Rocket Lab has announced its first mission for 2020 – a dedicated rocket launch on behalf of client the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) with a launch window that opens… Read more »
Rocket Lab’s merch store has pretty much what you’d expect from a space-themed gift shop – baby onesies, t-shirts, caps and mission patches. But the commercial rocket launch company just… Read more »
Max Q is a new weekly newsletter all about space from TechCrunch. Sign up here to receive it weekly on Sundays in your inbox. This is it – the very… Read more »
Recovery teams are still unable to approach White Island to bring back the bodies of eight people missing following the disaster 1.12am GMT Paul Quinn, chairman of White Island Tours,… Read more »
Questions over why tourists were on White Island after experts noted volcanic activity Five people have died and eight are still missing after an eruption on a volcanic island in… Read more »
The benefits of machine translation are easy to see and experience for ourselves, but those practical applications are only one part of what makes the technology valuable. Microsoft and the… Read more »
A jury in Auckland has decided a 27-year-old, whose name has been suppressed, knowingly killed the British tourist A 27-year-old man has been found guilty of the murder of Grace… Read more »
On Friday 20 September, millions of people led by Greta Thunberg and students from Sydney to Delhi, Melbourne to London and New York, will march for urgent action on climate… Read more »
For nearly fifteen years LanzaTech has been developing a carbon capture technology that can turn waste streams into ethanol that can be used for chemicals and fuel. Now, with $72… Read more »
Private rocket launch startup and SpaceX competitor Rocket Lab made a big announcement today: It’ll be looking to re-use the first stage of its Electron rockets, returning them to Earth… Read more »
Countries focus on increasingly effective encryption of communications British, American and other intelligence agencies from English-speaking countries have concluded a two-day meeting in London amid calls for spies and police… Read more »
Trial to be held in May 2020 for Australian man who faces 51 murder charges, 40 of attempted murder and one terrorism charge Australian Brenton Tarrant has pleaded not guilty… Read more »
On Thursday, Australia lawmakers ushered through what is perhaps the toughest legal measures to hold social media companies accountable for the content they share. Only a few weeks after the… Read more »
New Zealand prime minister returns to city where 50 were killed as foreign minister heads to Turkey Burials for the 50 people killed the New Zealand terrorist attack have begun… Read more »
New Zealand leader calls on public to speak names of mosque attack victims instead Jacinda Ardern has said she will render the person accused over the Christchurch terrorist attack “nameless”… Read more »
Officials in Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria examine Brenton Tarrant’s travels before attack Authorities in Europe are working to establish whether the man suspected of carrying out the most deadly terrorist… Read more »
Prime minister says government ‘completely unified’ but delays announcement of ban on semi-automatics Jacinda Ardern has said her cabinet is “completely unified” in reforming gun legislation in the wake of… Read more »
Facebook said it removed 1.5 million videos from its site within the first 24 hours after a shooter livestreamed his attack on two New Zealand mosques, killing 50 people. In… Read more »
Site says it will remove any clip featuring gunman’s footage even if that would not normally break its rules Facebook removed 1.5m copies of the video of the New Zealand… Read more »
Abdul Aziz hailed a hero for using a credit card scanning machine and the gunman’s spent weapon as he confronted the attacker When the gunman advanced toward the mosque, killing… Read more »
New Zealand prime minister says document did not contain location or details on the shootings The alleged Christchurch mosque shooter sent a “manifesto” to the office of New Zealand prime… Read more »
Any 28-year-old Australian has grown up in a time racism was quickly ratcheting up in the country’s public culture The worst terror attack in New Zealand’s modern history took place… Read more »
Andrew Graystone responds to Christchurch massacre with message ‘I will keep watch while you pray’ A Mancunian whose message of solidarity with a local mosque after the Christchurch massacre went… Read more »
The pattern has changed and must not be ignored Christchurch has turned everyone’s attention to the phenomenon of extreme rightwing terrorism. But it is an alarm bell that authorities in… Read more »
Jacinda Ardern poised to ban semi-automatic weapons as she praises police who arrested terror suspect New Zealand will ban semi-automatic weapons after the worst mass killing in the nation’s history… Read more »
In the wake of the worst mass killing in the nation’s history, New Zealanders have rallied around the shocked community In the silence that wrapped Christchurch after a day of… Read more »
The Christchurch mosque attacks have challenged the complacency of the ‘Kiwi way’ New Zealand has never been the perfect country you might imagine from afar, from the quirky stories about… Read more »
Independent channel says decision by Rupert Murdoch’s company to show ‘distressing’ footage of terror attack is behind move Sky New Zealand has pulled fellow broadcaster Sky News Australia off air… Read more »
Suspect had a licence to have a firearm, confirms New Zealand’s prime minister Full report: suspect had white-supremacist symbols on weapons ‘I couldn’t save my friend’: carnage leaves Christchurch stunned… Read more »
People in the New Zealand city describe scenes of terror after a gunman left 49 people dead New Zealand attack – latest updates “It was very peaceful, calm and quiet,… Read more »