Friday, May 31, 2019

NASA picks three companies to send cargo to the moon

Three small companies that built robotic lunar landers are getting big business from NASA.


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Amazon's reported interest in Sprint's Boost is 'economically insane,' analyst says

There's a report that Amazon might want to buy Sprint's Boost Mobile business. But one veteran telecom analyst, Craig Moffett of the research firm MoffettNathanson, bluntly dubbed the speculation as "batsh*t crazy."


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Malaysia says it's using Huawei technology 'as much as possible'

A US-led campaign has many countries rethinking their use of Huawei's equipment. Prime Minister Mahathir has made it clear his country isn't one of them.


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Tesla has never needed to advertise, but that might have to change

Electric car competition is ramping up, and Tesla's sales are slumping. It may be getting time for Elon Musk to go to Madison Avenue.


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Thursday, May 30, 2019

The UK gets its first but limited 5G network

The United Kingdom has joined the fray with the launch of its 5G network, the next generation of ultra-fast wireless connections.


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Uber lost more than $1 billion in the first quarter

Uber said Thursday it lost more than $1 billion in the first three months of 2019, in the latest sign that the company has a long and uncertain road ahead to profitability.


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Amazon Debuts Echo Show 5: Smaller, Cheaper, More Private

Amazon has announced the Echo Show 5 and is taking preorders. This third-generation Echo Show is called the "5" because it has a 5.5-inch diagonal display. he Echo Show 5 is available in the line's standard Charcoal and Sandstone colors. It is priced at $90. New Alexa routines are available on the Echo Show 5, such as a nighttime routine that turns off the bedroom lamp and begins playing soothing sounds. Users can personalize the Echo Show 5's home screen with a variety of new clock faces or a photo.

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What to wear on Mars: A look at the future of spacesuit technology

Extraterrestrial travel is all the rage: Elon Musk's SpaceX has pledged to put the first humans on Mars. Amazon chief Jeff Bezos has his sights set on the moon. And NASA wants to speed up its plan to send astronauts back into deep space.


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Apple and WhatsApp hit back at UK 'ghost proposal' on encryption

Big Tech is raising concerns about a "ghost proposal" from UK spies that would allow them to eavesdrop on encrypted messages.


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Space junk poses terrifying threats to SpaceX and civilization

SpaceX fired 60 small satellites into orbit last week, the first installment of an internet-beaming megaconstellation that the company hopes will grow to include thousands of satellites in just a few years.


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