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This Week in 2016 Snowden Docs Show NSA, New Zealand Spied On Pro-Democracy Activists Which Crazy Copyright Holder Took Down Katie Ledecky/Carlos Santana ‘Smooth’ Mashup First? Billionaire Backer Of Palantir & Facebook Insists He’s Bankrupting Journalists To Protect Your Privacy Traitor 47 Says He’ll Turn Off The Internet For TerroristsContinue Reading

teen-drops-high-profile-social-media-addiction-lawsuit

The teen, referred to as P.M.Y., previously settled with TikTok and “chose to dismiss the remainder so she could try to resume her life,” her attorney Emily Jeffcott said in a statement., The teen, referred to as P.M.Y., previously settled with TikTok and “chose to dismiss the remainder so sheContinue Reading

Europe’s Next-Gen Rocket Concept Could Be Way More Efficient Than SpaceX’s Starship

Germany’s Aerospace Center (DLR) published a paper in May 2025 proposing a more efficient European version of SpaceX’s Starship rocket, with the concept called the RLV C5. The team from DLR studied SpaceX’s publicly available data and provided a unique assessment of the rocket’s ability. The analysis was built on telemetry data obtained via publicContinue Reading

How will NASA’s astronaut training hub change with commercial space stations?

NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at Johnson Space Center in Houston. (Image credit: Elizabeth Howell/Future) HOUSTON — What does NASA’s astronaut training hub look like these days, as the agency aims to bring more commercial space stations into the fold? It’s an interesting mix of government and private companies, of space agency personnel and of contractorsContinue Reading