On this day in space! Nov. 9, 1967: NASA launches the Saturn V moon rocket for the first time on Apollo 4, but no astronauts were aboard

On Nov. 9, 1967, NASA launched the powerful new Saturn V rocket on its maiden voyage. The Saturn V moon rocket was 363 feet tall. That’s taller than the Statue of Liberty! It was the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built at the time (though SpaceX’s Starship megarocket has since surpassed it). NASA neededContinue Reading

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US lawmakers call for tighter restrictions on chip sales amid inquiry into Nvidia CEO’s relationship with alleged spy., Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s intimate relationship with a woman accused of being a Chinese spy has highlighted divisions in Washington over the export of advanced chips to China. Huang, the head ofContinue Reading

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The workers had inhaled gas while inspecting an external nano-filtration tank, a district official says., The workers had inhaled gas while inspecting an external nano-filtration tank, a district official says. Three contract workers have died at a Tata Electronics plant producing components for Apple iPhones in the southern Indian stateContinue Reading

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The decision comes after ​an OpenAI agent breached ​an Australian government website in June., The decision comes after ​an OpenAI agent breached ​an Australian government website in June. Australia will make it mandatory for artificial ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠intelligence companies to immediately report when their ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠AI models go rogue and to open theirContinue Reading

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How nostalgia is making adults buy toys, Why adults are buying toys Money Works The toy industry has a new favourite consumer and its grownups. Adults with no children have more disposable income to spend and are propping up the market through the nostalgia economy. Al Jazeera’s Yasmeen ElTahan explains.Continue Reading

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Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn called the findings ‘outrageous and frankly insulting to the public’., The United Kingdom awarded 10.7 million pounds ($14.4m) in new public contracts to firms with links to illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, despite British government pledges to punish companies that profit fromContinue Reading

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The CSTO’s influence is declining as Armenia turns away, while former allies pursue independent partnerships., The Kremlin’s tense relationship with Armenia will be under the spotlight at a security summit in Moscow. President Vladimir Putin will chair a session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty OrganizationContinue Reading

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EV infrastructure provider Electroway has launched an electric truck charging facility at Marq Logistics Magna Park Lutterworth, the first phase of the company’s plan to develop a 30-site network of dedicated electric heavy goods vehicle (HGV) charging hubs in the UK. Electroway is an EV infrastructure platform established by infrastructureContinue Reading