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Suborbital space tourism finally arrives | FCC prepares to run public C-band auction | The big four in the U.S. launch industry — United Launch Alliance, SpaceX, Blue Origin and Northrop Grumman — hope to be one of two providers that will receive five-year contracts later this year to launch national security payloads starting in 2022. | China’s launch rate stays high | The International Space Station is the largest ever crewed object in space.

 
How to Delete Your Data From 23andMe
Genetic testing company 23andMe, once a Silicon Valley darling valued at $6 billion, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection late Sunday as it prepares for a sale of the business. CEO Anne Wojcicki, who cofounded the company in 2006, has also stepped down after months of failed attempts to take the firm private. As uncertainty about the company’s future reaches its peak, all eyes are on the trove of deeply personal—and potentially valuable—genetic data that 23andMe holds. Privacy advocates...

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Trump National Security Adviser Accidentally Sent Plans...
The editor-in-chief of The Atlantic was accidentally added to a group text message between key national security advisers as they discussed an upcoming offensive strike in Yemen — and nobody seemed to know he was there until after the bombs went off. In an editorial about the stunning breach, The Atlantic‘s EIC Jeffrey Goldberg explained that he thought he was being pranked earlier in March when he was added to a Signal chat titled “Houthi PC small group” that seemed...

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23andMe Is Crumbling, and That Means Your...
Image by Getty / Futurism Genetics firm 23andMe, maker of the once-popular take-home DNA testing kits, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, casting a looming shadow over the extremely sensitive user data it’s still storing on its servers. The company, which was founded almost two decades ago, has been in severely dire financial traits for years now, struggling to effectively monetize its service, which most customers will only buy once. Now, its cofounder and CEO Anne Wojcicki — a...

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Military Reporter Mike Gooding to Retire from...
Mike Gooding has announced that he is retiring from WVEC. His final broadcast will be April 1. Gooding started working at the Norfolk, Virginia ABC affiliate in 1985 and, according to the station, has traveled all over the world covering military operations. He’s worked as an assignment editor, show producer, sports and news anchor, general assignment reporter, and photographer. He’s visited 19 countries and was embedded with U.S. forces in three wars: Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq. “I’d previously done some...

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Mathematicians uncover the logic behind how people...
Next time you cross a crowded plaza, crosswalk, or airport concourse, take note of the pedestrian flow. Are people walking in orderly lanes, single-file, to their respective destinations? Or is it a haphazard tangle of personal trajectories, as people dodge and weave through the crowd? MIT instructor Karol Bacik and his colleagues studied the flow of human crowds and developed a first-of-its-kind way to predict when pedestrian paths will transition from orderly to entangled. Their findings may help inform...

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To Win Trust and Admiration, Fix Your...
March 24, 2025 3 min read From job interviews to dating, we subconsciously judge one another based on sound quality when we interact digitally By Rachel Nuwer edited by Sarah Lewin Frasier yasinemir/Getty Images Like hundreds of millions of others around the world, Brian Scholl, a psychologist and cognitive scientist at Yale University, spent much of the COVID pandemic on Zoom. But during one digital faculty meeting, he found himself reacting unexpectedly to two colleagues. One was a close...

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Hackers Build Robot That Launches Gum Directly...
Clever engineers at a Chinese video company called HTX Studio built a tiny, swiveling robot that can shoot pieces of gum right into your mouth. In a video that made the rounds on social media over the past week, one of the company’s engineers can be seen triggering the robot’s ability just by opening his mouth wide. “This is our gum-launching robot, Gummy,” a voiceover says. “It tracks your mouth and shoots gum when you open your mouth.” “Place...

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Jacob Rascon to Join KHOU in Houston...
Jacob Rascon will join Houston CBS affiliate KHOU as co-anchor of the station’s morning news . “Jacob brings the perfect combination of hometown knowledge and world-class journalism experience to our team,” said David Loving, KHOU 11 vice president and general manager. “His proven track record covering local news and major national stories will be an incredible asset to our audience as we continue to deliver the most comprehensive news coverage in Houston.” Before joining KHOU 11, Rascon worked at...

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Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) Services
Overview Welcome to the Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) services page. Provided here are different resources to support informed steps toward a new career opportunity in the public or private sector. Transition Assistance NASA is partnering with OPM to offer a 1-day workshop covering multiple areas associated with career transitions. The workshop will be offered virtually on pre-scheduled dates and will include: Career Exploration (1 Hour) Job Search Strategy (1 Hour) Resume Writing (2 Hours) Interview Techniques (2 Hours)...

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Something Bizarre Is Happening to People Who...
Well, that’s not good. Power Bot ‘Em Researchers have found that ChatGPT “power users,” or those who use it the most and at the longest durations, are becoming dependent upon — or even addicted to — the chatbot. In a new joint study, researchers with OpenAI and the MIT Media Lab found that this small subset of ChatGPT users engaged in more “problematic use,” defined in the paper as “indicators of addiction… including preoccupation, withdrawal symptoms, loss of control,...

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FEMA Disaster Aid Review Could Deter Migrants...
CLIMATEWIRE | The Trump administration is reviewing “all disaster relief programs that may indirectly or incidentally aid illegal aliens,” according to an internal memo that raises the prospect of shutting off government aid to millions of people during extreme weather events. The two-page memo sent to senior officials at the Federal Emergency Management Agency and its 10 regional offices on Feb. 14 also orders the agency to review nongovernmental organizations that “provide assistance” to undocumented immigrants. That could include...

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Trump Administration Officials ‘Accidentally’ Leaked War Plans...
Jeffrey Goldberg, editor in chief of The Atlantic, published a bombshell story on Monday documenting his accidental inclusion in a high-level group chat with senior officials in President Donald Trump‘s administration discussing a military strike operation in Yemen.  Goldberg revealed that Vice President J.D. Vance, defense secretary Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and national security advisor Michael Waltz were among the officials on the chat, which was hosted on the Signal messaging app. The group discussed the...

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Apollo Media May Be Looking to Get...
Bloomberg is saying Apollo Global Management Inc. is looking to get out of broadcast television and radio.  The New York-based alternative asset manager has hired Moelis & Co. to help it explore a potential sale of Cox Media Group, including its portfolio of local broadcast television and radio stations. Bloomberg said Apollo made a big push into local TV and radio several years ago. It formed Cox Media Group to hold the businesses it acquired, which included 12 stations in 9 markets. A...

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TikTok Taps Khartoon Weiss to Lead North...
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TikTok’s Blake Chandlee Resigns as April 5...
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