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Tesla Q1 sales sink 13 percent

The dip occurred amid lower production during factory upgrades.

AD Ports Group 2024 revenue $4.70bn

The Group's EBITDA increased by 69 percent YOY.

Tesla sales tumble in Europe in Q1

The company suffered from boycotts against the policies of Elon Musk.

Ford’s US Q1 auto sales dip

But its Q1 figures exceed a forecast by Edmunds

Vanke reports annual loss of $6.8 bn

The property giant attributes loss to falling sales and shrinking profit.

Musk says patient moves cursor with brain implant

The Neuralink startup, cofounded by Musk in 2016, aims to build direct communication channels between the brain and computers. The...
  • Last month, Musk's neurotechnology company installed a brain implant in its first human patient and on Monday Musk reported the experiment had been a success
  • Neuralink's technology works through a device about the size of five stacked coins that is placed inside the human brain through invasive surgery

What to know about the NASA-funded commercial Moon fleet

Washington, United States - The year 2024 promises to be a busy one for American Moon landings, all under a new...
  • Fourteen companies have been pre-selected to be in the running for contracts, with eight firm missions so far planned
  • Many of the companies involved are considered fledging, rather than legacy aerospace giants, reflecting the initiative's experimental nature

US private firm targets moon landing

Intuitive Machines, the Houston company, hopes to become the first non-government entity to achieve a soft touchdown on the Moon.
  • The hexagonal-shaped Nova-C lander named "Odysseus" had been set to blast off on top of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida
  • But NASA said the launch was postponed due to "off-nominal methane temperatures prior to stepping into methane load," according to a post on social media platform X

World’s biggest flying lab comes to Asia on air pollution mission

Clark, Philippines - NASA has kicked off a series of marathon flights in Asia with the world's biggest flying laboratory, in...
  • Starting this week in the Philippines, the US agency's DC-8 is flying for up to eight hours at a time, sometimes just 50 feet from the ground, to swoop up air particles for study.
  • Millions of deaths each year are linked to air pollution, and improving the ability to identify its sources and behavior can lead to more accurate warning systems for the public.

Japanese lander disabled again but could restart after two weeks

Tokyo, Japan - After a brief awakening, Japan's Moon lander is out of action again but will resume its mission if...
  • The unmanned Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) touched down last month at a wonky angle that left its solar panels facing the wrong way.
  • As the sun's angle shifted, it came back to life for two days this week and carried out scientific observations of a crater with its high-spec camera.

KACST, ACWA Power sign pact

The aim is to develop technologies for clean energy.
  • The center will conduct studies, scientific research, and work to attain technical development in clean energy and water sector.
  • It will also work in developing solar energy technologies, energy storage technologies to support future energy networks.

‘Game changer’: Gene therapy offers hope for children born deaf

Paris, France - A gene therapy that has allowed several children born deaf to hear for the first time is being...
  • Several medical teams around the world are trialling the procedure, which focuses on a rare genetic mutation that affects only a small number of the 26 million people
  • On Tuesday, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia revealed that 11-year-old Aissam Dam, who was born deaf, was now "literally hearing sound for the first time in his life."

Deaf boy can now hear after gene treatment

The US hospital which carried out the treatment said the milestone represents hope for patients around the world with hearing...
  • Aissam Dam was born "profoundly deaf" because of a highly rare abnormality in a single gene.
  • Aissam, who was born in Morocco and later moved to Spain, may never learn to talk, as the brain's window for acquiring speech closes around the age of five.

NASA regains contact with mini-helicopter on Mars

Ingenuity, a drone about 1.6 feet (0.5 meters) tall, arrived on Mars in 2021 aboard the rover Perseverance and became...
  • NASA has lost contact with the helicopter before, including for two months last year
  • It previously said that Ingenuity had attained an altitude of 40 feet (12 meters) on Flight 72

NASA loses contact with its mini-helicopter on Mars

WASHINGTON, US - NASA has lost contact with its tiny helicopter Ingenuity during the hard-working craft's 72nd flight, the space agency...
  • In a post on X, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory added that Perseverance was temporarily "out of line-of-sight with Ingenuity.
  • NASA has lost contact with the helicopter before, including for an agonizing two months last year.

‘Dark universe detective’ telescope releases first data

Paris, France - Europe's Euclid space telescope, which is on a mission to shed light on the mysteries of dark...

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Gemini’s inaccurate AI racial images warn of tech titans’ power

AUSTIN, US – For people at the trend-setting tech festival here, the scandal that erupted after Google's Gemini chatbot cranked out...

SpaceX poised for third launch test of Starship megarocket

Two previous attempts have ended in spectacular explosions, though that's not necessarily a bad thing: the company has adopted a...

European Parliament approves ‘pioneering’ rules to govern AI

Senior European Union officials say the rules, first proposed in 2021, will protect citizens from the risks of a technology...

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Four space station crew members leave for Earth

WASHINGTON, US – Four astronauts left the International Space Station on Monday and were bound for Earth following a more than...
  • Led by American astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, NASA's Crew-7 arrived at the research platform last August.
  • NASA and SpaceX are targeting as soon as 5:35 am Tuesday (0935 GMT) for a splashdown off the Florida coast.

Saudi Arabia unveils its man shaped AI robot Mohammad

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia unveiled its first male humanoid robot ‘Muhammad’ during the second edition of DeepFast in...
  • A 7-second video of the robot is now viral. In it, the reporter Rawya Kassem, is seen talking about the robot
  • Addressing the audience in flawless Arabic, the robot emphasized his role as a national project showcasing Saudi achievements in AI

UAE astronauts AlMatrooshi and AlMulla graduate in space program at NASA

Dubai, UAE - The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) on Tuesday announced the graduation of Emirati astronauts Nora AlMatrooshi...
  • The milestone marks the culmination of over two years of extensive training, which began in January 2022
  • Prior to joining the NASA training program, AlMatrooshi and AlMulla underwent extensive in-house training at MBRSC