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1 year ago+18 18 0SpaceX rolls naked Starship prototype to test site
SpaceX has rolled a strange, naked Starship prototype from its Starbase, Texas factory to a nearby test site. Beginning with its cone-tipped nose section, SpaceX started stacking Starship S26 in October 2022. By early January 2023, the prototype had ...
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1 year ago+19 19 0Laid-off Google workers say the impersonal way the company let them go shows it's 'just as cutthroat corporate as anybody else'
"It feels very much like they are just as cutthroat corporate as anybody else," one laid-off employee said. "The crown has fallen here."
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1 year ago+4 4 0Valve is working on a major update for 'Team Fortress 2'
After years of neglect, Valve is preparing to release a major update for Team Fortress 2. This week, the studio published a rare blog post on the official TF2 website (via Kotaku), asking the game’s community to submit new content to the Steam Worksh ...
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1 year ago+4 4 0Nintendo promises 10% pay hike even as it trims profit outlook
Japanese video game maker Nintendo Co Ltd (7974.T) said on Tuesday it plans to lift workers' base pay by 10% even though a firmer yen forced it to trim its full-year profit forecast. The hefty pay hike comes amid calls by Prime Minister Fumio Ki ...
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1 year ago+23 23 0These retailers share customer data with Facebook's owner. Customers may not have been told
When a shopper shares their email address at the cash register — to receive an electronic receipt, rather than a paper one — do they really know where their details are being sent? A CBC News review of Facebook user data suggests a variety of well-kn ...
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1 year ago+4 4 0Scientists claim Earth’s inner core has reversed its direction of spin
The Earth’s core may have stopped spinning, or may even now be spinning backwards, according to a new study. The core of our planet is made up of an outer layer of liquid metal, and an inner core of solid metal that is about 70 per cent the size of t ...
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1 year ago+15 15 0Here are the latest tech layoffs as the industry shudders
The high-flying tech industry is facing a reckoning as the economy slows and customers pull back on spending. In the past month alone, tech companies have cut nearly 60,000 jobs, reversing a hiring spree that surged during the pandemic as millions of ...
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1 year ago+15 15 0Netflix removes password crackdown rules from its site amid backlash
Netflix’s contentious bid to prevent users from sharing their passwords has hit a speed bump. Earlier this week, the streamer detailed plans to prevent people from accessing its service free through someone else’s account. The rules – which included ...
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1 year ago+22 22 0Microsoft Reportedly to Receive EU Antitrust Warning Over Activision Blizzard Deal
It appears Microsoft is likely it will receive an antitrust warning from European Union regulators, the European Commission, over its Activision Blizzard acquisition, according to people familiar with the matter who spoke with Reuters.
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1 year ago+15 15 0Back to the U.S.S.R.: Russophobia is at its peak in Georgia
Quebec journalist Paule Robitaille undertakes a journey through the former Soviet Union, where she lived from 1990 to 1996. As we approach next month’s first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, she examines how Moscow’s aggression is chan ...
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1 year ago+13 13 0Ahead of Biden's U.S.-Mexico border visit, migrants fear new rules
Several hundred people marched through the streets of El Paso on Saturday afternoon, and when they arrived at a group of migrants huddling outside a church, they sang to them “no estan solos” — “you are not alone.” Around 300 migrants have taken refu ...
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1 year ago+18 18 0Apple's 2023 Roadmap: When to Expect New Product Launches This Year
Apple is reportedly planning to launch at least 10 Apple devices this year, with new product releases seemingly planned for each quarter of the year.
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1 year ago+33 33 0 x 1Kanye West’s former business manager says rapper is ‘missing’
Kanye West’s former business manager considers the rapper “missing”, as he’s apparently been unable to locate him for several weeks. Thomas St John was the “Gold Digger” musician’s senior financial advisor for 18 months but is now said to be suing hi ...
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1 year ago+19 19 0Tesla stock to close out worst year ever with a 65% loss in 2022, wiping out more than $700 billion in market cap
Tesla stock ticked up Friday, the last trading day of 2022, but is on track to close out its worst year in the company's history. Shares have lost about 65% from the start of the year, amounting to a loss of more than $700 billion in market valu ...
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1 year ago+16 16 0Tomorrow’s world: A guide to the next 150 years
As we begin a new year, BBC Future has compiled 40 intriguing predictions made by scientists, politicians, journalists, bloggers and other assorted pundits in recent years about the shape of the world from 2013 to 2150.
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1 year ago+17 17 0A Software Glitch Forced the Webb Space Telescope Into Safe Mode
The Webb Space Telescope’s instruments have been in safe mode intermittently since December 7, but scientific operations resumed earlier this week, NASA said in a press release on Wednesday.
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1 year ago+19 19 0Alberta is in a solar power gold rush — and there are lessons for the rest of Canada
In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at what Alberta is doing right in building momentum for solar power, and take stock of the biggest weather stories of the year.
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1 year ago+16 16 0Bitcoin Could Crash to $5,000 and Crypto Market Cap Could Reach $100 Billion Value in 2023
Bitcoin and digital currencies are as yet faltering from the unexpected breakdown of crypto trade FTX last month (with even the greatest bitcoin price bulls abruptly paddling back their forecasts). The bitcoin price has found a bottom at around $17,0 ...
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1 year ago+25 25 0Communications system achieves fastest laser link from space yet
MIT Lincoln Laboratory, in partnership with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, built and designed a communications payload, TBIRD, which is demonstrating space-to-ground laser communications at unprecedented data rates.
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1 year ago+14 14 0Uber fined $14m for lying to make you ditch cabs
Australia's Federal Court has fined Uber AU$21 million ($14 million) for engaging in misleading and deceptive conduct. Uber did so in two ways – one of which involved the offer it made in some parts of Australia to arrange rides in ye olde licen ...