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SR-72: US secret hypersonic jet to allegedly break sound barrier in 2025 | Believed to be a top-secret project of the US Air Force, the SR-72 is touted to reach over 4,000 mph (6,437 kph), making i…::undefined

Amazon marketplace crackdown has sellers searching for legal help | Clean-up drive has led to some small businesses having their accounts suspended::Clean-up drive has led to some small businesses having their accounts suspended.

After setting foot on the Moon, the next destination for humankind is Mars, which presents a whole new set of challenges in speedy, long-distance space travel.

Fidelity marks down X valuation by 71.5%::Asset manager Fidelity has marked down its investment in Musk-owned X by 71.5% from the original valuation of shares.

SpaceX accused of unlawfully firing staff critical of CEO::A US labour agency says the employees sent an open letter to SpaceX executives, detailing workplace concerns.

Revealed: almost half of British teens feel addicted to social media, study says::Exclusive: Millennium Cohort’s finding raises questions about why a large proportion has a difficult relationship with social media

Vizio settles for $3M after saying 60 Hz TVs had 120 Hz “effective refresh rate” | Vizio claimed backlight scanning made refresh rates seem twice as high.::Vizio claimed backlight scanning made refresh rates seem twice as high.

A 13-year-old is the first human to beat Tetris | Numerous theoretical milestones remain::undefined

Since Elon Musk’s Twitter purchase, firm reportedly lost 72% of its value::Fidelity cuts value of X stake, implying 72% drop since Musk paid $44 billion.

US antitrust case against Apple’s App Store exclusivity is ‘firing on all cylinders’::The US antitrust case against Apple’s App Store exclusivity is “firing on all cylinders” according to the head of the…

Steam has now officially stopped supporting Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1.::95.57 percent of surveyed Steam users are already on Windows 10 and 11, with nearly 2 percent of the remainder on Linux and 1.5 percent on Mac — so we may be talking about fewer than 1 percent of users on these older Windows builds. Older...

“To prevent disinformation from eroding democratic values worldwide, the U.S. must establish a global watermarking standard for text-based AI-generated content,” writes retired U.S. Army Col. Joe Buccino in an opinion piece for The Hill. While President Biden’s October executive order requires watermarking of AI-derived...