SpaceX spacecraft launches first orbital mission from Texas: NPR
SpaceX spacecraft Flight 14 will launch from Texas on Monday. Flight 14 is expected to be the first to send Starship into orbit around Earth and deploy Starlink satellites. Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ronaldo…
First: the British air base; war in Iran; press access returns: NPR
Good morning. You are reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to receive it in your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s best stories Police stand at a roadblock on the road to RAF…
Harvard Police respond to bomb threat at Memorial Hall, shelter-in-place order lifted
News The Harvard University Police Department responded to a bomb threat at Memorial Hall Monday morning, prompting the university to issue a stay-at-home order for people near the building. Harvard sent an emergency alert 8:45 a.m., asking affiliates…
Nvidia launches AI security platform after Jensen Huang calls Anthropic and OpenAI ‘strange’
Nvidia (NVDA) released the Open Agent Safety Platform, which aims to help AI developers enforce agent protections, days after the AI hardware giant’s CEO questioned the safety approaches of Anthropic (ANTH.PVT) and OpenAI (OPAI.PVT). “The…
Mexico’s Pacific coast braces for Hurricane Polo – bbc.com
Mexico’s Pacific coast prepares for Hurricane Polo bbc.com Hurricane Polo could cause life-threatening flooding in Baja California, Mexico AP News Follow the path of powerful Hurricane Polo as it continues to move Yahoo Hurricane Polo Updates:…
South Korea demands apology for Zelensky’s POW revelation
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Seoul has demanded a formal apology from Ukraine after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy revealed what he said was supposed to be a secret. transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war in South Korea. Zelensky told the United…
Live updates: SpaceX ship takes off and will aim for orbit
During each Starship test flight, beneath the roar of the rocket engines lies the anxious drumbeat of an urgent and looming deadline. NASA hopes to use Starship — or a lunar lander built by SpaceX’s main rival, Blue Origin — to return its…
Nvidia launches record $150 billion stock buyback
Unlock Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, editor-in-chief of the FT, selects her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter. Nvidia is launching the largest share buyback ever by a US company with a $150 billion buyback program, as the Silicon…
How to control the number of rats? Training humans: NPR
WASHINGTON, DC – They creep through dark alleys, peer behind trash cans and peer inside old takeout containers. They’re not rats, they’re Rat Rangers. These rangers work to educate DC residents on ways to prevent rat infestations without…
John Fetterman accidentally calls himself a “lifelong Republican” | US Senate
As speculation swirled around him about leaving the Democratic Party, U.S. Sen. John Fetterman described himself, apparently unintentionally, as a “lifelong Republican” during a fireside chat in Texas over the weekend. Fetterman made the…