Softbank recently launched a U.S. fundraiser to invest some of its assets in asset sales. The stock market bought a significant option during the run-up, people familiar with the matter said on Friday. Investors are speculating about buying ‘Nasdaq whales’. Now, sources tell the Wall Street Journal that Softbank bought …
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A member of the L3 Harris team draws cloth from the primary mirror of the Roman Space Telescope. Credit: L3 Harris Technologies The primary mirror of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which will collect and focus light from near and far cosmic objects, has been completed. Using this mirror, …
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Zizi Yang, a chemistry graduate student, is running a synchrotron measurement computer at the National Lab’s advanced photon source, Argo, in a photo taken before the COVID-19 epidemic. Credit: Virginia Tech Future economies based on renewable and sustainable energy sources could use battery-powered cars, large-scale solar and wind farms, and …
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Europe’s largest solar telescope unveiled Close-up images The sun – and they’re a little scary. Gregor, a telescope operated by a team of German scientists at Spain’s Ted Observatory, has obtained new high-resolution images of the Sun’s intricate composition – the best ever captured by a European telescope, scientists said. …
Read More »The Pentagon says it will stick to the micro .ft for the JEDI cloud agreement
President Donald Trump met with Satya Nadella, Chief Executive Officer of MicroSFT, and Jeff Bezos, Chief Executive Officer of Amazon, during a roundtable discussion of the American Technology Council on June 19, 2017 at the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington. Jabin Botsford | W. Washington Post …
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