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This Is the Elite Group of Spacecraft That Have Carried NASA Astronauts
Following a scrub on Monday, Boeing is getting ready to launch its first crew of astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday, May 10, as part of a $US4.3 billion contract with NASA. Perhaps surprisingly, this is only the sixth vehicle owned or funded by NASA to be used throughout the agency’s storied…
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Cult of the Dead Cow Wants to Save Internet Privacy with a New Encryption Protocol
The Cult of the Dead Cow, one of the most influential hacktivist groups on the web, announced plans Wednesday to launch an end-to-end encrypted protocol that can be used for app development. cDc is calling its new tool Veilid and, from the initial descriptions, it sounds pretty friggin’ cool. On the group’s website, cDc members…
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Elon Claims Voice and Video Calls are ‘Coming Soon’ to Twitter
If you believe Elon Musk, Twitter is getting a suite of new capabilities, any minute now. The social media CEO said in a Tuesday night tweet that a first version of encrypted messaging would be released on his platform Wednesday. “Release of encrypted DMs V1.0 should happen tomorrow. This will grow in sophistication rapidly. The…
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Mark Zuckerberg Says They’re Finally Rolling Out Default End-to-End Encryption on Facebook Messenger
Messenger users may finally have a fully encrypted chatting service, though these folks may have to wait a few months before every single one of their group chats are finally secure.