Technology

the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^ DJI) It was lower at lunchtime on Thursday, down 0.3% at 11:55 am EDT. Congress is slowly moving toward another stimulus package to support the economy amid the pandemic, but the recent spike in COVID-19 cases is starting to show up in the …

Automated spacewalks Scientists from NASA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) were able to automate one of the dangerous jobs on the International Space Station, sending a robot on spacewalks so humans don’t need to put themselves at risk. Dextre, a CSA robot that looks like a multi-armed tower attached …

Researchers from the European Southern Observatory have captured the first images of a planetary system with multiple exoplanets. The system revolves around a star that closely resembles our sun, only younger. Observing these alien systems will teach scientists how systems like ours formed and evolved over time. The technology for …

Much of what we call hardware is actually software, firmware, which uses the underlying hardware for speed and, importantly, a stable operating environment. The engineering dilemma is a juggling act: Can we build a product faster a) by running easily updated software on a commercial processor; b) faster startup software …

Shares of Microsoft Corp. retreated from record levels on Thursday when an analyst downgraded the shares despite Wall Street’s general agreement that the software giant was well diversified to handle the challenges posed by COVID-19. Microsoft MSFT, -4.12% Shares fell to an intraday low of $ 204.42 and last lost …