International/Technology & Science

Explainer: Cryptocurrency and how it works

El Salvador became the first country to designate cryptocurrency as legal tender - but what is crypto?

Elon Musk says deal to buy Twitter 'temporarily on hold'

Shares of the social media company fell 20 percent in premarket trading

Microsoft will help cover travel costs for employee abortions

Microsoft joins a growing number of firms which also pledged to cover these travel costs

Astronaut crew returning to Earth after six months on ISS

Crew-3 carried out hundreds of scientific experiments, including growing chiles in space

NASA, Boeing say Starliner on track for May 19 launch

Uncrewed flight a vital step towards certifying spaceship for eventually carrying passengers

RSF: Online media fueling divisions, global tensions

'The creation of media weaponry in authoritarian countries eliminates their citizens' right to information'

Spanish PM’s phone tapped with Pegasus spyware

'The interventions were illicit and external... by non-official bodies and without state authorization'

Telefonica looks to Israel’s high-tech sector

'Israel will be one of our most relevant markets... I have never seen an ecosystem as dynamic as Israel'

Twitter employees concerned about mass exodus

'I could have done things differently. I think about that a lot,' says Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal

Musk says he will rein in Twitter pay, make money from tweets

Musk plans to monetize tweets that contain important information or that go viral

'Deepfake' crimes on the rise, Europol warns

'The growing availability of disinformation and deepfakes will have a profound impact'

ADL CEO: Musk’s Twitter acquisition ‘a sad day for democracy’

Greenblatt says 'We worry he could take things in a very different direction'

Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter sparks political debate

DeLuna says 'Republicans, obviously, they’re very happy, they’re going to be coming back to Twitter'

New owner Elon Musk vows to ‘make Twitter better than ever’

Musk says 'Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated'

Crew of first private mission to ISS lands back on Earth

'Dragon Endeavor has returned home with the Axiom-1 Crew'

Report: Twitter to accept Musk’s $43 billion offer

Musk says Twitter needs to be taken private to grow and become a genuine platform for free speech

EU agrees on deal to tame internet 'Wild West'

'What is illegal offline is also seen and dealt with as illegal online – not as a slogan, as reality'

Twitter adopts 'poison pill' to challenge Musk

Known formally as a shareholder rights plan, the ‘poison pill’ will be in place for 364 days

US accuses North Korean hackers of massive crypto heist

The alleged North Korean hackers walked away with 173,600 ether and $25.5 million in stablecoin pegged to USD

Elon Musk launches hostile takeover bid for Twitter

Tesla chief offers to buy 100% of stock and take social media platform private

NASA spacecraft to research origin of solar system

'Psyche' will travel a total of 1.5 billion miles over the course of three-and-a-half years beyond Mars

Elon Musk won’t join Twitter board, platform’s CEO says

Agrawal says Musk 'is our biggest shareholder and we will remain open to his input'

Ukraine conflict, Western sanctions hurting Russian science

'Global issues like climate change and biodiversity... can hardly be solved without Russian territory'

Tesla CEO Elon Musk to join Twitter’s board of directors

'It became clear to us that he would bring great value to our board'