Engineering honours magnet pioneer
IMAGE SOURCE, SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARYImage caption, Neodymium-iron-boron is the strongest permanent magnet material in wide-scale use today Name a technology that is all around us, underpins…
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Sony to buy Destiny developer Bungie for $3.6bn
Japanese technology giant Sony says it will buy video game developer Bungie in a deal worth $3.6bn (£2.7bn). Sony says Bungie, best known for the…
Mystery black diamond called ‘The Enigma’ goes up for auction
A black diamond weighing a staggering 555.55 carats is going up for auction at Sotheby’s and living up to its name “The Enigma.” Bidding opens…
Elie Saab brings vibrant looks to Paris catwalk on return
Lebanese fashion designer Elie Saab returned to the Paris catwalk after nearly two years, turning the page on a troubled period marked by the Beirut…
Toshiba says has restarted some chip production at quake-hit plant
Toshiba Corp on Wednesday said it had partially restarted production at a semiconductor plant in Oita, southern Japan, that was halted after a strong earthquake hit…
Morocco’s Managem, Glencore to partner in cobalt project
Moroccan mining company Managem said on Wednesday it agreed with miner and commodity trader Glencore (GLEN.L) to produce Cobalt at a plant near Marrakech. The project is…
French court finds former top Sarkozy aides guilty in polling fraud trial
French court on Friday sentenced two one-time aides to former French president Nicolas Sarkozy to jail for their role in the misuse of public funds…
Crypto giant Binance kept weak money-laundering checks even as it promised tougher compliance, documents show
In public, Binance said it welcomed government oversight. At the same time, the firm was withholding information from regulators, maintaining weak checks on customers and…
Intel plans $20 bln chip manufacturing site in Ohio – sources
Intel Corp on Friday is set to announce it will invest $20 billion in a massive new manufacturing site near Columbus, Ohio to develop and…
Germany wants to attract 400,000 skilled workers from abroad each year
Germany’s new coalition government wants to attract 400,000 qualified workers from abroad each year to tackle both a demographic imbalance and labour shortages in key…