NASA and Boeing confirm launch for first crewed Starliner flight
NASA and Boeing confirm launch for first crewed Starliner flight
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Boeing's Starliner crew capsule is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Launch Complex-41 in Florida on Monday, May 6. The launch window opens at 10:34PM ET. Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will be on board.
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Boeing's Starliner set to fly astronauts for the first time on May 6
Boeing’s Starliner is a go for launch. Leaders from NASA and Boeing told reporters that the first crewed Starliner mission, which will see the capsule carry two astronauts to the International Space Station, is moving ahead toward its historic May 6 launch date. NASA and Boeing concluded that the capsule is ready for launch after completing a critical flight test review on Thursday.
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NASA is expanding its Wallops Island facility to support three times as many launches
NASA is kicking off a formal environmental assessment of its facilities on Wallops Island, Virginia, to increase the number of authorized rocket launches at the site by almost 200%, according to slides and recordings of an April 29 internal meeting viewed by TechCrunch. Wallops expansion has likely been on the minds of NASA officials for some time.
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2nd Boeing whistleblower found dead. Here's a timeline of the company's mounting problems.
This is the second Boeing whistleblower to die in the last two months.
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X launches Stories, delivering news summarized by Grok AI
X, formerly Twitter, is now using Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok to power a feature that summarizes the personalized trending stories in the app's Explore section. See what the world is talking about with Stories on X, curated by @grok.
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Three things we learned about Apple's AI plans from its earnings
Apple CEO Tim Cook didn't give much away about the company's AI plans on Thursday's Q2 earnings call with investors, but he did confirm a few tidbits about how the tech giant plans to move forward with artificial intelligence. Notably, his comments suggested that despite spending more than $100 billion on R&D over the last five years, Apple isn't planning to spin up too many new data centers to run or train AI models. While we've known this for some time — after all, Apple has been calling its M3 MacBook Airs the "best consumer laptop for AI" — the company shouted out on its earnings call how AI is being used across its products.
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Instagram now lets you post a secret Story that viewers can uncover with a DM
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UnitedHealth data breach should be a wake-up call for the UK and NHS
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Ubisoft's first-person shooter XDefiant is launching on May 21
Ubisoft is releasing the free-to-play first-person shooter on May 21 for the Xbox Series X|S, the PS5 and PC through Ubisoft Connect.
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Hubble Network makes Bluetooth connection with a satellite for the first time
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Online course platform Kajabi allows creators to build their own branded apps
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TikTok has launched the careers of countless authors. They say they're worried about what a potential ban could do to the industry.
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Anthropic launches new iPhone app and premium plan for businesses
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Martha Stewart's go-to Skechers sneakers are on rare sale at Amazon — save over $30
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Substack now lets writers paywall their 'Chat' discussion spaces
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Google lays off staff from Flutter, Dart and Python teams weeks before its developer conference
Ahead of Google's annual I/O developer conference in May, the tech giant has laid off staff across key teams like Flutter, Dart, Python and others, according to reports from affected employees shared on social media. Google confirmed the layoffs to TechCrunch, but not the specific teams, roles or how many people were let go. "As we’ve said, we’re responsibly investing in our company's biggest priorities and the significant opportunities ahead," said Google spokesperson Alex García-Kummert.