Author: Vidya Saras
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has given SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket a green light to return to flight.The Falcon 9 had been grounded since Sept. 28, when the rocket suffered an issue with its upper stage during the launch of the Crew-9 astronaut mission for NASA. (A Falcon 9 did launch Europe’s Hera asteroid-inspection probe on Oct. 7, but that was a one-time exception granted by the FAA.)”The FAA notified SpaceX on Oct. 11 that the Falcon 9 vehicle is authorized to return to regular flight operations,” agency officials said in an emailed statement on Friday afternoon. “The…
Former Arsenal midfielder Adrian Clarke has backed his old club to finally lift the Premier League title this season. The Gunners have re-established themselves as challengers in recent years under Mikel Arteta, finishing second only to Manchester City in each of the last two seasons.However, they remain without a top-flight title since their 2003/04 invincibles campaign, with this their longest-ever gap between titles.This season, Arsenal look like they mean business once again, unbeaten after seven games and just one point adrift of early leaders Liverpool.Only Man City (17) and Chelsea (16) have scored more goals than Arsenal (15), with no…
Theo Von / YouTubeTheo Von in conversation with TrumpDonald Trump has appeared on a slew of shows with huge audiences of young men, sitting for interviews with influencers, comedians and podcasters outside the usual political media. What’s his strategy?About 15 minutes into Donald Trump’s conversation with comedian Theo Von, the chat veered into territory not usually heard in a stump speech.“I had a great brother who taught me a lesson, don’t drink. Don’t drink, and don’t smoke,” the former president said. “I admired so much about him… And he had a problem with alcohol.”“I’ve been in recovery for most of…
SINGAPORE (Reuters) -China said on Saturday it will “significantly increase” government debt issuance to offer subsidies to people with low incomes, support the property market and replenish state banks’ capital as it pushes to revive sputtering economic growth. Finance Minister Lan Foan told a news conference there will be more “counter-cyclical measures” this year, but officials did not provide details on the size of the fiscal stimulus being prepared, the key detail global financial markets have been thirsting for. Some investors fear China’s 2024 economic growth target and its longer-term growth trajectory may be at risk if more aggressive support…
A trove of leaked internal messages and documents from the militia American Patriots Three Percent—also known as AP3—reveals how the group coordinated with election denial groups as part of a plan to conduct paramilitary surveillance of ballot boxes during the midterm elections in 2022.This information was leaked to Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoSecrets), a nonprofit that says it publishes hacked and leaked documents in the public interest. The person behind these AP3 leaks is an individual who, according to their statement uploaded by DDoSecrets, infiltrated the militia and grew so alarmed by what they were seeing that they felt compelled…
Apple TVApple TV+’s latest starry drama sees the Oscar-winner play a famous journalist terrorised by a vindictive man via a self-published novel. It’s intelligent and beautifully shot.In Alfonso Cuarón’s most dazzling films, including Children of Men, he trusts his audience to follow his lead, however winding the narrative path. That approach shines through in Disclaimer, a twisting series that takes on the eternal yet timelier-than-ever subject of fiction v reality. Cate Blanchett stars in the juicy role of Catherine Ravenscroft, a famous investigative journalist who is anonymously sent a novel in which she is, unmistakably, a scandalous character. Disclaimer doesn’t…
Bitcoin is under pressure at press time, looking at trends over the past two weeks. Despite the upswing in September, bulls started on the wrong feet in October, dropping from around $66,000. Although the coin is up at press time, bouncing from below $60,000 after the slip on October 10, buyers need to prove that they are in charge. Bitcoin Whales Accumulate 1.5 Million BTC In 6 Months While fundamental factors are closely monitored, on-chain data can show where the market could be headed. In a post on x, one analyst notes that Bitcoin whales could be taking advantage of…
Geth v1.13 comes fairly close on the heels of the 1.12 release family, which is funky, considering it’s main feature has been in development for a cool 6 years now. 🤯 This post will go into a number of technical and historical details, but if you just want the gist of it, Geth v1.13.0 ships a new database model for storing the Ethereum state, which is both faster than the previous scheme, and also has proper pruning implemented. No more junk accumulating on disk and no more guerilla (offline) pruning! ¹Excluding ~589GB ancient data, the same across all configurations.²Hash scheme…
Animoca Brands-backed preventive healthcare app Universal Health Token (UHT) has witnessed the rapid sell-out of its first ecosystem NFT collection.The ‘PILLARS OF HEALTH’ collection, consisting of 1,500 free-to-mint NFTs, sold out swiftly during its first-come-first-serve phase. Of these, 918 NFTs were claimed through guaranteed spots.The collection is currently trading with a floor price of 16 $POL. Source: Universal Health TokenWhat is Universal Health Token?Universal Health Token (UHT) is a platform designed to encourage healthy behavior by rewarding users with its native UHT cryptocurrency token.Integrating with GOQii, a popular health and fitness app with over 5 million downloads, UHT leverages blockchain…
For most of her career, 42-year-old Orlando, Florida, high school teacher Rachel Porter had focused on her students and classroom. Rachel lived well but yearned for more financial freedom. Rachel had been tracking the emergence of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies for years but had never thought about investing because of the supposed complexity and risk. That changed one day when she went to a financial conference targeted at teachers. John, a former teacher turned crypto investor, was given her $60,000 annual income. She liked teaching, but her restricted income and schedule made it challenging for her to follow her aspirations…