Flawed Boeing mission to return to Earth with rival SpaceX
AFP Two US astronauts who arrived at the International Space Station aboard Boeing’s Starliner will have to return home with rival SpaceX, NASA said Saturday, in a fresh public relations…
Senegal launches first satellite, joins major players in Africa’s space sector
The GAINDESAT-1A satellite was designed and manufactured by Senegalese engineers in collaboration with the French Space University Center of Montpellier (CSUM). Agency Report DAKAR – Senegal has marked a historic…
In world’s first AI robot performs complete dental procedure on Boston man
Agency Report A startup company in Boston, US, has made history by using robotic technology to complete the first-ever fully automated dental procedure on a human. The dental robot, made…
Elon Musk’s Neuralink device is implanted in a second patient
Bloomberg Elon Musk’s brain-computer company, Neuralink Corp., has successfully implanted its device into a second patient, Musk said on a podcast hosted by computer scientist Lex Fridman. “I don’t want…
One year on ‘Mars’: Inside NASA’s ultra-realistic isolation study
AFP Sealed inside a habitat in Texas and cut off from the outside world for over a year, Kelly Haston was the commander of a first-of-its-kind simulation for NASA to…
NASA Mars rover captures rock that could hold fossilized microbes
AFP NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has made what could be its most astonishing discovery to date: possible signs of ancient life on the Red Planet. The six-wheeled robotic explorer came…
Neuralink’s value jump leaves some Musk employees itching to cash out
Reuters Some of the staff at Elon Musk’s Neuralink are making preparations to sell the brain implant company’s stock in the wake of its valuation jumping following its first human…
Nigeria fines Meta $220 million for violating consumer, data laws
Reuters ABUJA – Nigeria fined Meta Platforms $220 million, its competition watchdog said on Friday, after investigations showed data-sharing on social platforms violated local consumer, data protection and privacy laws.…
‘Large-scale’ IT outage hits companies worldwide
AFP A major outage wrought havoc on global computer systems on Friday, grounding flights in the United States, derailing television broadcasts in the UK and impacting telecommunications in Australia. Major…
Dinosaur skeleton breaks auction record with $44.6 mn sale in New York
AFP NEW YORK – The largest stegosaurus skeleton ever found, nicknamed Apex, sold for a record breaking $44.6 million at auction in New York on Wednesday, Sotheby’s said. Estimated to…