Exclusive: A heavy metal drummer working to infuse rhythmic harmony into the payments space May 3, 2021 Meet Tom Cregan, a heavy metal drummer and martial arts enthusiast who is on a mission to infuse rhythmic harmony into the world of global payments. The managing director and CEO of digital payments giant EML’s favourite part of any day as chief executive is, what he calls, finding a ”1+1=5 moment” by thinking and [...]
Oneweb raises $550m as French satellite firm Eutelsat takes major stake April 27, 2021 Oneweb today said it had raised $550m (£395m) in fresh funding from French satellite firm Eutelsat as the race to roll out space internet services gathers pace. Eutelsat, which is part owned by the French state, will take a stake of roughly 24 per cent in the British company and take on similar governance rights [...]
Elon Musk’s Tesla beats expectations on record deliveries April 26, 2021 Tesla has reported a record quarterly profit, beating Wall Street estimates after a huge rise in deliveries in the three months to March. Total revenue soared 74 per cent year-on-year to $10.39bn in the first quarter, generating a $438m net profit. Tesla said this was primarily achieved through “substantial growth” in vehicle deliveries. The auto [...]
Wizz Air aiming for 60-80 per cent capacity over summer April 23, 2021 Wizz Air chief executive Jozsef Varadi said that the carrier was planning to fly at 60-80 per cent capacity over the summer months. Speaking at an aviation conference this morning, the Hungarian airline’s boss said that the situation over the summer would be far better than the current circumstances. “I’m expecting something between 60 per [...]
SpaceX and Nasa launch astronauts in recycled rocket April 23, 2021 SpaceX and Nasa have teamed up yet again to launch four astronauts into space onboard a recycled rocket. In a landmark flight, it is the first time a rocket from a previous flight has been re-launched into space successfully. Currently on-route to the International Space Station, the Crew-2 mission is the third trip SpaceX has [...]
Elon Musk’s SpaceX wins NASA contract to send humans to the Moon April 17, 2021 NASA has chosen Elon Musk’s SpaceX to build a lander that will send humans to the Moon in the next decade. On Friday the space agency announced Musk had fought off rival tech billionaire Jeff Bezos’ to land the $2.89bn contract. The lander is based on SpaceX’s Starship craft, which is being tested at a [...]
Profile: A global payments chief on a mission to disrupt April 12, 2021 Tom Cregan, the managing director and CEO of digital payments giant EML, is a heavy metal drummer and martial arts enthusiast on a mission to infuse rhythmic harmony into the world of payments. His favourite part of any day as chief executive is, what he calls, finding a ”1+1=5 moment” by thinking and approaching an [...]
Singled out: This year’s billionaire Brits April 7, 2021 Forbes released its highly anticipated billionaire list yesterday morning which has left regular folks pinching purse strings in hopes to add another zero to their bank accounts. The UK’s home-grown billionaires did not make it into the lucrative top 10, which was dominated by tech big dogs: Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos, Tesla and SpaceX’s Elon [...]
SpaceX: Elon Musk’s Starship rocket crash lands after test flight March 30, 2021 Elon Musk’s SpaceX has suffered another failed test flight of its Starship rocket, which appears to have exploded during a landing attempt today. The uncrewed prototype was successfully launched from Boca Chica in Texas this morning for its fourth major test flight. But the Starship appears to have been destroyed during a crash landing, though [...]
Fireball stuns onlookers in Seattle as SpaceX rocket burns in atmosphere March 26, 2021 Onlookers have said they briefly thought “aliens were finally here” after a falling SpaceX rocket lit up the skies over the United States’ Pacific Northwest. The Falcon 9 second stage rocket drew awe from onlookers in Seattle as it burned up in the Earth’s atmosphere shortly after 9pm on Thursday. Front desk supervisor Eberton Paul [...]