SpaceX, Blue Origin to make moon lander design for NASA

NASA has awarded a total of $146 million for the moon lander contracts, under the agency's Artemis programme, it said in a statement. Blue Origin received a value of $25.6 million, while SpaceX got $9.4 million.

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The spying that changed Big Tech

The current climate of mistrust between Big Tech, politicians and the American public traces back partly to the Snowden revelations.

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Clive Sinclair, the Home Computing Pioneer, Dies Aged 81

Sir Clive Sinclair has died at the age of 81. The computing pioneer died at home in London on Thursday, September 16, after a prolonged illness. Considered to be one of Britain's most prolific inventors and entrepreneurs, Sinclair is most famous for making computers accessible to the masses by bringing them into homes.

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Cryptocurrency ATM Kiosks, Bitcoin Purchase-Related Complaints to Be Investigated by El Salvador Body

El Salvador's Court of Accounts, which oversees its public resources, will investigate a complaint about the government's Bitcoin purchases and the construction of kiosks for cryptocurrency ATMs, according to a document seen by Reuters.

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Facebook Removes German Anti-COVID Restrictions Group Over 'Social Harm'

Facebook has removed a network of accounts linked to an anti-COVID restrictions movement in Germany as it announced a new crackdown on coordinated campaigns of real users that cause harm on and off its platforms.

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Microsoft Office 2021 Release Date Set for October 5, to Come Alongside Windows 11

Microsoft Office 2021 release date is set for October 5, the Redmond company has announced. Microsoft has also made its Office Long Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) generally available for Windows and macOS users. The release date of Office 2021 is the same as Windows 11.

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Google Doodle Honors Famed Japanese Green Tea Researcher Michiyo Tsujimura on Her 133th Birthday

Google Doodle is celebrating the life of Michiyo Tsujimara, who is known for her incredible research into the nutritional benefits of green tea. She discovered Vitamin C as one of the first molecular compounds in green tea and was able to isolate catechin and tannin, the two components that make green tea taste bitter.

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