China launches new resource satellite

TAIYUAN, Dec 26 (XINHUA/APP):China sent a new resource satellite into planned orbit from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China’s Shanxi Province on Sunday. The resource satellite, ZY-1 02E, was launched at 11:11 a.m. (Beijing Time) by a Long March-4C carrier rocket.It was the […]

EU clears Microsoft buyout of telemedicine-oriented Nuance

Brussels, Dec 21 (AFP/APP):The EU on Tuesday cleared Microsoft’s purchase of artificial intelligence and cloud computing company Nuance, one of the biggest transactions in the fast-growing telemedicine sector. The bloc’s powerful antitrust authority said the $19.7 billion buyout posed no competition concerns in the European […]

The technology behind Covid jabs

Paris, Dec 21 (AFP/APP):The World Health Organization on Tuesday authorised its 10th Covid-19 vaccine — Nuvaxovid from US firm Novavax. As the highly mutated Omicron variant throws yet more uncertainty into the mix, here is a look at the technology behind the jabs. – ‘Subunit’ […]

EU lawmakers back rules to curb Big Tech

Strasbourg, France, Dec 15 (AFP/APP):The European Parliament on Wednesday approved its proposal for major EU legislation to impose unprecedented restrictions on how tech giants do business. Lawmakers overwhelmingly voted in favour of their version of the Digital Markets Act, aimed at slapping far-reaching rules on […]