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WASHINGTON — The former chief executive of Google is taking a stake in, and becoming chief executive of, Relativity Space as that launch vehicle company notes progress on its Terran R rocket.A company spokesperson confirmed March 10 that Eric Schmidt is the new chief executive of Relativity, a move that was announced internally earlier in the day at the company. The New York Times was the first to report the news.Schmidt is a longtime technology industry executive who was chief executive of Google from 2001 to 2011 and executive chairman of Google and its parent company, Alphabet, from 2011 to…
TOKYO (AP) — Asian benchmarks dove Tuesday, as worries grew about the ripple effects from President Donald Trump’s tariffs on regional economies and companies. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 dove 1.7% in morning trading to 36,382.57. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.9% to 7,888.50. South Korea’s Kospi declined 1.5% to 2,532.29. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng slipped 0.9% to 23,568.83, while the Shanghai Composite lost 0.4% to 3,352.01. “Heightened anxiety surrounds both existing and incoming U.S. tariffs, along with retaliatory measures from trading partners, and China’s newly effective tariffs will continue to weigh on equities,” said Anderson Alves, a trader at ActivTrades.Also Tuesday,…
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WASHINGTON — Intelligence professionals at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency are maintaining their focus on mission objectives despite ongoing staff reductions, the agency’s director said March 10.“There is nothing like mission to help people stay focused no matter what else is going on,” Vice Adm. Frank Whitworth told attendees at the Satellite 2025 conference in Washington. “That said, they’re humans, they have stresses.”The remarks come as federal intelligence and defense agencies navigate a period of significant transition and uncertainty as the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) takes action to reduce the federal workforce. Defense and space industry executives who…
Reason to trust Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Created by industry experts and meticulously reviewed The highest standards in reporting and publishing Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Morbi pretium leo et nisl aliquam mollis. Quisque arcu lorem, ultricies quis pellentesque nec, ullamcorper eu odio. Este artículo también está disponible en español. Bitcoin has continued its downward trend despite briefly surging to $94,000 last week, a move that had initially fueled investor optimism. Since hitting that level, the cryptocurrency has steadily declined, now trading below $80,000 as of today. While the…
Your support helps us to tell the storyFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.The…
WASHINGTON – “Most folks don’t understand cyber,” Nicholas Goddard, Navy Cyber Defense Operations Command operations director, said March 10 during a panel on evolving threats at the Satellite 2025 conference.Goddard’s organization, charged with safeguarding the Navy’s classified and unclassified infrastructure from the seabed to geosynchronous orbit, “sees anywhere from 8.4 to 8.6 billion events every 24 hours,” Goddard said. “We’re getting better at classifying and characterizing the threat. But sharing that information with the commercial industry is a problem.”The U.S. military discloses threat information to companies through the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center in Colorado Springs and the Commercial…
Reason to trust Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Created by industry experts and meticulously reviewed The highest standards in reporting and publishing Strict editorial policy that focuses on accuracy, relevance, and impartiality Morbi pretium leo et nisl aliquam mollis. Quisque arcu lorem, ultricies quis pellentesque nec, ullamcorper eu odio. Este artículo también está disponible en español. Bitcoin (BTC) has dropped 11.3% over the past week, currently trading in the low $80,000 range at the time of writing. The recent decline has pushed the leading cryptocurrency below the 200-day moving average (MA), raising concerns about a…
TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s governing Liberal Party appeared poised for a historic election defeat this year. Then Donald Trump declared economic war and threatened to annex the entire country as a 51st state. Now the Canadian Liberals and their new prime minister could come out on top.Then there’s Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, facing a groundswell of visible support at home for her approach to Trump’s tariff threats. There’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who visited the White House last month and was knocked on his heels, then went back to Europe to receive what many offered as a hero’s welcome. Even Emmanuel Macron’s…
Your support helps us to tell the storyFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.The…