Happy Valentine’s Day, space fans: Intuitive Machines, SpaceX target moon mission lift off on Feb 14

February 5, 2024

Intuitive Machines is ready to go to the moon. The company announced Monday that its first lunar lander has completed all final integration milestones and is now encapsulated in SpaceX’s Falcon 9 payload fairing, where it will stay until launch on February 14. The mission launch window opens at 12:57 AM EST; should weather or […]

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Ex-Blue Origin leaders want to mine the moon

February 5, 2024

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EV startup Arrival looks to sell off assets, intellectual property of UK division

February 5, 2024

Commercial EV startup Arrival’s business continues to unravel. Arrival announced Monday in a regulatory filing that its UK division is entering administration, the country’s version of bankruptcy. The troubled company, which went public in 2021 via a merger with a special purpose acquisition company, said it’s looking to sell its UK assets and intellectual property […]

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Meta cuts off third-party access to Facebook Groups, leaving developers and customers in disarray

February 5, 2024

The recent surprise announcement that Meta will soon be shutting down a Facebook Groups API is throwing some businesses and social media marketers into disarray. On January 23rd, Meta announced the release of its Facebook Graph API v19.0, which included the news that the company would be deprecating its existing Facebook Groups API. The latter, […]

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Cloud native container management platform Weaveworks shuts its doors

February 5, 2024

Weaveworks, a startup focusing on cloud native development tooling, announced today on LinkedIn that it would be shutting down, a sad day for any startup. “I am very sad to announce – officially – that Weaveworks will be closing its doors and shutting down commercial operations. Customers and partners will be working with a financial […]

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