen in Kansai region of Japan.

Former Twitter employee convicted of spying for Saudi Arabia

A former Twitter employee accused of spying for Saudi Arabia was convicted on six criminal counts, including acting as an agent for the country.

Russia to pull out of International Space Station after 2024 and focus on building its own

The decision casts new doubt over the future of global space collaboration

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Keir Starmer becomes UK’s new prime minister as Labour wins UK general election 2024

UK Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer has become prime minister of UK after a ceremonial meeting with King Charles III on July 5, 2024. Starmer has led Labour to secure a landslide victory in the UK’s 2024 general election to end 14 years of Conservative rule.