Alphabet’s Google said on Monday it would invest a whopping $ 10 billion in India through its Google for India Digitization Fund. CEO Sundar Pichai said the investment will be made in the next five to seven years. The company has identified four areas of investment in India. In addition …
Read More »NASA signs agreement with Japan on lunar exploration
WASHINGTON – NASA has signed an agreement with the Japanese government that brings the agencies closer to ending Japan’s roles in the Artemis program. The agreement, called the Joint Exploration Declaration of Intent, was signed at the end of July 9 in a virtual meeting between NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, …
Read More »Big Tech’s latest reckoning is coming as it continues to rack up record valuations
Tech’s top four CEOs should be nervous as they approach a virtual hearing on July 27 before the House of Representatives’ Antitrust Subcommittee on the Judiciary. Apple Inc.’s AAPL Tim Cook, Amazon.com Inc. AMZN Jeff Bezos, Facebook Inc.’s full board Mark Zuckerberg and Alphabet Inc.’s GOOGL GOOG Sundar Pichai can …
Read More »The handmade ax 1.4 million years ago shows unexpected sophistication – Archeology
Approximately 1.4 million years ago, a hominid in what is now Ethiopia painstakingly modified a hippo bone in a hand ax, demonstrating mastery of the advanced “Acheulean technique” that had only been thought to have been developed half a million years later. Prehistoric stone tools are quite common. Bone tools …
Read More »EU prepares measures against China on Hong Kong
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union (EU) is preparing countermeasures against China in response to Beijing’s new security law on Hong Kong, the bloc’s top diplomat said on Monday, but the envoys stressed that the likely steps will not amount to Economic sanctions. FILE PHOTO: Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde …
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