Huge Asian trade pact to be signed in coup for China

Hanoi: Fifteen countries will on Sunday sign a sprawling Asian trade deal they hope will help them bounce back from the pandemic and which is seen as a huge coup for China in extending its influence. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) – which includes 10 Southeast Asian economies along with China, Japan, South Korea, New […]

Boston Dynamics dog robot ‘Spot’ learns new tricks on BP oil rig

Boston Dynamics’ dog-like robot ‘Spot’ is learning new tricks. Working on an oil rig operated by BP Plc nearly 190 miles (305 km) offshore in the Gulf of Mexico, the company is programming Spot to read gauges, look for corrosion, map out the facility and even sniff out methane on its Mad Dog rig. Adam […]

Elon Musk says he ‘Most Likely’ has moderate case of COVID-19

Billionaire Elon Musk said in a tweet Saturday that he “most likely” has a moderate case of Covid-19, though he continued to cast doubt on the accuracy of the tests, citing the “wildly different results from different labs.” He didn’t mention any results from PCR tests, which are typically performed in labs and are more […]

The pandemic is showing us how capitalism is amazing, and inadequate

After Pfizer announced highly successful preliminary results for its coronavirus vaccine, Trump administration officials said the good news reflected the success of their Operation Warp Speed program to accelerate vaccine development. Pfizer executives stressed the opposite, noting the company had developed the vaccine with its own resources, not government grants. That was true, but not […]