Новости за 08.02.2024

Hong Kong (AFP) Feb 7, 2024
Shanghai stocks extended their rally Wednesday on hopes for more Chinese measures in support of battered markets, while traders in most other markets tracked Wall Street advances fuelled by strong earnings. Fresh comments from Federal Reserve officials that poured cold water on hopes for an early interest rate cut appeared to have little impact with investors resigned to the prospect of US m

San Francisco (AFP) Feb 6, 2024
Shares in social media company Snap, which runs the youth-focused Snapchat, plummeted on Tuesday after the company posted disappointing earnings. Snap's stock plunged by as much as 30 percent in after hours trading after the company said revenue in the final quarter of 2023 rose by five percent year on year, which was lower than analysts expectations. In recent years, the company has bee

San Francisco (AFP) Feb 6, 2024
Meta on Tuesday said it is working with other tech firms on standards that will let it better detect and label artificial intelligence-generated images shared with its billions of users. The Silicon Valley social media titan expects to have a system in place in a matter of months to identify and tag AI created images posted on its Facebook, Instagram and Threads platforms. Meta and other

Tehran (AFP) Feb 5, 2024
Iran said Monday it had started building a new nuclear research reactor in Isfahan, days after it announced it was constructing a nuclear power plant complex in the south. "Today, the process of pouring concrete for the foundation of the reactor started at the Isfahan site," said Mohammad Eslami, head of Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran, according to state media IRNA. The Isfahan nucle

Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Feb 05, 2024
Beyond Gravity, Europe's leading space supplier, has been selected by NASA to provide crucial navigation technology for a new climate satellite, the PACE mission, set to launch on February 6, 2024. This collaboration underscores the importance of precision in space missions, especially those monitoring the Earth's environmental health. The PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem) m

Mumbai, India (SPX) Feb 05, 2024
The Tata Institute of Fundamental Research's GRAPES-3 experiment, based in Ooty, India, has made a pivotal discovery in the field of cosmic ray physics. Researchers have identified a new characteristic in the cosmic-ray proton spectrum at an energy level of around 166 tera-electron-volt (TeV), a finding that spans a measurement range from 50 TeV to just over one peta-electron-volt (PeV). This ob

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 06, 2024
China Mobile, in a pioneering move that marks a significant milestone in telecommunications technology, has successfully launched the world's first test satellite utilizing 6G design architecture. This launch, conducted on Saturday, positions China Mobile at the forefront of the next generation of wireless technology, further solidifying its status as a global telecom giant. Alongside the 6G sat

Taipei (AFP) Feb 6, 2024
TSMC will build a second foundry in Japan, the semiconductor giant and its local partners announced Tuesday, weeks before its first in the country officially opens. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company - which counts Apple and Nvidia as clients - controls more than half the world's output of silicon wafers, used in everything from smartphones to cars and missiles. It has had to n

Dubai (AFP) Feb 7, 2024
Yemen's Huthi rebels launched six missiles toward two merchant ships on Tuesday, reportedly causing light damage to one of the vessels, the US military said. The launches came three days after US and UK forces launched a wave of air raids against the Iran-backed Huthis - their third round of joint military action in response to the rebels' persistent attacks on shipping. "Iranian-backed

Rome (AFP) Feb 6, 2024
Doctor Maria Grazia Serra's patients have been "breathing, eating and drinking" toxins from Taranto's steelworks for decades, but a dispute over the vast Italian plant could finally see its ecological conversion. Italy's hard-right government is set to decide this week whether to place the debt-ridden former Ilva plant under state administration, in a bid to secure production and thousands o

Brussels (AFP) Feb 6, 2024
EU states and lawmakers clinched a deal on Tuesday to expand Europe's clean tech production, from solar and wind to carbon capture, as the bloc faces off with China and the United States. Brussels wants to reduce its reliance on China and make Europe more attractive for investment after the United States unleashed a $369 billion bonanza of clean technology subsidies last year. The Europe

Strasbourg, France (AFP) Feb 6, 2024
The EU on Tuesday urged a 90-percent cut to its greenhouse gas emissions by 2040, even as the bloc's transition to a greener future was clouded by a widespread farmers' revolt. The closely-watched announcement came as dozens of farmers protested outside the European Parliament building, angry over shrinking incomes, rising costs and what they say are increasingly onerous green regulations.