Science and technology in the United States

US President-elect Donald Trump has appointed Michael Kratsios, a Greek-American with roots from the island of Chios and the northern city of Kastoria, as the new director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

Greek-American Michael Kratsios has been chosen by Donald Trump to fill the role of Director for Science and Technology Policy in the new administration that will take office in January.

The CEO of Nvidia has said that the world's most valuable chipmaker is "extremely likely" to invest in Europe.

Nvidia's Jensen Huang told reporters that expanding in Europe was a "wonderful idea."

The Pentagon says a photo released by the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) of apparent damage to a US nuclear bomb at a Dutch airbase shows a dummy weapon used for training emergency response teams.
FAS released a photo of a B61 bomb being inspected by US soldiers, two of whom are members of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit and one civilian.

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, several locations are involved, and investigations are ongoing.
Some media reported that there were 50 bombs in several locations, including: the Embassy of Belarus, the Use Shopping Center, the Student Dorm, two bombs in the KFC on Studentski Trg, nine at the Nikola Tesla Airport, and then at TC Delta City in Jurij Gagarin Street.

Last week, the Tesla CEO asked his 107.7 million followers to vote on ways to resolve the Ukraine war

U.S. arms manufacturers are not cashing indirectly from the thousands of missiles, drones, and other weapons being sent to Ukraine, but they do stand to profit big-time over the long run by supplying countries eager to boost their defenses against Russia.

He will also sue their respective CEOs Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey, and Sundar Pichai

Land prices in Turkey's northwest have nearly doubled after rumors that Microsoft founder Bill Gates bought 22,000 acres of agricultural land in the region.

Landowners hoping to cash in on the opportunity are trying to sell their land at exorbitant prices with some listing up to $10,000 per parcel, according to a report

NASA has selected SpaceX to land the first astronauts on the surface of the Moon since 1972, the agency said on April 16, in a huge victory for Elon Musk's company.

The contract, worth $2.9 billion, involves the prototype Starship spacecraft that is being tested at SpaceX's south Texas facility.