California Bay Area space startup Astra “attempted its third orbital test flight today, sending its two-stage Launch Vehicle 0006 skyward from the Pacific Spaceport Complex on Alaska’s Kodiak Island at 6:35 p.m. EDT (2235 GMT),” reports Space.com.
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“Toyota has apologised for the ‘overconfidence’ of a self-driving bus,” reports the Guardian — after the slow-moving bus hit a Paralympic judo expert. Toyota added that it would temporarily suspend the service, with Toyota’s president saying the …
“While workers who want to stay at home forever have been especially vocal about their demands, a silent majority of Americans do want to get back to the office, at least for a few days a week…” reports the New York Times. The article, shared by long…
Possibly anticipating some new regulations, America’s Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating “gamification and behavioral prompts used by online brokerages that encourage trading,” reports CNBC.
And SEC chairman Gary Gensler has specifica…
“The director of a tiny UK company has apologised after sending letters to businesses suggesting they had infringed his patents that he claimed covered an age-old web standard,” writes The Register.
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Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes: Mr. President,” Code.org founder Hadi Partovi told President Joe Biden and tech CEOs from Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Apple, and IBM at Wednesday’s Presidential Summit on Cybersecurity, “America’s cybersecurity p…
Infosecurity magazine reports:
Some of the world’s biggest tech companies have committed tens of billions of dollars to improving supply chain security, closing industry skills gaps and driving security awareness among the public, according to the Whit…
“When residents of an affluent estate community in Alberta started hearing noise from a nearby power plant, they didn’t expect their complaints of sleepless nights would lead to a months-long investigation that would find a bitcoin mining operation had…
The New York Times tells the story of an Indiana physician spreading misinformation about the pandemic.
Public health officials say statements like his have contributed to America’s vaccine hesitancy and resistance to mask-wearing, exacerbating the pan…
Futurism reports:
Japan’s space agency JAXA has announced that is has successfully demonstrated the operation of a “rotary detonation engine” in space, a world’s first.
Such an engine uses a series of controlled explosions that travel around a circul…
