Topic: Technology

The U.S. military on Friday awarded new defense contracts worth billions of dollars to space launch companies United Launch Alliance and SpaceX, which won a four-way contest, defeating Blue Origin and Northrop Grumman.

The Chinese government and video-sharing platform TikTok slammed U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday after he signed an executive order barring the social app from doing business with firms in the United States.

Nintendo reported Thursday that its operating profits jumped nearly 428% year-over-year amid COVID-19 lockdowns.

Foreign hackers infiltrating U.S. electric and gas infrastructure has long been a concern of intelligence officials and lawmakers.

NASA and Boeing said Thursday they completed a crucial test of propulsion systems on the Space Launch System moon rocket in Mississippi, advancing toward a full hot-fire or "green run" of the massive vehicle's engines.

Google has taken down about 2,600 YouTube channels it says were connected with a "coordinated influence operation" from China.

SpaceX plans another attempt in Florida early Friday to launch a mission that's been delayed repeatedly this summer -- a Falcon 9 rocket loaded with 57 Starlink satellites and two small satellites for a customer.

Facebook on Wednesday removed a post from President Donald Trump's profile, saying it contained false information about the COVID-19 pandemic.

Instagram on Wednesday introduced "Reels," an apparent competitor to the TikTok app as the latter faces a threat of being banned in the United States.

Two NASA astronauts who returned from space to a splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday praised the SpaceX Dragon capsule's performance in their first public comments since the mission.

Software and technology giant Microsoft announced a plan Tuesday to produce zero waste within the next decade.

Reaction in Beijing has been fierce to the Trump's administration move for the owners of China-based video-sharing app TikTok to sell to Microsoft, with some comparing it to "robbery" and "theft."

President Donald Trump said Monday that TikTok's ability to operate in the United States hinges on a deal with Microsoft or another big U.S. company going through soon.

North Korea is developing new video games domestically to improve the leisure time of the population, state media says.

Virgin Galactic, a space tourism offshoot of the business empire founded by British billionaire Richard Branson, unveiled designs for what could become the first commercial supersonic passenger jet in nearly two decades.