Tech
Virgin Galactic aims to reach space soon with tourism rocket
Mojave, Dec 13 (AP/UNB)— Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic is gearing up to finally send its tourism rocket ship to the edge of space.
Huawei CFO gets bail; China detains ex-Canadian diplomat
Vancouver, Dec 12 (AP/UNB) — A Canadian court granted bail on Tuesday to a top Chinese executive arrested at the United States' request in a case that has set off a diplomatic furor among the three countries and complicated high-stakes U.S.-China trade talks.
Google accelerates Plus closure after another privacy lapse
San Jose, Dec 11 (AP/UNB)— Google is still having trouble protecting the personal information on its Plus service, prodding the company to accelerate its plans to shut down a little-used social network created to compete against Facebook.
NASA's first look: Tiny asteroid is studded with boulders
Washington, Dec 11 (AP/UNB) — NASA's first look at a tiny asteroid shows the space rock is more moist and studded with boulders than originally thought.
China ups pressure as tech exec's hearing goes into Tuesday
Vancouver, Dec 11 (AP/UNB) — A jailed Chinese technology executive will have to wait at least one more day to see if she will be released on bail in a case that has raised U.S.-China tensions and complicated efforts to resolve a trade dispute that has roiled financial markets and threatened global economic growth.
BTRC blocks 54 portals again
Dhaka, Dec 10 (UNB) - Hours after unblocking 58 news portals, Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) on Monday night blocked 54 of them again.
China summons US envoy to protest detention of Huawei exec
Beijing, Dec 10 (AP/UNB)— China summoned the U.S. ambassador to Beijing on Sunday to protest the detention of a senior executive of Chinese electronics giant Huawei in Canada at Washington's behest and demanded the U.S. cancel an order for her arrest.
Huawei awaits 'right conclusion' in CFO's arrest
Washington, Dec 8 (AP/UNB) -Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei says it has "every confidence that the Canadian and U.S. legal systems will reach the right conclusion" over the arrest of one of its top executives in Canada.
China launches pioneering mission to far side of moon
Beijing, Dec 8 (AP/UNB) — China launched a ground-breaking mission Saturday to land a spacecraft on the largely unexplored far side of the moon, demonstrating its growing ambitions as a space power to rival Russia, the European Union and the U.S.
DPDC signs deal for feasibility study to build underground distribution network
Dhaka, Dec 6 (UNB) - Dhaka Power Distribution Company Ltd (DPDC) on Thursday signed a contract with an Australian firm to conduct a feasibility study in the area under its jurisdiction to replace overhead power cables with underground ones.