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SpaceX has launched another load of station supplies for NASA and nailed its 50th rocket landing By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer March 7, 2020, 6:46 AM 3 min read CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX successfully launched another load of station supplies for NASA late Friday night and nailed its 50th rocket landing. The Falcon […]

Quibi, set to launch on April 6, stands for “quick bites,” which refers to the service’s plan to offer short segments (10 minutes or less) designed for small screens (your phone). But little else about this short-form venture is bite-size. In its first year, the company’s partners (the chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg and the C.E.O. Meg

The 34th annual edition of South by Southwest, the sprawling festival of music, technology and film in Austin, Texas, that has become a highlight on the global cultural calendar, was canceled by city officials on Friday over fears about the rapid spread of coronavirus. Festival organizers and government officials had come under intense pressure in

An uncrewed test flight of Starliner, a Boeing spacecraft designed to carry NASA astronauts, could have ended in disaster in December because of lapses that allowed software errors to slip through undetected and unfixed before the spacecraft launched, according to a review by NASA and Boeing that was announced on Friday. The review team made

KIRKLAND, Wash. — In the days before the Life Care Center nursing home became ground zero for coronavirus deaths in the U.S., there were few signs it was girding against an illness spreading rapidly around the world. Visitors came in as they always did, sometimes without signing in. Staffers had only recently begun wearing face

Boeing has been hit with 61 safety fixes for its astronaut capsule By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer March 6, 2020, 7:38 PM 3 min read CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Boeing faces 61 safety fixes following last year’s botched test flight of its Starliner crew capsule, NASA said Friday. NASA has also designated December’s aborted

Many fledgling creators dream of waking up to viral fame and riches. Now that dream is beginning to look a lot like reality. Hundreds of TikTok users have begun live-streaming themselves overnight, while they sleep. Brian Hector, 18, did it just last week. Thousands of people tuned in. Some even donated to him. “I woke

Each week, we review the week’s news, offering analysis about the most important developments in the tech industry. Hey there, newsletter subscribers. I’m Sheera Frenkel, cybersecurity reporter for The New York Times, bringing you the week’s tech news. I’m writing this from my home office, after every tech source I was scheduled to meet during

The White House says President Donald Trump’s visit to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta has been called off By DEB RIECHMANN Associated Press March 6, 2020, 3:28 PM 2 min read WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s visit to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta has been called off

Hundreds of thousands of people fall victim to scams in the UK every year. Many are run from criminal call centres abroad, where teams of fraudsters operate around the clock. One man in the UK, who goes by the name “Jim Browning”, decided to do something about it. He hacked into a call centre in