Technology

Dunkirk, France, May 12 (AFP/APP): Global battery makers are turning a formerly depressed northern French region into a 21st-century manufacturing hub and a key European source of new energy technology. Taiwanese battery maker Prologium became the latest group on Friday to announce a plant in […]

San Francisco, May 12 (AFP/APP): Elon Musk has chosen top ad executive Linda Yaccarino to take the day-to-day reins of Twitter as he fights to reverse the tide at the struggling platform he bought for $44 billion last year. Yaccarino is a highly respected advertising […]

ISTANBUL 11 May (Online): China on Wednesday successfully launched into space its Tianzhou 6 cargo ship. According to a statement, the domestically built Long March 7-Y7 rocket carried the cargo vessel into orbit, where it will carry supplies and equipment to China’s Tiangong space station. […]

Kyiv, Ukraine, May 2 (AFP/APP): With angular welded frames, huge wheels and teeth painted on the front grille, the one-off buggies being built to order for Ukrainian forces on the battlefield resemble props from the “Mad Max” films. Tough and durable, buggies can speed over […]

Tokyo, April 26 (AFP/APP):Japanese start-up ispace conceded Wednesday its ambitious attempt to become the first private company to land on the Moon had failed but pledged to move ahead with new missions. The unmanned Hakuto-R Mission 1 lander had been scheduled to arrive on the […]

Tokyo, April 25 (AFP/APP):A Japanese startup attempting the first private landing on the Moon said on Tuesday it had lost communication with its spacecraft and assumed the lunar mission had failed. Ispace said that it could not establish communication with the unmanned Hakuto-R lunar lander […]

Pakistan (PNI) Huawei kicked off its 20th annual Global Analyst Summit (HAS) today in Shenzhen. The summit was attended by more than 1,000 industry analysts, financial analysts, key opinion leaders, and media representatives from around the world, who gathered to discuss the status of the […]

Boca Chica/Medford Colonia, United States, April 20 (AFP/APP):Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, exploded during its first flight on Thursday, but Elon Musk congratulated his SpaceX team on an “exciting” test of the next-generation spacecraft designed to send astronauts to the Moon, Mars and […]

Colorado Springs, United States, April 19 (AFP/APP): European Space Agency director Josef Aschbacher promised a “transformation” of the continent’s space sector in the coming years during an interview with AFP, including more collaboration between government and private industry. Private firms will be “encouraged to be […]

Strasbourg, France, April 18 (AFP/APP): The European Parliament and EU member states reached an agreement Tuesday on how to boost the supply of semiconductors in Europe, as the bloc races to reduce its dependence on Asian suppliers. The European Union has prioritised local chip production […]