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The Orion crew vehicle is exceeding expectations on its way to the Moon. NASA provided an update on Artemis 1 following the mission’s successful launch early Wednesday morning. “Orion has been performing great so far,” Vehicle Integration Manager Jim Geffre said during a press briefing NASA held on Friday. “All of the systems are exceeding…
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. Global app spending reached $65 billion in the first half of 2022, up only slightly from the $64.4 billion during the same period in 2021, as hypergrowth fueled by…
Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. Well, that didn’t take long. In late October, I wrote about how the tide is shifting on tech layoffs, highlighting that 70% of layoffs that…
In the midst of what appears to be the resignation of most of its remaining workforce, Twitter CEO Elon Musk has reinstated formerly banned or locked accounts, apparently as an opening salvo in the platform’s new “freedom of speech” program. The accounts of comedian Kathy Griffin, author Jordan Petersen, and conservative satire publication The Babylon…
Caroline Ellison. Screenshot from Caroline Ellison’s Twitter, @carolinecapital FTX-linked Caroline Ellison’s past tweets about ‘regular amphetamine use’ have resurfaced online. Ellison is the CEO of Alameda Research, the hedge fund FTX reportedly used to borrow money for bets. Amphetamines are often prescribed to treat ADHD. Old drug-related tweets posted by Caroline Ellison — the 28-year-old…
The Supreme Court Building in Washington, DC. AP Photo/Patrick Semansky An anti-abortion leader said he was told of the Supreme Court’s 2014 Hobby Lobby ruling in advance, per The New York Times. Rob Schenck suggested that two donors were told the outcome at a dinner with Justice Samuel Alito. Alito has denied the allegations, which…
The mansion itself covers 55,000 square feet. AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais The White House is an iconic center of power that has hosted presidents, their guests, staff, and tourists for two centuries.President Joe Biden’s granddaughter, Naomi Biden, is getting married at the historic presidential mansion.As a modern landmark, the White House is surprisingly small. These…
Not So Private The privacy that once came with making a fool of yourself behind closed doors no longer exists. The good days of only the people in the room knowing you messed up are long gone. Nowadays, anything and everything can easily find itself on the internet and on the screens of millions…
This week was jam-packed with early Black Friday deals, and now that we’re just seven days away from the shopping holiday, we’re going back through all of the best sales you might have missed over the past few days. As with all holiday shopping, there’s no guarantee that better prices won’t come around later in…