Space telescope’s image of star gets photobombed by galaxies
Nasa’s new space telescope has gazed into the distant universe and shown perfect vision: a spiky image of a faraway star photobombed by thousands of ancient galaxies. The image from the James Webb Space Telescope is
UK tech firm Nothing launches first UK smartphone in five years
A British tech start-up has launched a new smartphone that bosses hope will challenge the dominance of Apple and Samsung. Tech firm Nothing launched its first phone today, called “phone (1)”, the first time a business
Russian ‘court’ bans Facebook and Instagram on ‘extremism’ charges
A Moscow court has banned Facebook and Instagram for what it deemed extremist activity in a case against their parent company Meta. The Tverskoy District Court fulfilled a request from prosecutors to outlaw Meta Platforms and
No European Mars mission this year due to Russia’s war in Ukraine
Europe will no longer be attempting to send its first rover to Mars this year because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. And if co-operation on the mission with Roscosmos, Russia’s state space corporation, cannot be
Intel unveils £67bn chipmaking expansion plan for Europe
US chipmaker Intel has unveiled plans to invest up to 80 billion euros (£67 billion) across Europe as part of an ambitious expansion aimed at evening out imbalances in the global semiconductor industry that have led
EU regulators clear Amazon’s £6.48bn purchase of MGM
European regulators have cleared Amazon’s purchase of Hollywood studio MGM, saying the deal does not raise any competition concerns. The online shopping giant said last year that it was buying MGM in a 8.45 billion dollar
