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DannyB writes:FAA warns SpaceX that massive Starship launch tower in Texas is unapproved:

upstart writes:Tokyo reports most daily Covid-19 cases in six months as Olympics loom:

upstart writes:California breaks 1 GW energy storage milestone:

upstart writes:United Airlines to buy 100, 19-seat electric planes from Heart Aerospace:

Nearly 800 People Believed to Have Died in Northwest Heat Waveupstart writes:Nearly 800 people believed to have died in Northwest heat wave:

upstart writes:China's Mars rover travels 450 meters on red planet - Xinhua:

upstart writes:Tel Aviv will test dog poop DNA to fine owners who don’t clean up:

Always After Me Lucky Charms writes:NortonLifeLock sniffs around Avast, announces 'advanced discussions' for acquisition:

upstart writes:Dozens killed as severe flooding hits Europe:

Anti-aristarchus writes:NASA is fixing a computer glitch on a giant telescope in space. That's just as hard as it sounds:

Steam Deck is Valve's Switch-like portable PC: Starting at $399 this DecemberFreeman writes:Steam Deck is Valve's Switch-like portable PC, starting at $399 this December

upstart writes:may-they-panick-in-peaceFacebook Users Said No to Tracking -- Now Advertisers are Panicking:

upstart writes:Watch Robots Make Pizzas From Start to Finish at an Automated Pizzeria:

An Anonymous Coward writes:uBlock Origin (and uMatrix) DoS With Strict-Blocking Filter and Crafted URL (Archived).

takyon writes:Russia To Build RISC-V Processors for Laptops: 8-core, 2 GHz, 12nm, 2025

upstart writes:Pesticide caused kids' brain damage, California lawsuits say:

upstart writes:Google fined €500 million in France over bad faith negotiations with news outlets:

upstart writes:They stole prized lumber from a national forest. The trees' DNA proved it, feds say.:

Anti-aristarchus writes:Teardrop star reveals hidden supernova doom:

upstart writes:Firefox 89 delivered more speed:

upstart writes:Alzheimer's symptoms could be due to decline in brain protein not accumulation of amyloid plaques:

upstart writes:Demonstration of World Record: 319 Tb/s Transmission over 3,001 km with 4-core fiber:

upstart writes:Cow manure methane may soon fuel cars, heat homes in Arizona:

upstart writes:Million cubic metre 90GWh thermal storage project in Finland could begin construction next year:

upstart writes:Cerne Giant in Dorset dates from Anglo-Saxon times, analysis suggests:

upstart writes:So happy to see you: our brains respond emotionally to faces we find in inanimate objects, study reveals:

upstart writes:Trouble in Alaska? Massive oil pipeline is threatened by thawing permafrost:

upstart writes:OpenPOWER Foundation | Libre-SOC 180nm Power ISA ASIC Submitted to Imec for Fabrication:

A new driverless, but *not* autonomous, taxi service is starting in Las Vegas, according to https://www.autonomousvehicleinternational.com/news/v2x-news/halo-and-las-vegas-launch-driverless-car-service-powered-by-t-mobile-5g.htmlThis was a new category for your AC submitter--turns out these cars have remote drivers:

upstart writes:Adobe Patches 11 Critical Bugs in Popular Acrobat PDF Reader:

upstart writes:A 'wobble' in the moon's orbit could result in record flooding in the 2030s, new study finds:

upstart writes:Surface of Jupiter's Moon Europa Churned by Small Impacts:

upstart writes:Climate Changed the Size of Our Bodies – And Our Brains:

upstart writes:Harvard-MIT Quantum Computing Breakthrough – “We Are Entering a Completely New Part of the Quantum World”:

upstart writes:FCC speed standard that Ajit Pai never updated is too slow, GAO report says:

An Anonymous Coward writes in with a Hackaday article that points to Analogist:Decoding radio pH capsules with rtl_433:

upstart writes:Johnson & Johnson vaccine linked to rare cases of autoimmune disorder:

upstart writes:The FBI’s honeypot Pixel 4a gets detailed in new report:

upstart writes:Incredible Moment Teen Golfer'S 88Mph Ball Is Struck By Lightning Just After He Hits It During Terrifying Storm:

upstart writes:The FTC is reportedly investigating Amazon's purchase of MGM:

upstart writes:Wanna Delay Aging? Get Castrated, Scientists Say:

martyb writes:A copy of 'Super Mario 64' sold for over $1.5 million, the most ever paid for a video game:

upstart writes:Linux 5.14 Can Create Secret Memory Areas With memfd_secret:

upstart writes:Historic Power Plant Decides Mining Bitcoin Is More Profitable Than Selling Electricity:

upstart writes:Microsoft Teams is bringing back Clippy and all your old favorites:

TheMightyChickadee writes:Death Valley reached 130 F, is it the world record?How the highly unusual Death Valley temperatures just got more complicated:

upstart writes:Raytheon wins $2B contract for new nuclear cruise missile:

upstart writes:Scientists Identify Specific Human Brain Circuit for Spirituality:

upstart writes:'Legend of Zelda' auction sets bar for the most expensive video game at $870,000:

[2021-07-11 16:18:14 UTC; UPDATE 2]Launch, separation from carrier plane, self-powered rocket flight, re-entry, and landing were all successful. Official video stream had several drop-outs. There are sure to be on-ship recordings that will be edited and uploaded for later viewing.Congratulations to all involved for a safe and successful flight![2021-07-11 11:07:52 UTC; UPDATE 1]The launch has been delayed ~1.5 hours "Due to prior weather".