“Chinese telecom giant Huawei said on Friday its annual revenue had fallen by nearly a third from the previous year,” reports Agence France-Presse, “as it continued to be weighed down by U.S. sanctions that have hit its smartphone sales…” The firm’s revenue for this year fell by 29% year-on-year to Read more…
“Since joining NASA in 1980, Jim Green has seen it all,” writes the New York Times. He has helped the space agency understand Earth’s magnetic field, explore the outer solar system and search for life on Mars. As the new year arrived on Saturday, he bade farewell to the agency. Read more…
NFT marketplace OpenSea has frozen 16 Bored Ape and Mutant Ape nonfungible tokens (NFT) after they were reportedly stolen yesterday from a New York art gallery operator. In total, one Clonex, seven Mutant Ape Yacht Club, and eight Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs currently valued at about 615 ETH ($2.28 Read more…
“China has formally approved three missions targeting the south pole of the moon, with the first to launch around 2024…” reports Space.com, “each with different goals and an array of spacecraft.” The trio make up the so-called fourth phase for the Chinese lunar exploration program, which most recently landed on Read more…
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and the head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday asked AT&T and Verizon Communications to delay the planned January 5 introduction of new 5G wireless service over aviation safety concerns. In a letter Friday seen by Reuters, Buttigieg and FAA Administrator Steve Dickson Read more…
Thousands of people — included hundreds of men — were accused of witchcraft in Scotland, the Guardian reports, “from allegations of cursing the king’s ships, to shape-shifting into animals and birds, or dancing with the devil.” Many were executed. Now, three centuries after the Witchcraft Act was repealed, campaigners are Read more…
