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Elon Musk’s Tesla suffers sales slump in ‘unmitigated disaster’ for billionaire | Business News
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Tesla has reported a sharp fall in worldwide sales amid increased competition and slowing demand for electric vehicles. The carmaker said it delivered 386,810 vehicles during the first quarter of the year – down nearly 9% on the 423,000 it shipped from January to March last year. It marks the first year-on-year quarterly sales decline…
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Moon landing seemingly doomed after private company’s Peregrine spacecraft suffers ‘critical’ fuel leak | Science & Tech News
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The first US moon landing mission in more than 50 years appears to be doomed after a private company’s spacecraft developed a “critical” fuel leak just hours after it launched. Private firm Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic Technology estimated the Peregrine lander would start losing power in about 40 hours. The company had managed to orient it towards…
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Peregrine Mission 1: Lunar spacecraft suffers ‘critical loss of propellant’ | Science & Tech News
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A spacecraft which was heading for the moon has suffered a “critical loss of propellant”, the company behind it has said. It appears there has been a “failure within the propulsion system”, Astrobotic added. It said its team was trying to stabilise Peregrine Mission 1, but “given the situation” it is prioritising “maximising the science…
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China suffers ‘walking pneumonia’ outbreak – as many other countries see spike in infections | Science & Tech News
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A respiratory infection that starts in China, then spreads in Europe and leads to a surge in hospital admissions. Sounds familiar? But it’s not COVID this time. It’s a bacterium called mycoplasma pneumoniae that’s behind many of the cases. And it’s children who are particularly affected. So what’s going on? The bug usually causes relatively…
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Bitcoin suffers briefly after Tesla sells majority of its holdings | Business News
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Bitcoin lost half-a-percent overnight after Tesla said it had sold about 75% of its holdings of the virtual token. The world’s largest cryptocurrency slid to $23,268.92 (£19,489) after the news, although it rebounded later and was last up 1.41% at $23,578.75. Tesla bought $1.5bn (£1.2bn) of bitcoin more than a year ago, but on Wednesday…