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Rocket Lab clear to launch again after first mission failure attributed to electrical fault

Rocket Lab has received clearance to launch from the FAA following the failure of its Electron rocket on July 4 and the loss of the half-dozen satellites on board. “This was a very, very sneaky and tricky issue,” said CEO

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Florida Teen Charged Over Massive Twitter Hack, Bitcoin Scam

(LONDON) — A Florida teen hacked the Twitter accounts of prominent politicians, celebrities and technology moguls to scam people around globe out of more than $100,000 in Bitcoin, authorities said Friday. The 17-year-old boy was arrested earlier Friday in Tampa,

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U.K. Prime Minister Johnson names brother and Brexiteers to House of Lords

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has named 36 new members to Parliament’s unelected House of Lords. They included his brother, several prominent Brexit supporters and a Russian-born newspaper owner whose father was a KGB agent.

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Biden leads Trump by 9 points in Pennsylvania: poll | TheHill – The Hill

Biden leads Trump by 9 points in Pennsylvania: poll | TheHill  The Hill Joe Biden narrows down his VP list, with Karen Bass emerging as one of several key contenders  CNN Trump Jr. warns of mainstream media ‘working for Democrats’ to sell

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Sorry, Donald Trump: The 2020 presidential election is on – CNN

Sorry, Donald Trump: The 2020 presidential election is on  CNN Trump is trying to undermine the legitimacy of the 2020 election because he’s out of options and worried he’ll lose  Business Insider Trump Is the Election Crisis He Is Warning About  The New

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U.S. officials seek limits on what constitutes a “habitat” for imperiled species

The Trump administration is proposing to define what land and water can be declared as “habitat” for imperiled plants and animals

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Power from an artificial sun: Fusion reactor project aims to provide clean energy

The assembly of the ITER fusion reactor began in the south of France this week in what has been called the biggest science project in human history. It is hoped the reactor will be able to produce clean energy using

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The leading arguments for a Microsoft-TikTok tie-up

Here they are, ranked by how much weight we put behind them:  

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First US apps based on Google and Apple Exposure Notification System expected in ‘coming weeks’

Google Vice President of Engineering Dave Burke provided an update about the Exposure Notifications System (ENS) that Google developed in partnership with Apple as a way to help public health authorities supplement contact-tracing efforts with a connected solution that preserves

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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany | 7/31/2020 – Whitehouse.gov

Press Briefing by Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany | 7/31/2020  Whitehouse.gov

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