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Dawn Aerospace conducts five flights of its suborbital spaceplane

While the rocket launch sector is quickly becoming crowded, the same can’t be said for companies developing suborbital spaceplanes. This means there’s plenty of room to grow for startups like Dawn Aer

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Peter Beck on Rocket Lab’s public listing debut, space SPACs and the Neutron rocket

Peter Beck’s earliest memory is standing outside with his father in his hometown of Invercargill, New Zealand, looking up at the stars and being told that there could very well be people on planets or

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Apple launches a new iOS app, ‘Siri Speech Study,’ to gather feedback for Siri improvements

Apple recently began a research study designed to collect speech data from study participants. Earlier this month, the company launched a new iOS app called “Siri Speech Study” on the App

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Spotify expands its radio DJ-like format, Music + Talk, to global creators

Last fall, Spotify introduced a new format that combined spoken word commentary with music, allowing creators to reproduce the radio-like experience of listening to a DJ or music journalist who shared

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Don’t miss these special breakout sessions at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021

Go ahead and add “produce a world-class tech conference” to the long list of items that can complete the expression “It takes a village to…” TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 runs September 21-23, and we’d like

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Samsung returns to Wear OS with the Galaxy Watch 4

Samsung’s watches have long been something of an anomaly. While the company embraced Wear OS (then Android Wear) in its earliest days with the massive Gear Live, the company quickly shifted to Tizen,

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New Zealand secondary school students compete for Chinese proficiency

[Photo/Xinhua] Thirty-four secondary school students from across New Zealand competed for Chinese proficiency in the annual "Chinese Bridge" competition held on Sunday. Due to the COVID-19 pand

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APD | Weekly top 10 hot news (Jul. 31 - Aug. 06)

Every weekend, Asia Pacific Daily will provide you with a run-down of the latest hot news.This week, the following hot news you should know:Top 1 | Botswana set to rece

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Carbon emissions trading explained: How will the UK system work?

The UK is about to launch its own carbon trading system, with a first auction of permits on May 19. It replaces the European Union Emissions Trading System (ETS), the world's first and biggest carbon

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Indonesia exits recession with 7% GDP growth in Q2

A health worker receives a shot of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Adam Malik hospital in Medan, Indonesia, August 4, 2021. /CFP Indonesia pulled out of recession in the second quarter, reporting

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Indonesia exits recession with 7% GDP growth in Q2, but virus clouds recovery

Indonesia pulled out of recession in the second quarter, reporting its strongest annual growth rate in 17 years, but analysts warned its economic recovery will suffer a

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New book tells stories of CPC and its international friends

A book titled Shared Ideals: The Communist Party of China and its Cherished Friends from Around the World was launched on July 23 in Beijing to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the C

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Pokémon GO influencers threaten a boycott after Niantic removes COVID safety measures

The creators of Pokémon GO, Niantic developed one of the first mainstream augmented reality games, boasting 166 million users and over a billion dollars in revenue last year. Taking inspiration from t

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Which countries are best suited to survive a global systems breakdown?

01:00 The UK, Ireland and Iceland are among five countries most likely to survive a collapse of the global system, according to a new study.A combination of factors including population

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China's Gong Lijiao wins women's shot put gold at Tokyo Olympics

Team China's Gong Lijiao reacts during the women's shot put final at the Tokyo Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, August 1, 2021. /CFPChina's Gong Lijiao exhibited dominance in

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New Zealand starts mass vaccination in Auckland to raise current low jab rate

New Zealand has started mass vaccination in Manukau, south of Auckland, with the aim of jabbing more than 5,000 people each day.The government launched the first and la

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NZ government formally apologizes over 1970s Dawn raids

The government of New Zealand delivered a formal apology on Sunday to address the injustices done to the Pacific community during the 1970s Dawn raids.The so-called "Dawn Raids," carried out between