Editor’s note: Follow CNN’s live updates of Boeing’s Starliner mission. The third attempt was the charm for Boeing’s Starliner mission after launching its first crewed flight test Wednesday in a milestone that has been a decade in the making. The new spacecraft’s highly anticipated voyage with humans on board lifted off atop an Atlas V […]
Two Nasa astronauts were on their way to the international space station on Wednesday after Boeing’s pioneering Starliner capsule finally made its much delayed first crewed flight from Cape Canaveral. The visually stunning liftoff, against a mostly clear and blue Florida sky, came seven years beyond the spacecraft’s original target date, five years after the […]
China’s Chang’e-6 lunar probe departed from the far side of the moon on Tuesday, moving a step closer to completing an ambitious mission that underlines the country’s rise as a space superpower. In a symbolic moment before takeoff, China also reportedly became the first country to display its national flag on the moon’s far side, which […]
Shares of Nvidia (NVDA) are soaring on Monday following the company’s announcement of new AI chips, sparking optimism among investors and analysts. In a bullish move, Bank of America analysts have raised their price target on the chipmaker to $1,500, up from the previous target of $1,320. Yahoo Finance’s Seana Smith and Madison Mills break […]
June 4 (UPI) — China’s space agency said its Chang-e 6 mission lifted off from the far side of the moon on Tuesday, as it begins its journey transporting samples and moon rocks back to Earth. The probe’s ascender lifted off from the moon’s surface at 7:38 a.m., Beijing time, according to China’s National Space […]
By Liz Lee and Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s Chang’e-6 probe has lifted off from the far side of the moon, starting its journey back towards Earth, state media Xinhua announced on Tuesday. The probe’s successful departure from the moon means China is closer to becoming the first country to return samples from the far […]
Merger and acquisition news sent several stocks, including media company Paramount Global (PARA), higher early Monday. Meanwhile, a medical-waste-disposal company was positioned for a possible breakout on acquisition reports. X Paramount stock bolted more than 6% higher during premarket action on Monday following reports Hollywood studio Skydance is looking to buy a number of nonvoting […]
President Joe Biden has given Ukraine the go-ahead to use American weaponry to strike inside Russia for the limited purpose of defending Kharkiv, according to two US officials. The officials underscored that the US policy calling on Ukraine not to use American-provided long-range missiles and other munitions to strike inside Russia offensively has not changed. […]
The crisis in China’s vast property sector has been a major drag on the country’s economy (Hector RETAMAL) Shanghai has relaxed rules on buying property in the city, as local governments across China aim to ease an agonising real estate crisis that is dragging on the economy. Many cities imposed restrictions and tough credit requirements […]
(Bloomberg) — US equity futures rallied following upbeat earnings from Nvidia Corp. released after the New York close, which reinforced optimism for the global artificial-intelligence boom. Most Read from Bloomberg The chipmaker said second-quarter revenue will be about $28 billion, beating analysts’ estimates. The company also announced a 10-for-1 stock split and boosted its quarterly […]
By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) – A stronger-than-expected revenue forecast from Nvidia after the bell on Wednesday lifted shares of the artificial-intelligence chipmaker and fueled gains in other chip and technology stocks. Shares of Nvidia were last up 3.5% while Advanced Micro Devices was up 1.2% and Broadcom was up 0.8% in after-hours trading. […]
(Reuters) – Micron Technology on Tuesday slightly raised its capital expenditure forecast for 2024, as the U.S. chipmaker invests heavily to make high bandwidth memory (HBM) semiconductors to meet surging demand from the AI industry. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Boise, Idaho-based Micron is one of the three large providers of HBM chips, an essential part of […]