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Amazon asks FCC for approval of Project Kuiper broadband satellite operation
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“GeekWire first reported news of Project Kuiper in April, when Amazon revealed plans to put more than 3,200 satellites in low Earth orbit for global...”
Amazon is asking the Federal Communications Commission for approval of its Project Kuiper satellite broadband venture, and referring to potential synergies with Amazon Web Services as a strong selling point. Related: GeekWire’s coverage of Project Kuiper GeekWire first reported news of...
U.S. Navy SEAL demoted for posing with dead prisoner
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“The same jury found Gallagher not guilty on Tuesday of murder, attempted murder and other charges, including deliberately shooting at unarmed...”
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - A U.S. Navy SEAL platoon commander acquitted of murdering a captured Islamic State fighter but convicted of unlawfully posing for photos with his dead body was sentenced on Wednesday to a demotion in rank and pay. The penalty imposed by a seven-member jury of U.S....
What a Year in Space Did to Scott Kelly
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“An unprecedented and illuminating study monitored identical twins, one in space and one on Earth.”
In the debate over whether human beings should set off to other worlds beyond Earth, one of the most compelling cons is this: Our bodies don’t like it. Few people know this better than Scott Kelly, the NASA astronaut who spent nearly a year on the International Space Station from 2015 to...
Fifty shades of grey squirrel: Multi-coloured variety of the common rodent leaps from branch to branch as it looks for food in India
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“These exotic, giant squirrels with brightly-coloured three-tone fur coats make their British grey and red cousins look pale in comparison. ”
Malabar Giant squirrels have a patchwork of fur, with colours ranging from beige and tan to brown and rust The exotic rodents are double the size of their grey relatives and measure up to 36 inches from head to tail They prefer the tops of trees to the ground, foraging for nuts, fruits and...
BREAKING NEWS: Fossilized snapshot of mass death found on North Dakota ranch
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“The K-T boundary in the buttes around Bowman is easy to spot, a black band located near the surface in outcroppings.”
Intrigued, DePalma kept digging, and found a dazzling assortment of fossils, very delicate yet wonderfully preserved. He found a jumble of wood, cypress tree bundles, tree trunks coated with amber and fish, all entombed together in muddy sediment that hardened over the eons into mudstone....
“Troubled” Jussie Smollett Condemned by Chicago Police in Fiery Address
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““I only hope that the truth about what happened receives the same amount of attention that the hoax did,” Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie...”
Commander of Area Central Detectives Edward Wodnicki, who followed Johnson behind the lectern to run through the timeline of the police investigation, noted that authorities conducted more than 100 interviews, canvassed the area, and reviewed footage from more than 50 cameras belonging...
Nike shares zigzag after Avenatti tweet of scandal is followed by Avenatti’s arrest
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“Avenatti is facing charges from New York and California prosecutors with news conferences to start shortly”
Just moments later, court reporters tweeted that federal prosecutors were preparing charges against Avenatti alleging he had tried to extort Nike by threatening to release damaging information unless they agreed to pay him and a client millions of dollar. The U.S. Attorney General for the...
Doomed Boeing Jets Lacked 2 Safety Features That Company Sold Only as Extras
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“As the pilots of the doomed Boeing jets in Ethiopia and Indonesia fought to control their planes, they lacked two notable safety features in their...”
As the pilots of the doomed Boeing jets in Ethiopia and Indonesia fought to control their planes, they lacked two notable safety features in their cockpits. One reason: Boeing charged extra for them. For Boeing and other aircraft manufacturers, the practice of charging to upgrade a standard...
Beto O'Rourke's hacker name was 'Psychedelic Warlord.' Really.
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“I guess he wouldn't have to ask the Russians to do it for him. ”
Beto O’Rourke — yes, the same skateboard-riding, baby faced, recently declared presidential candidate who narrowly lost a senate campaign to Ted Cruz — just added another cool notch to his Gen X-cred belt. According to a forthcoming book by Joseph Menn, and as he reported in Reuters, the...
How a 50-year-old design came back to haunt Boeing with its troubled 737 Max jet
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“A set of stairs may have never caused so much trouble in an aircraf”
A set of stairs may have never caused so much trouble in an aircraft. First introduced in West Germany as a short-hop commuter jet in the early Cold War, the Boeing 737-100 had folding metal stairs attached to the fuselage that passengers climbed to board before airports had...