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U.S. Tells China’s ByteDance to Sell TikTok or Get Ready for a Ban
The fight between the U.S. and China over TikTok reached a new infection point on Wednesday when the Biden administration demanded that ByteDance, the social media app’s Chinese owners, sell off its stakes in the app or get ready for a possible ban.
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This Week in Spaceflight: 3D-Printed Rocket Attempts First Flight, New NASA Artemis Insights, and More
Relativity Space is poised to make history on Wednesday with the launch of Terran-1 — a rocket primarily constructed from 3D-printed parts. Japan is also set for an inaugural launch, with the delayed H3 rocket now set for a do-over launch.
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Bin Laden, Burglars, and Banks: The U.S. Supreme Court Considers Twitter’s Role in Terrorism
U.S. Supreme Court justices whipped out their dictionaries and a deep bucket of metaphors Wednesday in a cumbersome attempt to understand whether or not social media companies can be held legally liable for promoting ISIS videos under anti-terrorism laws. Stolen jewellery, banks, imaginary burglars, and a young Osama bin Laden were all invoked in a…
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NASA and DARPA Collaborating on a Nuclear-Powered Rocket for Quick Trips to Mars
One of the bigger questions surrounding NASA’s interest in sending a crewed mission to Mars surrounds the best way to get there, and it appears the agency might have found its answer. NASA announced today that it will be developing a nuclear thermal rocket engine in collaboration with the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).