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SpaceX Launching a Moon Mission in 2018
SpaceX is planning to send two people for a trip around the moon in late 2018, Elon Musk, the company's CEO, announced on Monday.
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SpaceX to send first paying tourists around moon next year
SpaceX plans to launch two paying passengers on a tourist trip around the moon next year using a spaceship under development for NASA astronauts and a heavy-lift rocket yet to be flown, the launch company announced on Feb. 27.
Taxing robots for the future of mankind
As I grew up, I realized that the world was indeed divided. But I believe that the divide is not between countries or races: It is between people who try to contribute to the future of humankind (even if it would affect them negatively in the short run) and those who want to maximize their profits today at the expense of others.
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Tech sector leads resistance to Trump travel ban, files legal brief against ban
A coalition led by some of the world's biggest tech firms is taking on U.S. President Donald Trump's travel ban, signaling the contentious relationship between the sector and the White House could be about to get worse.
Uber chief quits Trump advisory group after uproar
Uber chief executive Travis Kalanick on Feb. 2 quit U.S. President Donald Trump's business advisory group, as a movement grew to dump the ride-sharing service because of his connection to the new administration.
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Stephen Hawking: This is the most dangerous time for our planet
Lately, renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking has been more preoccupied with warning humanity what the future of Earth could be if it continues on its present trajectory than he has with scientific breakthroughs.
Could California secede from US? (photos)
As the firmly Democrat-voting state of California comes to terms with Donald Trump’s election victory, a group of campaigners are gaining traction in their fight to have the state secede from the union.
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What have you done for the technology industry today?
Yesterday the first thing I read was a Facebook entry saying "This week he [Elon Musk] sold $14 billion of orders for a revolutionary new car and successfully landed a rocket on a floating drone ship. What did you do?"
Since then I have been trying to justify my existence but have not been able to find a good enough reason why I should exist in the same world with a man like that.
SpaceX rocket landing opens 'new door' to space travel
SpaceX successfully landed its powerful Falcon 9 rocket Dec. 21 for the first time, a major milestone in the drive to cut costs and waste by making rockets as reusable as airplanes.
Tesla sells over 3,000 cars in China in 9 months: firm
US electric carmaker Tesla Motors sold more than 3,000 cars in China, the world's biggest auto market, in the first nine months of this year, it said Oct. 23.