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Watch NASA’s megarocket ace a pivotal thrust test before its moon flight

NASA’s megarocket is back in its giant garage after completing a mission-critical dress rehearsal at the launchpad for its first voyage to the moon. Among the tests completed at Kennedy Space Center in Florida this June, engineers demonstrated the rocket, aka the Space Launch System, can gimbal like nobody’s business. NASA’s Artemis I mission team…

IP Practice Vlogs: Who Qualifies for Accelerated Examination Under the USPTO’s new Climate Change Mitigation Pilot Program?

The USPTO recently announced a new pilot program directed at accelerating examination procedure for applications claiming cleantech technology. Under the Climate Change Mitigation Pilot Program, qualifying nonprovisional utility patent applications involving technologies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions will be advanced out of turn for examination, or accorded special status, until a first action on the…

Sony to remove access to hundreds of movies and TV shows bought through its Playstation Store

Hundreds of TV shows and movies bought through Sony’s Playstation Store will be removed next month, meaning customers who purchased these titles will no longer be able to watch them. According to Variety, customers in Germany and Austria will be affected by the shutdown covering films produced by Studiocanal. The timing of this news is…

Trump praises China’s draconian policy of swift executions for drug dealers and renews call for the death penalty

Former US President Donald Trump pauses while speaking at a rally endorsing Republican candidates Adam Laxalt and Joe Lombardo, on July 8, 2022, in Las Vegas. Ronda Churchill/AFP via Getty Images Former President Donald Trump suggested drug dealers should face the death penalty at a rally in Las Vegas. He claimed China has “no drug…

Democrat Rep. calls for Michael Flynn to lose his pension after Army fined him for attending a 2015 Moscow gala with Putin: ‘Traitors don’t get pensions’

Former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn at a campaign event in Brunswick, Ohio on April 21, 2022. Dustin Franz/Getty Images Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego called for Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn to lose his pension.  It comes after Flynn was fined nearly $40,000 by the US Army for failing to disclose financial payments. Investigators said Flynn…

NY concealed carry handgun applicants will have to hand over social media accounts to screen for ‘character and conduct’

Incoming New York Governor Kathy Hochul REUTERS/Cindy Schultz New York plans to screen the social media accounts of concealed carry handgun applicants. Experts and law enforcement have questioned how the law will be enforced. The law, which takes effect in September, will require applicants to list current and past social media accounts. ALBANY, N.Y. —…