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Twitter to launch gold and grey verification ticks alongside blue check mark, in ‘painful, but necessary’ move, says Elon Musk | Science & Tech News
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Twitter will roll out gold and grey verification check marks when it relaunches the delayed blue tick service next week, owner Elon Musk has announced. The move was “painful, but necessary”, the billionaire chief executive said in a post on the social media platform. All verified accounts will be manually authenticated before the tick is…
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Jumbo jet to launch UK’s first rocket into space | UK News
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The jumbo jet that will launch the UK’s first rocket into space has arrived at Cornwall’s Newquay airport. Cosmic Girl, a former Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747, has carried more than 2.5 million passengers on almost 8,300 flights. But now the seats have been ripped out, the upper deck has been converted into a control centre…
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Blue Origin rocket grounded after first launch failure for Jeff Bezos’s space company | Science & Tech News
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The rocket company owned by the Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has suffered its first launch failure – with an escape system flinging the crew capsule to safety. Pictures show flames shooting from the engine about a minute into flight and the capsule firing off from the rocket’s nose. It later landed in the Texan desert…
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NASA calls off launch of Artemis 1 moon rocket for second time after leak | Science & Tech News
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NASA has called off the launch of its Artemis 1 rocket after a leak developed – the second time it has failed to go ahead. Engineers recommended to the launch director the planned lift-off should not go ahead. The rocket, which was initially planned to launch earlier this week on Monday 29, was scrubbed following…
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Artemis 1: NASA moon launch postponed after hydrogen leak | Science & Tech News
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The launch of the world’s most powerful rocket on its test flight to the moon’s orbit has been postponed, after scientists discovered a hydrogen leak on board. The Artemis 1 could now lift off from Cape Canaveral on Friday, after missing its launch window today. The launch had been delayed during the fuelling process, just…
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Artemis set for launch – what you need to know about NASA’s mission to put humans back on the moon | Science & Tech News
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The launch of the mission that aims to put humans back on the moon will go ahead as planned next week, say NASA bosses. Artemis 1 was given the green light during a flight readiness review at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Here’s what you need to know about the historic space endeavour. What does…
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UK and US launch prize challenges to develop democratic tech innovations | Science & Tech News
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The British and American governments are today launching a set of prize challenges – aimed to tackle financial crime and public health emergencies – amid concerns about China’s technological advances. The challenges are based on using AI tools to examine large and potentially sensitive datasets – although synthetic financial and medical data is being used…