Category: Technology
Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit launches first rocket into space
Virgin Orbit is finally living up to its name.
British billionaire Richard Branson’s satellite-launching company successfully se [...]
GitHub HR boss resigns over firing of Jewish staffer who warned of Nazis in DC
GitHub’s human resources boss has resigned over the company’s firing of a Jewish employee who warned his colleagues in Washington to [...]
NASA test for ‘most powerful rocket in the world’ has component failure
NASA conducted a hot fire of the core stage of the Space Launch System, but the stage’s four main engines shut down just over 1 min [...]
Apple CEO Tim Cook defends removing Parler from its App Store
Apple CEO Tim Cook defended removing Parler from his company’s App Store — saying he doesn’t see an “intersection” between the right [...]
Google may face 4th government lawsuit over its business practices
State attorneys general are planning another lawsuit against Google, this one focused on the search and advertising giant’s Play Sto [...]
Coronavirus treatment with umbilical cord-derived stem cells shows promise
After a small study suggested stem cells from umbilical cords offered coronavirus patients a safe treatment, boosting survival rates [...]
Man who lost password to $220M worth of bitcoin says he’s ‘made peace’
A San Francisco man who lost the password to a thumb drive with $220 million worth of bitcoin inside says he has “made peace” with t [...]
NASA finds an alien planet with 3 suns
NASA has discovered an exoplanet with three stars, one with a bizarre orbit that has left astronomers baffled.
The planet, known a [...]
Bumble scraps political filter as users hunt for Capitol rioters
Amateur sleuths have been using Bumble to hunt down Capitol rioters — but the dating app just took away one of their investigative t [...]
Parler urges federal judge to order Amazon to restore its platform
Parler on Thursday urged a US judge to order Amazon to restore the company’s account, saying Amazon had no evidence the social media [...]