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U.S. aerospace company Stratolaunch conducted the first powered test flight of a new unmanned craft for hypersonic research on Saturday and called it a success.Hypersonic describes flights at speeds of at least Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound. Chief Executive Officer Zachary Krevor said in a statement that the Talon-A-1 vehicle “reached high supersonic speeds approaching Mach 5 and collected a great amount of data at an incredible value to our customers.” Also read: 5 things about AI you may have missed today:…

Private U.S. company Stratolaunch conducted its second "captive carry" test flight of what it hopes will become a reusable hypersonic vehicle, it said on Saturday, as the Pentagon presses ahead with development of new hypersonic weapons.The Stratolaunch Talon-A was loaded with live propellant and carried aloft by the Spirit of Mojave, a modified Boeing 747-400 with dual fuselages, on a more than four-hour flight going over the Pacific Ocean. Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering…

Wattpad, a Toronto-based storytelling platform owned by Naver’s Webtoon Entertainment, conducted another round of layoffs earlier this month.  Wattpad has cut around 30 jobs, or roughly 15% of its workforce, a source familiar with the situation told TechCrunch. According to local media outlets, including The Korea Economic Daily, the cut impacted about 30 employees. A spokesperson for Wattpad did not respond to a request for comment ahead of publication. The move is part of the company’s…

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company’s Dragon spacecraft aboard is seen on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A ahead of Axiom Mission 3 launch. Credit: SpaceXAs part of NASA’s efforts to open access to space, SpaceX and Axiom Space now are targeting no earlier than 4:49 p.m. EST on Thursday, January 18, for the launch of the third private mission to the International Space Station. The date adjustment for Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3) allows additional time for SpaceX to complete data analysis of the parachute system…

Ford CEO Jim Farley at a battery lab for the automaker in suburban Detroit, announcing a new $3.5 billion electric vehicle battery plant in the state to produce lithium iron phosphate batteries, Feb. 13, 2023.Michael Wayland/CNBCDETROIT — Ford Motor confirmed Monday it will carry out layoffs this week, primarily affecting engineering jobs in the U.S. and Canada, as the automaker seeks billions in cost-cutting measures as it restructures its business operations.The job cuts are expected to affect all three of Ford's…

Bryan Cranston Compares ‘Asteroid City’ Director Wes Anderson To ‘A Conductor Of An Orchestra (Photo Credit – Wikimedia) Bryan Cranston has likened featuring in a Wes Anderson film to being a musician in an orchestra. The 67-year-old actor features in the all-star ensemble cast of Anderson’s new movie ‘Asteroid City.’ As per a Female First UK report, the actor compared the eccentric director to a conductor of music. Read on to know all he shared. Speaking at the Cannes Film Festival, Bryan Cranston said, “It feels…

Unity Software is conducting its third and largest round of layoffs in the past year, according to people familiar with the matter, joining other companies in tech and beyond in trimming their workforces as recession fears mount. San Francisco-based Unity is slashing roughly 600 jobs, about 8% of its workforce, the people said. The company, which will be left with around 7,000 employees after the layoffs, is also planning to reduce its global network of offices over the next few years to less than 30…

The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Saturday said that it had conducted searches on premises linked to edtech startup Byju’s over alleged foreign exchange violations.In all, three premises - two official and one residential - linked to the founder Byju Raveendran, and his company ‘Think & Learn Private Limited’ were searched under the provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA).The company runs online education platform Byju’s, India’s most-valued startup at $22 billion, and counts several marquee…

Delhi vs Mumbai has been a forever fight. But this time, the fight has an ‘Apple’ twist to it. This week, Apple has opened two official retail stores in India. The first store opened in Mumbai's…

The Aeronautical Test Range (ATR) in Chitradurga, Karnataka was the site of the Indian Space Research Organization's (ISRO) successful Reusable Launch Vehicle Autonomous Landing Mission (RLV LEX) on Sunday morning. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) tweeted, "In a first in the world, a winged body has been carried to an altitude of 4.5 km by a helicopter and released for carrying out an autonomous landing on a runway." The space agency released a statement saying that at 7:10 am, an RLV lifted off…