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Virgin Galactic postponed commercial suborbital flights until 2023

Virgin Galactic once again postponed the launch of commercial flights with tourists. The company postponed the first flight until next year because of problems with component supplies and a shortage of employees. It now plans to begin commercial flights of its VSS Unity spaceplane in the first quarter of 2023.

EU agrees on new rules for Internet companies to monitor content

New EU rules require companies such as Google and Meta* to increase oversight of illegal content on their platforms and pay regulators to enforce the rules. Targeted ads targeting children or based on personal information such as religion, gender, race and political views are banned, Reuters reported. Online platforms will

Musk ready to invest up to $15 billion of his own money to buy Twitter

The New York Post reported Tuesday, citing its sources, that Elon Musk is willing to spend $10 billion to $15 billion of his own money to buy Twitter. According to the report , Musk plans to submit a tender offer in about 10 days and has enlisted Morgan Stanley to raise

Johnson & Johnson retracts sales forecast for COVID-19 vaccines

The company cites demand uncertainty and global oversupply. The company previously released its Q1 2022 quarterly report. Johnson & Johnson noted that its COVID-19 vaccine sales contributed to the company's growth. However, lower sales of Remicade, an inflammatory disease treatment, played the opposite role.

Iran opens new plant to produce parts for advanced uranium enrichment centrifuges

Recall that the Iran nuclear deal was never re-signed.

Nexo and Mastercard launch "world's first (companies claim) cryptocurrency-enabled card"

Cryptocurrency lender Nexo said it has teamed up with global payments company Mastercard to launch a cryptocurrency credit card. The card will initially be available in several European countries. The new credit card allows users to spend their digital assets to buy goods. The tokens are provided by Nexo as

Prospective DLE: Ford plans to buy lithium in Argentina

The company said Monday it has signed a preliminary deal to buy lithium from Lake Resources NL (LKE). This is the first time the automaker has disclosed information about its supplier of battery materials. Lake Resources is notable for its use of DLE technology, which reduces the resource costs of

The Japanese will supply Boeing with titanium for airplanes

Japan benefited from the fact that Boeing and Airbus are trying to sever ties with the Russian VSMPO-Avisma Corporation, the world's largest titanium manufacturer. Earlier Boeing used to receive about one third of its titanium supplies from VSMPO-Avisma, and Airbus - about a half of its supplies; now

SpaceX launched the first fully commercial flight to the ISS

The company sent to the orbital station spaceship Crew Dragon on a Falcon 9 rocket with a crew of 4 tourists.Their stay in space will be 10 days. The cost of the ticket is $55 million.

China will create a fund to bail out troubled financial companies

The stability fund will be created with capital from financial institutions and will receive liquidity support from the Central Bank. China's central bank is leading efforts to raise several hundred billion yuan in a new fund to reduce financial risks.