What On Earth Happened After SpaceX's Zuma Satellite Launch?
Conspiracy theories are flying around after reports that a secret government satellite went missing during the most recent SpaceX launch. The Zuma satellite is rumored to be lost in space, but not everyone is convinced that's true.
Miriam Kramer, Deputy Science Editor at Mashable, says that no one knows exactly what happened to the Zuma satellite. However, she suspects that something did, in fact, go wrong.
SpaceX has claimed that everything went well on their end during the Sunday night launch. Since the launch was classified, Kramer says we will most likely never know exactly what happened.
Boeing shares saw a pullback after a 737-800 aircraft with 132 people on board nosedived mid-flight, crashing into the mountains of Southern China. China's Eastern Airlines plane was not a 737-Max model, which was grounded worldwide after two fatal crashes in 2018 and 2019, but it's once again raising questions about the safety of Boeing's aircraft. Michael Boyd, CEO of Boyd Group International, gave Opening Bell his take on what another crash means for Boeing.
HSBC announced that it is buying a plot of virtual land in decentralized gaming virtual world The Sandbox. Mathieu Nouzareth, U.S CEO of The Sandbox, joins Cheddar News' Closing Bell, where he elaborates on what his platform is providing to HSBC and how his company is helping companies across different sectors embrace Web3.
Deepwell Digital Therapeutics is a game development company looking to transform the way we look at video games — this time to improve health outcomes. Its goal is to create software to aid those who deal with conditions such as depression and ADHD. Company co-founder and co-CEO Ryan Douglas and co-founder Kate Edwards joined Cheddar News to talk about the technology is being used to help patients. "From a research perspective, the game industry itself has been well aware for many, many years of the kind of inherent, kind of anecdotal therapeutic value of playing games," said Edwards.
Allego, a European electric vehicle charging company, is officially public. With charging stations in 16 European countries and counting, Allego will play a strong supporting role in Europe's transition to clean energy, as its stations pull exclusively from renewable sources. Mathieu Bonnet, CEO of Allego, spoke with Cheddar's Opening Bell about its recent listing, the future of the EV industry, and what the Russia-Ukraine war means for the adoption of electric vehicles.
