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Thursday, May 13, 2021

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OneWeb agrees SoftBank alliance to get Japanese regulatory approvals
Japanese internet giant SoftBank has agreed an alliance with OneWeb to expand its low Earth orbit (LEO) broadband services in Japan and worldwide. SpaceNews
an hour ago
Ariane 5 issue could delay JWST
Ongoing work to address a problem seen on two previous Ariane 5 launches has kept that launch vehicle grounded for months and could delay the high-profile launch of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope later this year. SpaceNews...
16 hours ago
Senate bill would direct NASA to select a second HLS company
An amendment to a Senate bill would require NASA to select a second company for its Human Lander System program, a provision some fear could upend the overall effort to return humans to the moon as soon as 2024. SpaceNews...
18 hours ago
Space Force looking to deploy radar satellites to track moving targets on the ground
The U.S. Air Force wants to use small radar satellites to track moving objects on the ground and the Space Force will help to make it happen, chief of space operations Gen. John Raymond said May 12. SpaceNews...
19 hours ago
Arqit raising $400 million with a SPAC to launch quantum encryption satellites in 2023
British quantum technology encryption startup Arqit is raising $400 million in the space industry’s latest SPAC deal, supporting the launch and construction of two satellites in 2023 to protect against growing hacking threats. SpaceNews...
a day ago

UK politics live: Cameron does not deny using Greensill’s private jet to fly to holiday home in Cornwall
Latest updates: former prime minister faces questioning by two committees; Boris Johnson suggests government is considering a range of measures to deal with Covid variant first discovered in IndiaEU citizens arriving in UK being locked...
an hour ago
Surge vaccinations could be used to fight UK spread of India variant
Blackburn to extend jabs to over-18s from next week, as Boris Johnson admits he is ‘anxious’Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA surge vaccination campaign could be targeted at areas where there has been...
2 hours ago
EU citizens arriving in UK being locked up and expelled
Europeans with job interviews tell of detentions and expulsions despite rules allowing non-visa holders to attend interviews EU citizens are being sent to immigration removal centres and held in airport detention rooms as the UK government’s...
5 hours ago

This is what vaccine inequity looks like
3 hours ago
Kids and the Covid-19 vaccine: A pediatrician answers safety questions
Teenagers between the ages of 12 and 15 years old can now be given the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday.
4 hours ago
Marjorie Taylor Greene confronts Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez outside House chamber, Washington Post reports
Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene confronted Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez outside the House chamber on Wednesday afternoon, according to an account from The Washington Post.
4 hours ago

Don't get fooled by this malware-ridden MSI Afterburner fake
PC enthusiasts adore MSI’s Afterburner utility, and it’s easy to see why. The free GPU monitoring tool can be used for everything from overclocking to checking your graphics card’s temperature to capturing gameplay footage, and better...
an hour ago
Roku Originals, Roku’s collection of Quibi videos, launches May 20
A selection of 30 shows from the kaput Quibi mobile streaming service will premiere—again—on The Roku Channel, with more to come.
3 hours ago
The ultra-mobile Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold changed how I work from home
Open confession to Lenovo: I still have your ThinkPad X1 FoldRemove non-product link. I promise I’ll send it back soon. Apologies for the delay, but what I thought would be a brief examination of your innovative foldable PC turned into a longer...
6 hours ago