(Bloomberg) – Elon Musk has a plea for mining companies: “Please mine more nickel.” “Tesla will give you a giant contract for a long period of time if you mine nickel efficiently and in an environmentally friendly way,” Musk, chief executive of the electric car maker, said during a second-quarter …
Read More »Monthly Archives: July 2020
Coronavirus sends Australia to its biggest budget deficit in decades
Australia announced Thursday that its budget deficit is expected to widen significantly as it fights a coronavirus outbreak that ended the economy’s nearly three-decade streak of growth, one of the longest in any country in the world. The country’s budget deficit is forecast to widen significantly to A $ 85.8 …
Read More »Trump defends his cognitive test results on Fox News. Again.
“I told the doctor it was Dr. Ronny Jackson. I said, ‘Is there some kind of test, an acuity test?’ Trump recalled Wednesday. “And he said, ‘It actually exists,’ and he named it, whatever it is.” Then the president elaborated for several minutes. “It was 30 to 35 questions,” said …
Read More »Morpheus thruster drives individual cubes to lower orbit
SAN FRANCISCO – The University of Wurzburg Experimental-4 (UWE-4) cubesat from Germany avoided a possible collision in early July while lowering its altitude with Morpheus Space’s NanoFEEP electric propulsion system. It was the first time that a unit cube had performed a collision avoidance maneuver, said Istvan Lorincz, president and …
Read More »Antonio Brown demands an NFL completion investigation in order to play again
Free agent wide receiver Antonio Brown wrote an Instagram post Wednesday night, stating that he wanted to play in the NFL again and urged the league to resolve its investigation into his conduct. The post came two days after Brown scoffed at his possible retirement from the NFL in a …
Read More »