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Elon Musk with new Mars rocket prototype

Elon Musk Unveils New Mars Rocket Prototype, Expects Missions in Months

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has unveiled the latest iteration of his space company’s newly assembled Starship, outlining a speedy development timeline for the centrepiece vehicle of SpaceX’s quest to launch humans to the moon and Mars.

Asteroid Terror: A 3,248-Feet Space Rock Dangerously Approaching Earth, Will It Collide With Earth?

A second mysterious object from interstellar space may be about to fly through our solar system

IBM laid off as many as 1 lakh older employees to look ‘Cool’ in last few years, alleges lawsuit

Amazon’s Senior Vice President Jeff Blackburn to take some time off in 2020

Choosing a one-year sabbatical from work life, Amazon’s Senior Vice President Jeff Blackburn has decided to take some time off in 2020.

Capital One Says Woman Hacker Breach Hit 100 Million Individuals in U.S.

Capital One Financial Corp. said data from about 100 million people in the U.S. was illegally accessed after prosecutors accused a Seattle woman identified by Amazon.com Inc. as one of its former cloud service employees of breaking into the bank’s server.

NASA Flight Director Christopher Columbus Kraft Jr.

Chris Kraft, legendary NASA flight director, the man who created NASA’s Mission Control,has died at age 95

Former Johnson Space Center Director Christopher Columbus Kraft Jr., the man who created the iconic role of NASA flight director during the Mercury and Gemini programs and whose no-nonsense, uncompromising management style defined control room operations and discipline through the Apollo years and beyond, died Monday. He was 95.

Global device shipments set to decline 3% in 2019: Gartner Inc.

Global shipments of devices, including PCs, tablets and mobile phones, will total 2.2 billion units in 2019, a decline of 3.3 percent year-over-year (YoY), a report by Gartner Inc. said on Friday.

Google Compass Experiment in Youngstown Ohio

Google’s new plan to improve local news will start in Youngstown, Ohio of the USA

Today, Google announced that Youngstown, Ohio, will be the first city in its Compass Experiment, a joint venture with newspaper publishing company McClatchy to revive local news. The announcement couldn’t be more timely, as Youngstown’s long-standing publication The Vindicator will close its doors on August 31st.

Facebook data scandal: Costs them $5bn settlement with regulators over privacy issues

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has approved a roughly $5bn (£4bn) settlement with Facebook over its investigation into the social media company’s handling of user data, according to reports.