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A Soyuz-2.1b rocket booster with OneWeb satellites is removed from a launchpad after the launch was cancelled at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan March 4, 2022

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The Wolf Moon, the first full moon of the year, rises behind an apartment building in Bangkok on January 17, 2022.

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Regardless of where the space object comes from, it is predicted to collide with the Moon on March 4.

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Tesla boss Elon Musk said the "fun police" were to blame for the Boombox feature's demise

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An over-the-air update will disable a feature that played loud noises outside the car after authorities raised doubts over pedestrian safety.

14/02/2022

The Starlinik satellites that de-orbited were similar to these ones seen over the United States last year.

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A geomagnetic storm hit 49 Starlink satellites last week, sending most of them back to Earth.

11/02/2022

FILE- In this file photo taken on February 06, 2021, this time-exposure image shows a trail of a group of SpaceX's Starlink satellites passing over Uruguay

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NASA said Elon Musk's plans could flood Earth's orbit with objects, which would make its flights and observations more difficult.

10/02/2022

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File - Musk is the richest person in the world with a net worth of $269 billion (€240 billion).

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31/01/2022

A picture from the launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in Florida in 2015.

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The rocket launched by Elon Musk’s company has been in orbit since 2015.

30/01/2022

Tesla aims to show off off a prototype humanoid robot this year.

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Tesla said the robot will measure 5-foot-8-inch (1.73m), weighs around 56kg and its purpose is to take over dangerous tasks from humans.

27/01/2022

With the rise of autonomous vehicles, countries are beginning to look at improved laws to regulate them.

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A UK law commission released a report recommending that carmakers should be responsible for driverless cars, instead of the user.

27/01/2022

The new battery will offer higher capacity and energy density than older models, the Nikkei reported

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Japan's Panasonic will start production of the higher-capacity 4680 battery at a new plant in 2023, the Nikkei newspaper reported.

25/01/2022

Dogecoin surged by as much as 14 per cent on the news.

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14/01/2022

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announces Blue Moon, a lunar landing vehicle for the Moon, during a Blue Origin event in Washington, DC, May 9, 2019.

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05/01/2022

Electric cars take two-thirds of Norway's car market and Tesla is leading the race

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Tesla delivered more than 308,000 vehicles in the fourth quarter and saw deliveries surge about 87 per cent.

03/01/2022

Northvolt has just began operating Europe's first 'giga factory'. The company hopes to rival Tesla in the lithium-ion battery market.

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In a first for the continent, Northvolt has begun operations at their new Swedish mega plant that makes lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles.

31/12/2021

Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington.

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Musk made the headlines this week after China complained that its space station was forced to avoid collisions with Starlink satellites.

30/12/2021

Elon Musk and SpaceX face online backlash by chinese citizens after space station near-misses

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China complained that its space station was forced to take evasive action to avoid collision with satellites launched by Musk's Starlink programme.

27/12/2021

In the Web3 world, search engines, marketplaces and social networks will have no overriding overlord.

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In theory, Web3 will allow you to go online without the need for search engines such as Google or social media like Facebook. But some say Web3 is under the control of the venture capital industry.

24/12/2021

SpaceX hopes to launch future rockets using CO2 captured from the atmosphere

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The billionaire said on Twitter that SpaceX is starting a programme to take CO2 from the atmosphere and turn it into rocket fuel.

15/12/2021

Tesla CEO Elon Musk (L) seemingly mocked Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin (R).

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The Tesla CEO had posted a meme mocking Finland's Prime Minister for her recent nightclub visit after being exposed to COVID-19.

14/12/2021

Dogecoin was created as an initial joke by two software engineers

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14/12/2021

Musk is the richest man in the world thanks to the success of Tesla

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The entrepreneur courted consistent controversy in 2021 but received the ambiguous honour for his public prominence and financial success.

14/12/2021