Oct 12, 2022
SpaceX to take entrepreneur Dennis Tito on Starship around the moon

(Reuters) - Billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX said on Wednesday that the world's first space tourist Dennis Tito and his wife Akiko have signed up to fly around the moon on the space exploration firm's Starship rocket. Engineer turned financial analyst…

Sep 19, 2022
Truly autonomous cars may be impossible without helpful human touch

By Nick Carey and Paul Lienert MILTON KEYNES, England (Reuters) -Autonomous vehicle (AV) startups have raised tens of billions of dollars based on promises to develop truly self-driving cars, but industry executives and experts say remote human supervisors may be…

Sep 14, 2022
Ford’s new Mustang keeps old-fashioned horsepower alive

By Joseph White DETROIT (Reuters) - Detroit's automakers say they are ready to go all-electric, but at the Motor City's auto show this week they are adding a caveat: not just yet. Ford Motor Co on Wednesday will unveil the…

Sep 09, 2022
Prince Harry and Meghan tread delicate path after queen’s death

By Phil Noble and Estelle Shirbon ABERDEEN, Scotland (Reuters) -Just before boarding a flight at Aberdeen on Friday, the morning after the death of his grandmother Queen Elizabeth, Prince Harry put his arm around the shoulder of an airport worker…

Sep 06, 2022
Inside Tesla’s drive to keep Musk’s battery promise

By Norihiko Shirouzu and Paul Lienert (Reuters) - The secret behind Elon Musk's goal of selling 20 million Tesla's a year by 2030 lies in its pioneering battery technology. The good news is that by using bigger cells and a…

Aug 15, 2022
Stocks, dollar gain despite surprise weak China data

By Chibuike Oguh New York (Reuters) - Global equities and the U.S. dollar advanced on Monday despite weaker-than-expected economic data in China that prompted its central bank to cut its lending rate, stoking concerns of a global recession. The People's…