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A booster rocket developed by Elon Musk's SpaceX for its next-generation Starship spacecraft burst into flames during a ground-test firing on Monday in Texas, dealing a likely setback to Musk's aim of launching Starship to orbit later this year. "Yeah, actually not good. Team is assessing damage," Musk tweeted after the early evening explosion of the Super Heavy Booster 7 prototype, as seen in a livestream recorded by the website Nasa Spaceflight. There was no immediate indication of injuries. It was not clear what caused…

Ride-hailing platform Ola has started laying off employees, as many as 500 from its nearly 1,100-strong workforce, across verticals as it aims to cut costs amid a challenging funding environment.The SoftBank-backed company has also deferred appraisals as it aims at "leaner and consolidated teams" to keep its "strong profitability intact," according to sources.In an internal communication on communication platform Slack, as first seen by The Economic Times, Balachandar N., who is Chief of HR, said that "we understand the…

The world's largest particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider, is back in action after a three year break for maintenance and an upgrade with more energy, higher intensity beams and greater precision. The LHC at CERN, outside of Geneva, is set to run 24/7 for nearly four years at a record energy of 13.6 trillion electronvolts. The upgrades should give LHC tools greater precision and allow for more particle collisions, brighter light and more discovery about particles in quantum field theory. CERN used the LHC to…

Today's best AMD Ryzen 5 5600 dealsIntel's competitive Alder Lake chips have upset AMD's dominance with its Ryzen processors, particularly in the lower price ranges, but the new $199 six-core 12-thread Ryzen 5 5600 and $159 Ryzen 5 5500 are designed to plug key gaps in the company's portfolio. These new chips come as part of AMD's broader launch of seven new Ryzen 5000 models that aim to shore up the company's rankings in CPU benchmarks and retake its position on the Best CPUs for gaming list.AMD's Ryzen 5000 chips fully…

Private rocket company SpaceX fired at least five employees after it found they had drafted and circulated a letter criticizing founder Elon Musk and urging executives to make the firm's culture more inclusive, two people familiar with the matter said. SpaceX did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. The New York Times reported on Thursday that SpaceX had fired employees associated with the letter, citing three employees with knowledge of the situation. It had not detailed the number of employees who…

On Friday, SpaceX fired a group of employees involved in crafting an open letter to corporate leaders that criticized CEO Elon Musk — and labor lawyers now say the firings may have violated US labor law. The letter circulated Thursday calling for stronger anti-harassment policies at SpaceX and a more restrained Twitter presence from Musk. At least five employees were fired shortly after the letter was published. It’s unclear whether any of the fired employees will try to file suit with the National Labor Relations…

SuperbadElon Musk claims that a "super bad feeling" is driving his decision to cut 10 percent of Tesla's workforce — but serious braking issue complaints may have a little something to do with it as well.According to Bloomberg's reporting, federal regulators have Tesla in their crosshairs after receiving a whopping 758 complaints about the electric cars' brakes suddenly engaging at high speeds, a phenomenon referred to as "phantom braking."That number, the report notes, is up more than double from the previous year. The…

Rainbow Six Siege Year 7, Season 2: Vector Glare has plenty to be excited about for existing fans, but I think it will be even more thrilling for players who haven't played Siege in a while or have yet to try the game at all. It's currently an ideal moment to get back into the game as well--Siege's Year 7 is a definitive narrative shift for the multiplayer tactical shooter, intriguingly refocusing on the fact that its operators are meant to be specialist soldiers, not professional athletes.Y7S2 finally…

On Thursday, Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal announced a number of big shakeups within the company in an email to staff, including firing consumer product leader Kayvon Beykpour and head of revenue product Bruce Falck. The company is pausing most hiring and pulling back on spending in most areas, though it’s not currently planning any layoffs. It’s a strange, uneasy moment inside Twitter, as the company prepares for Elon Musk’s $44 billion acquisition to close later this fall. It’s not entirely clear why Agrawal made these…

Axios reported on Tuesday that an anonymous worker filed a labor complaint against Nintendo of America and staffing agency Aston Carter last Friday, accusing them of violating their legally protected right to organize a union and fired them for their attempts to do so. Today, the gaming giant, which was previously immune to the labor scandals other gaming companies are currently embroiled in, released a statement denying it has fired the employee over their unionization attempt. The National Labor Relations Board…