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  • Elon Musk’s SpaceX to Make Second Bid to Launch Starship Rocket on Test Flight

    SpaceX is to make a second attempt on Thursday to carry out the first test flight of Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, designed to send astronauts to the Moon, Mars and beyond. A planned liftoff Monday of the gigantic rocket was aborted less than 10 minutes ahead of the scheduled launch because of […] More

  • ‘Monetising Hate’: Misinformation Surges on Twitter After Elon Musk’s $44 Billion Takeover

    When the iconic US diaper company Huggies was swamped with false pedophilia allegations last month, the conspiracy was traced to a once-banned influencer reinstated to Twitter by Elon Musk. The Tesla tycoon bitterly denies that misinformation has surged since his turbulent $44 billion (roughly Rs. 3,62,100 crore) acquisition of the messaging platform, but experts say […] More

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    Amazon Plans to Launch Its First Internet Satellites in 2024 to Rival Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Others

    Amazon.com plans to launch its first internet satellites to space in the first half of 2024 and offer initial commercial tests shortly after, the company said Tuesday, as it prepares to vie with Elon Musk’s SpaceX and others to provide broadband internet globally. Amazon’s satellite internet unit, Project Kuiper, will begin mass-producing the satellites later […] More