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SpaceX

SpaceX launches first satellites for Musk’s Starlink internet service

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - High-tech entrepreneur Elon Musk’s SpaceX company launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida on Thursday on a mission to carry the first batch of five dozen small satellites into low-Earth orbit for his new Starlink internet serv…

bubmagMay 24, 2019

SpaceX

SpaceX puts up 60 internet satellites

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption The coming wave: There are several satellite broadband projects in development The SpaceX company has begun the roll-out of its orbiting broadband system. A Falcon-9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida l…

bubmagMay 24, 2019

Chinese Economy

A pollution crackdown compounds slowdown woes in China’s heartland

ANYANG, Henan: For years, China's industrial heartland has been cloaked in smog, its waterways choked with pollution pumped from enormous clusters of factories churning out the mountains of cement and steel needed to build the Chinese economy. Aiming to tack…

bubmagMay 24, 2019

Brexit

Theresa May expected to announce departure as British PM: reports – CTV News

LONDON Increasingly isolated, Prime Minister Theresa May backed down Thursday from plans to seek Parliaments support for a Brexit bill already rejected by much of her Conservative Party, as expectations rose that she would cave in to demands that she resign a…

bubmagMay 24, 2019

Chinese Economy

A pollution crackdown compounds slowdown woes in China’s heartland

By David Stanway, Philip Wen and Stella Qiu ANYANG/SANGPO, China (Reuters) - For years, China's industrial heartland has been cloaked in smog, its waterways choked with pollution pumped from enormous clusters of factories churning out the mountains of cement…

bubmagMay 24, 2019

Julian Assange

‘Julian Assange is no journalist.’ Feds charge WikiLeaks founder for revealing U.S. government secrets

WASHINGTON Federal prosecutors charged WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with espionage Thursday for conspiring to reveal national security secrets in what they described as one of the largest compromises of classified information in U.S. history. The Justice…

bubmagMay 24, 2019

Fortnite

Popular Twitch Streamer Tfue’s Contract With FaZe Leaks As Public Dispute Rages On

Earlier this week, Turner Tfue Tenney, a 21-year-old Fortnite pro who is one of the most popular streamers on Twitch, sued FaZe, the esports organization to which he is currently signed. The suit says that the contract between Tenney and FaZe is oppressive an…

bubmagMay 24, 2019

The CyberWire Daily Briefing 5.23.19

Cyber Attacks, Threats, and Vulnerabilities UK says it warned 16 NATO allies of Russian hacking activities(ZDNet) UK warns of Russian global hacking campaign targeting critical infrastructure and government networks. Intelligence agencies brief 2020 campaig…

bubmagMay 24, 2019

Doping in Cycling

Cycling: Lance Armstrong insists he ‘wouldn’t change a thing’ over doping scandal

The American later admitted to cheating in a January 2013 televised interview with Oprah Winfrey. Armstrong, once a hero to millions, suffered a spectacular fall from grace that costs him millions of dollars in lawsuits and endorsements. "I wouldn't c…

bubmagMay 24, 2019

Donald Trump

Cooper: I was wrong when I said this was ‘not normal’

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bubmagMay 24, 2019

SpaceX launches first satellites for Musk’s Starlink internet service

SpaceX puts up 60 internet satellites

A pollution crackdown compounds slowdown woes in China’s heartland

Theresa May expected to announce departure as British PM: reports – CTV News

A pollution crackdown compounds slowdown woes in China’s heartland

‘Julian Assange is no journalist.’ Feds charge WikiLeaks founder for revealing U.S. government secrets

Popular Twitch Streamer Tfue’s Contract With FaZe Leaks As Public Dispute Rages On

Cycling: Lance Armstrong insists he ‘wouldn’t change a thing’ over doping scandal

Cooper: I was wrong when I said this was ‘not normal’

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