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Virgin Galactic's experimental commercial spaceflight vehicle crashed after experiencing an "in-flight anomaly" during a test flight on Friday. One person was killed and another was suffered serious injuries. See also: More than 700 Virgin Galactic ticket holders are left wondering what's next SpaceShipTwo took off with two pilots on board at 12:20 p.m. ET from Mojave, California in a powered test flight that the company called a "Halloween treat." But less than an hour later, the company tweeted that something had gone wrong. First images of @virgingalactic #SpaceShipTwo debris site starting to come out via @ABC7 chopper pic.twitter.com/HS27QrKw03 — Mashable News (@MashableNews) October 31, 2014 Virgin Galactic confirmed the loss of the spaceship but has given no other details about the cause of the accident, which occurred in the desert northeast of Los Angeles. SpaceShipTwo was running on a new fuel formulation, and officials said it had been "proven … [Read more...] about Virgin Galactic spaceship crashes in desert, killing 1

Following the Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo 's crash landing Friday that killed one person and left another injured, hundreds who have already booked a flight on one of the first space tourism vehicles are left wondering about the future of their own trips to the stars. In April, Virgin boasted that they had already sold more than 700 tickets, some to Hollywood celebrities, others to simple space enthusiasts who wanted to be part of an historic first wave of pioneers. But now, the accident raises concerns about the future of space tourism. See also: Virgin Galactic SpaceshipTwo: What Your $250K Flight Will Feel Like Jim Clash, a journalist who bought a ticket to go into space with Virgin Galactic, told Mashable that the crash left him in "shock," but that he wasn't giving up on the program. "It's a risky business," he said during a telephone interview. "Stuff happens. I'm not going to change my perspective on selling my ticket back, or not sticking with 'em, I just … [Read more...] about More than 700 Virgin Galactic ticket holders are left wondering what’s next

Southeast Asian e-commerce and entertainment group Sea said on Tuesday it would launch an unit to manage its investments, as well as its own artificial intelligence labs. Called Sea Capital, the investment arm is the result of the acquisition of a Hong Kong-licensed global investment management firm and will launch with an initial $1 billion in capital. It also announced it would build its own artificial intelligence labs to help develop the region's digital economy, which is expected to exceed $300 billion by 2025, according to a report by Google, Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings and business consultants Bain & Co. The Singapore-headquartered firm announced on Tuesday its income under generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) had reached US$1.6 billion for the last quarter of 2020 and US$4.4 billion for the full year, a 101% year-on-year increase. Its net loss widened to $523.6 million from $283.8 million. Sea has seen meteoric growth on the stock … [Read more...] about Ecommerce group Sea announces investment arm

Les prochains appareils de la gamme Microsoft Surface pourraient bénéficier d'une mise à niveau importante de leurs fonctionnalités photo, suite au recrutement d’Ari Partinen, ex Monsieur Imagerie des Nokia Lumia mais aussi des iPhone 7 et 8. Une grande référence du secteur dont l’expérience jouerait en faveur du développement des PC portables conçus par Microsoft. Ari Partinen a signalé lui-même son arrivée au sein de la section imagerie de Microsoft Surface. Celle-ci devrait contribuer à l’optimisation des webcams intégrées sur les produits Surface Laptop. Une priorité évidente, compte tenu de l’essor du télétravail ces derniers mois un peu partout dans le monde. Découvrez les tests complets des Surface Pro 7 et Surface Book 3 Comparez le Surface Pro 7 aux meilleurs 2-en-1 du moment Voici les meilleurs jeux vidéo optimisés pour PC portable First day in Microsoft Surface imaging team. Very exciting times ahead! #Microsoft #Surface March 1, 2021 See more … [Read more...] about Les futurs appareils Microsoft Surface veulent séduire les photographes et les télétravailleurs

When Apple or Samsung unveils a new smartphone, consumers can preorder the device within days and expect to get it in their hands within weeks. When Motorola introduced the first-ever cellphone, the DynaTAC, in 1973, it took another decade before consumers could actually use one. Talk about delayed gratification. Ironically, it took the team at Motorola just three months to conceive and build the first DynaTAC, a minor miracle considering it takes 12 to 18 months today to do the same thing with a flagship smartphone. The company only made two prototypes, the culmination of thousands of parts welded together in a boot-shaped phone with a massive antenna. "It's far more complicated than a modern phone, believe it or not," Martin Cooper, who led the team at Motorola and is credited as the father of the cellphone, said in an interview for the Daily Charge podcast last week. Cooper shared stories about the whirlwind race to develop that first phone, which was less a … [Read more...] about Cellphone inventor tells the wild inside story of Motorola’s DynaTAC