Rocket Lab will reuse its rockets by catching them with a helicopter

The motivation is quite clear: this should lead to more launches and lower costs. Instead of having to build rockets from scratch for every launch, Rocket Lab could reuse vessels and have a turnaround time measured in days instead of weeks. It might not have to produce as many rockets in the first place, for…

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Disney’s streaming bundle: Disney+, ESPN+ and Hulu for $12.99

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The Ferrari 812 Superfast is exactly what it sounds like

The Ferrari 812 Superfast is a production car, but really, it's a race car. A V12-powered beast that carves up roads without breaking a sweat. It's the pinnacle of the supercar genre. It's fast, expensive and when you look at it, you want one in your home -- even if it's just as a poster…

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Instagram’s ‘huge booty’ problem keeps getting worse

According to a report by Tenable, a cybersecurity research firm, many of these "porn bots" are coming up with new techniques to avoid being detected by Instagram's security systems. This may come as a surprise, but that includes using lines from Game of Thrones in their image captions -- which tricks Instagram's systems into thinking…

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The speakers, headphones and streaming apps we recommend to students

PRODUCT SUMMARY Two years on, the Sonos One remains a great pick if you want an affordable yet powerful smart speaker for the dorm. It provides richer, more-balanced audio than rival speakers in its class, and it's considerably more flexible to boot. You can control it using Alexa, AirPlay or Google Assistant, and Sonos' apps offer access…

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How ’30-50 Feral Hogs’ Became the New ‘Thoughts and Prayers’

Thirty to 50 unkillable feral hogs may or may not be terrorizing one Arkansas man's backyard, but they've definitely infiltrated Twitter. They've invaded the lyrics of songs from "Do Re Mi" to "Milkshake." They've reminded people of their dating histories and of bizarre medieval paintings. They've inspired strange hypothetical chat rooms and porcine updates to…

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The Weird, Dark History of 8chan and Its Founder Fredrick Brennan

Fredrick Brennan is a vivid dreamer, and toward the end of his time running the notorious website 8chan, one sequence would play out in his mind night after night as he slept.Brennan, wheelchair-bound from a genetic disorder, dreamed that he was being hauled away by police and locked behind bars while dressed in an orange…

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A Boeing 737 MAX Test Flight Had Its Ups and Downs

Erik Simonsen/Getty ImagesIn the nearly five months since the Federal Aviation Administration grounded Boeing’s 737 MAX, investigators have revealed a series of issues with the jet’s software and raised questions about how the planemaker and the regulator allowed it to take off in the first place. The timeline for returning the MAX to passenger service…

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The Looser a State’s Gun Laws, the More Mass Shootings It Has

When they compared those scores to mass shootings per million residents, they found that for every 10-point relaxation in a state’s gun laws, the rates of mass shootings in that state increased by 11.5 percent. This trend showed up even after the models were adjusted for population demographics like household income, unemployment, poverty, education, incarceration…

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