WASHINGTON: The James Webb Space Telescope, the most powerful space observatory ever built, is now tentatively set for launch on Christmas Day, after decades of waiting. An engineering marvel, it will help answer fundamental questions about the Universe, peering back in time 13 billion years. Here are five things to know. Read more: NASA confirms … Read more
WASHINGTON, Dec 10, 2021 (AFP) – The James Webb Space Telescope, the most powerful space observatory ever built, is finally set for launch in late December after decades of waiting. An engineering marvel, it will help answer fundamental questions about the Universe, peering back in time 13 billion years. Here are five things to know. Giant … Read more
TOKYO: Japan’s household expenditures dropped a real year-on-year 0.6 per cent in October, down for the third straight month, due to a plunge in purchases of furniture and other household goods, government data revealed on Tuesday. The average consumption of households with at least two people, regarded as a key indicator of private consumption which … Read more
US video conferencing platform Zoom has lost around $100 billion of its market value since its October 2020 peak, a decline of 64 per cent for the stock, Bloomberg reported. The video communications company fell 15 per cent on Tuesday to close at the lowest level since June 2020. Despite the decline, the stock was still up … Read more
BEIJING: Revenues of Chinese gaming and communications giant Tencent rose 3 per cent in the last three months, according to the results published on Wednesday, as Beijing cracks down on tech giants and the country’s mammoth gaming industry. China’s heavy-handed regulation of the tech and video gaming sectors in recent months has hit industry heavyweights with … Read more
