Shares of Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, shot up more than 17% Thursday,…
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China’s Weibo shows user locations to combat ‘bad behavior’
The move, posted on Weibo’s official account, garnered over 200 million views and was widely discussed,…
People in Beijing can now book a taxi with no one at the wheel
Baidu (BIDU) and autonomous driving startup Pony.ai announced Thursday that they had won the country’s first…
SpaceX launches another historic astronaut mission
Takeoff occurred at 3:52 am ET. The astronauts, riding aboard their SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, will…
Elon Musk to buy Twitter in $44 billion deal
The deal, which will take the company private, caps off a whirlwind period in which the…
All-private SpaceX astronaut mission to return home from the ISS after nearly week-long delay
The mission, called AX-1, was brokered by the Houston, Texas-based startup Axiom Space, which books rocket…
Australian scientists to fit Tesla with printed solar panels in 15,000-kilometer test ride
The Charge Around Australia project will power a Tesla electric car with 18 of the team’s…
Elon Musk says his offer to buy Twitter is about ‘the future of civilization,’ not making money
Musk said the proposed deal is not about the economics of Twitter’s (TWTR) business, but about…
iPhone supplier Pegatron suspends production at two factories in China
Pegatron announced Tuesday that it had suspended production at its facility in China’s largest city, as…