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As both NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) are planning ways to retrieve the initial samples of Martian material for extensive study on Earth, the Mars Perseverance rover stands as the inaugural stage in this global, interplanetary collaboration.
Now, research has proposed a device – a foldable quadcopter that could aid China…
U.S. utility company Duke Energy said on Wednesday it had disconnected large-scale batteries made by Chinese company CATL from North Carolina Marine Corps base Camp Lejeune after lawmakers and experts raised concerns about the battery supplier’s close links to China’s ruling Communist Party.
Duke Energy disconnects CATL batteries from Marine Corps base…
The U.S. dollar was at a two-week high on Wednesday, while the euro was weak across the board as markets ramped up bets that the European Central Bank (ECB) will cut interest rates as early as March. Although markets are still pricing at least 125 basis points of interest rate cuts from…
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Merchant Kings: When Companies Ruled the World, 1600-1900 by Stephen Bown (Thomas Dunne Books)
As admiration for – and anger towards – US technology companies grows around the world, Stephen Bown’s book Merchant Kings is an enlightening read.
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Honda has partially revealed a new concept that will make its debut at the 2024 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
The automaker says the as-yet unnamed concept will be part of a display showing its “new EV series for global markets”.
Radical Honda concept to debut alongside new 'electric vehicle…
The London Stock Exchange. The export-heavy FTSE 100 index rose by 0.34% to 7,515.38 on Wednesday, while the more domestically-focused FTSE Mid-Cap 250 index gained 0.97% to 18,666.73. Photograph: Nicholas T Ansell/PA Wire
It was a strong day of trading for Euronext Dublin and global peers on Wednesday, as statements from central bankers…
Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel will meet Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday for the first in-person EU-China summit in four years. But both sides have played down expectations ahead of the meeting, reflecting tensions over trade, the war in Ukraine and Europe’s plan to “de-risk” its economy from China.
U.S. utility company Duke Energy has disconnected CATL industrial-scale energy storage batteries on North Carolina Marine Corps base Camp Lejeune after lawmakers and experts raised concerns about the battery supplier’s close links to China’s ruling Communist Party. A number of Republican and Democratic lawmakers have sounded the alarm over potential security threats…
A “substantial volume” of clothing tainted by the use of Uyghur forced labour is entering the European Union market, according to a report, as campaigners say the EU’s checks are not doing enough to weed out coercive work from large supply chains.
‘Substantial volume’ of clothing tied to Uyghur forced labour entering…
At the 2023 Supercomputing Innovation Application Conference held in Guangzhou on the 6th, the National Supercomputing Guangzhou Center released a new generation of domestic supercomputing system “Tianhe Xingyi.” This system surpasses “Tianhe-2″ in general CPU computing power, network capability, storage capacity, and application service ability….
