The Japanese billionaire who commissioned SpaceX for a private mission around the moon on a Starship rocket has abruptly canceled the project, citing ongoing uncertainties around when the launch vehicle will be ready to fly. “I signed the contract in 2018 based on the assumption that dearMoon would launch by the end of 2023,” Yusaku […]
Permira is taking Squarespace private in $6.6 billion deal
Website building software provider Squarespace is going private in an all-cash deal that values the company on equity basis at $ 6.6 billion, or a $ 6.9 billion enterprise valuation. The acquiring company is U.K.-based private equity firm Permira, which acquired a majority stake in Tel Aviv-based cybersecurity firm BioCatch just a couple of weeks ago. […]
Gratitude Plus makes social networking positive, private and personal
Private social networking is making a comeback. Gratitude Plus, a startup that aims to shift social media in a more positive direction, is expanding its wellness-focused, personal reflections journal to include support for families who want to stay in touch even when physically distant. The startup, whose name reflects its core offering of a gratitude […]
Former Miss Korea Revealed To Have Married Seven Years Ago In Private
It was belatedly revealed that Geum Nana, a former Miss Korea Jin and university professor, got married seven years ago. Geum Nana attending the Miss Korea pageant in 2002 | tvN Media outlet Tenasia reported that Geum Nana, an assistant professor at Dongguk University, married MDI Leisure Development chairman Yoon Il Jeong in secret seven […]
NASA orders studies from private space companies on Mars mission support roles
Mars exploration has been always been the exclusive purview of national space agencies, but NASA is trying to change that, awarding a dozen research tasks to private companies as a prelude to commercial support for future missions to the Red Planet. It’s the second time in a month that the agency has shown its desire […]