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This Week in 2016 Cy Vance Still Arguing For Mandated Encryption Backdoors; Believes Third Party Doctrine Supports His Theory Sen. McCain Unhappy Apple Turned Down His Invitation To Be Encryption Hearing Punching Bag Cable Industry’s False Copyright Claims Are Killing Cable Box Reform Efforts Prenda (Mostly) Loses Again; Court SaysContinue Reading

SpaceX’s Starship megarocket makes the ‘softest splashdown’ ever after launching next-gen Starlink satellites in Flight 13 test (video)

SpaceX launched the world’s most powerful rocket on a critical 13th test flight late Friday, but there was no triskaidekaphobia on this mission. The July 24 test launch, Space’s Starship Flight 13 mission , sent a towering rocket the size of a 40-story skyscraper into space from South Texas, returned its massive Booster to EarthContinue Reading