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AMC scraps plan to charge more for better seats

July 21, 2023
AMC Theaters has announced that it’s dropping plans to charge more for preferred seats and less for front row ones through a tiered pricing system. The plan, called “Sightline,” was being tested in three U.S. markets since March. The company says it saw “little or no increase in patronage of front row seating, despite a […]

Amazon is building a $120M facility in Florida for Project Kuiper satellite processing

July 21, 2023
Amazon will spend $120 million on a new satellite processing facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC), as the company gears up to launch the first batch of Project Kuiper prototype satellites in 2024. Construction is already underway on the new facility, the company said Friday. It will be strategically located near the launch operators […]

The makers of Camera+ releases Photon, a new image capture app for pros

July 21, 2023
The developers of the popular iPhone app Camera+, LateNiteSoft, have launched a new iOS app called Photon. This new app is focused on pro image shooting. The developers are banking on the app’s simple interface and multi-format support to attract users. The app will let you shoot in auto mode from the get-go, but it […]

Astranis moves to Plan B after first commercial internet satellite malfunctions on orbit

July 21, 2023
Space-based internet startup Astranis said Friday that its first commercial internet satellite will be unable to provide continuous coverage to Alaska due to a malfunction with both spacecraft’s solar panels. The San Francisco-based company launched the dedicated internet satellite for Alaska, called Arcturus, on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy at the beginning of May. Shortly after, […]