By Kristin Fisher and Jackie Wattles, CNN Mark “Forger” Stucky, who for six years headed the test pilot program at space company Virgin Galactic before he says he was fired earlier this year, is taking a job with the company’s chief competitor, Blue Origin. Stucky said he will join Blue Origin’s “Advanced Development Programs” team,
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By Walé Azeez, CNN Business Virgin Galactic has pushed back the start of full commercial service to the fourth quarter of next year, sending shares in the space tourism company founded by billionaire Richard Branson down sharply. The stock dropped 14% in early trading on Friday after Virgin Galactic said it was making schedule changes
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By Walé Azeez, CNN Business Microsoft chief digital officer Jacky Wright has been named the United Kingdom’s most influential Black person. But the US-based executive says she might not have reached the top of her profession had she stayed in Britain. Wright, who topped the Powerlist 2022 ranking from Powerful Media, told CNN Business that
Continue Reading By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business William Shatner, the 90-year-old actor of “Star Trek” fame, endured a 10-minute, rocket-powered ride to the edge of space, which put his body through crushing g-forces that his fellow passengers described as face-bending — only to step out of the vehicle and immediately begin waxing poetic about the experience and
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By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business William Shatner, the 90-year-old actor of “Star Trek” fame, endured a 10-minute, rocket-powered ride to the edge of space, which put his body through crushing g-forces that his fellow passengers described as face-bending — only to step out of the vehicle and immediately begin waxing poetic about the experience and
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By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business LinkedIn will shut down the local version of its service in China, marking a significant retreat for one of the few large US tech firms still operating in the country. The career networking platform, owned by Microsoft, made the decision because of a “significantly more challenging operating environment and greater
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By Rachel Metz, CNN Business The other day I found myself looking at a startling image of my Northern California home, the daylight dampened by an eerie orange glow as wildfire smoke blocked the sun. It looked exactly as it had on September 9, 2020, when the entire San Francisco Bay Area was shrouded in
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By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Ninety-year-old William Shatner, who gained fame portraying Captain Kirk on the original “Star Trek,” just hitched a ride aboard a suborbital spacecraft that grazed the edge of outer space before parachuting to a landing, making Shatner the oldest person ever to travel to space. “That was unlike anything they described,”
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By Walé Azeez, CNN Business Should UK government officials be allowed to send each other “disappearing messages” on WhatsApp? A High Court judge has ruled that two campaign groups can pursue their case to end the practice. Nonprofit groups Foxglove and the Citizens were given the go ahead on Tuesday to challenge the use of
Continue Reading By Walé Azeez, CNN Business Should UK government officials be allowed to send each other “disappearing messages” on WhatsApp? A High Court judge has ruled that two campaign groups can pursue their case to end the practice. Nonprofit groups Foxglove and the Citizens were given the go ahead on Tuesday to challenge the use of
Continue Reading By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Ninety-year-old William Shatner, who gained fame portraying Captain Kirk on the original “Star Trek,” just hitched a ride aboard a suborbital spacecraft that grazed the edge of outer space before parachuting to a landing, making Shatner the oldest person ever to travel to space. “That was unlike anything they described,”
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By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Waymo says its self-driving vans have given tens of thousands of rides since the company launched a public robotaxi service in Chandler, Arizona a year ago. CNN Business tested Waymo’s service this month and spoke with eight Waymo customers who have used the service over the past year. They say
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By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Apple is gearing up for its second big product launch event of the fall. Apple will host a virtual event on October 18, the company announced Tuesday. According to the Apple rumor mill, the company is likely to use the event to release an updated version of its high-end MacBook
Continue Reading By Donie O’Sullivan, CNN Business Sophie Zhang, who said she felt like she had “blood on her hands” after working at Facebook, is willing to testify before Congress about her former employer, she told CNN Sunday. She said she had also passed on documentation about the company to a US law enforcement agency. Zhang, who
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By Donie O’Sullivan, CNN Business Sophie Zhang, who said she felt like she had “blood on her hands” after working at Facebook, is willing to testify before Congress about her former employer, she told CNN Sunday. She said she had also passed on documentation about the company to a US law enforcement agency. Zhang, who
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Walé Azeez, CNN Business The UK competition regulator has slapped Facebook with a $70 million fine for repeatedly ignoring warnings and deliberately breaking its rules. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said in a statement Wednesday that Facebook had “consciously” refused to report all the required information during an investigation of the tech giant’s acquisition
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By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Amazon is shifting its approach to remote work again, giving its workers more control over how much time they spend in the office and opening the door for more corporate workers to continue working from home. The company will now allow individual teams to decide which policy works for them,
Continue Reading By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Amazon is shifting its approach to remote work again, giving its workers more control over how much time they spend in the office and opening the door for more corporate workers to continue working from home. The company will now allow individual teams to decide which policy works for them,
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By Rachel Metz, CNN Business For billions of people around the world, Facebook can be a source for cute baby pictures, vaccine misinformation and everything in between — and all of it surfaces in our feeds with the help of algorithms. Now, hours of testimony and thousands of pages of documents from Facebook whistleblower Frances
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By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business The fifth week of the trial of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes brought another big name witness to the stand, as well as the conclusion of a crucial witness’s testimony that had lasted nearly half the length of the trial so far. Holmes, once hailed as the next Steve Jobs,
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