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The Federal Aviation Administration is facing a new lawsuit following SpaceX’s April 20 Starship launch. Conservation groups claim that the FAA rushed its approval of SpaceX’s expanded launch operations in Boca Chica, Texas, without adequate environmental review and without requiring sufficient mitigation efforts from the Elon Musk-owned spaceflight company.Astronomers Could Soon Get Warnings When SpaceX Satellites Threaten Their View“As the Nation carries out the modern era of spaceflight, we must decide whether we will…

The problem with applying that mindset outside of software and social media is that the stakes are far higher and the potential effects extend well outside the boundaries of any business: We don’t want to break, or even harm, global commons like our oceans and atmosphere.  We simply don’t know whether some of these proposed interventions will actually work on large scales, or what negative effects they could have on complex and interconnected ecosystems, says David Ho, an oceanography professor at the University of…

SpaceX’s Starship launch was a success in some ways and a failure in others. The largest rocket ever built blasted off the launch pad with record-breaking thrust and flew for four minutes straight. But also, multiple engines failed in flight, it didn’t achieve stage separation, and it exploded dramatically in a “rapid unscheduled disassembly,” as the company described it on Twitter.Astronomers Could Soon Get Warnings When SpaceX Satellites Threaten Their ViewIn the aftermath, the Elon Musk-owned spaceflight venture will…

Two Sundance Film Festival favorites debut this week along with Apple TV+’s “Tetris.” So does a Netflix spy series and a surreal art-house flick. Are they worth watching? Read on. “A Thousand and One”: New York in the ’90s, with its broken-down foster care system and gentrification run amok, plays a critical role in A.V. Rockwell’s award-winning feature debut, a gritty, shattering portrait of a tight bond born out of a desperate act. A fiery ex-con Inez (Teyana Taylor, a force throughout) occupies her time shadowing and…

At night, the museum comes to life Once upon a time, FMV games got a bad rap. Though once seen as cheesy and outdated, modern releases such as Her Story, Telling Lies, Death Come True, and Immortality have offered refreshing takes on the genre. This is also the case we’ve seen in our hands-on preview of Murderous Muses. The developer D’Avekki Studios has you exploring a haunted art museum, and you’re investigating who killed the artist behind the beautiful paintings inside. While the journey can be cryptic at times, …

TikTok's efforts to address US data privacy fears may have holes. A self-proclaimed whistleblower talking to The Washington Post says the social network's plan to protect American users' data, Project Texas, has major flaws. The former Trust and Safety team member claims the $1.5 billion initiative will still let TikTok connect to parent company ByteDance's Toutiao, a well-known Chinese news app. That link could theoretically allow China to access US data. A truly secure approach would require a "complete re-engineering"…

Nokia G60 5G MSRP $359.00 “The Nokia G60 5G is a solid budget phone with an impressive processor and screen. It's not perfect, but it's certainly worth a look.” Pros Strong processor Good main lens Multiday battery life 120Hz display Cons Buggy software Low…

In 1857, in the wake of the Indian mutiny, a British officer, Lt George Cracklow, described in a letter home what happened to captured rebels. “The prisoners were marched up to the guns... and lashed to the muzzles,” he wrote. “The guns exploded... I could hardly see for the smoke for about 2 seconds when down came something with a thud about 5 yards from me. This was the head and neck of one of the men... On each side of the guns, about 10 yards, lay the arms torn out at the shoulders.”Nigel Biggar, in his new history of…

At a glanceExpert's Rating ProsGreat performance Quality display Impressive main camera Reliable fingerprint sensor ConsFrustrating software Underwhelming battery life No ultrawide or telephoto cameras Our VerdictThe 2023 version of the Infinix Zero 5G is a budget phone that ticks a lot of boxes, but poor software and battery life mean it’s only worth considering if you happen to live where it’s being sold. Best Prices Today: Infinix Zero 5G 2023 A host of Chinese companies are making smartphones…

The apartment building provides an arresting riposte to the perception that urban living grows ever more atomised, not least in New York City. It also makes an irresistible backdrop for fiction writers and Sidik Fofana’s bravura debut, Stories from the Tenants Downstairs, shows just why that might be.Comprising eight interconnected tales, it’s set in Banneker Terrace, a low-income, high-rise in Harlem. Fofana draws his narrators from among the residents of its 300-plus homes, and while all may be black, their intensely…