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Tesla avoids another clash with California officials

California's new pandemic-related stay-at-home order allows Tesla's Alameda County factory to stay open, preventing the kind of showdown we saw in the spring.
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Watch the highlights from SpaceX’s Sentinel-6 satellite launch

Enjoy some amazing footage showing the highlights of a SpaceX mission on November 21 that put an ocean-monitoring satellite into orbit.
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iPhone 12 Mini lock-screen bug squashed by latest software update

Apple’s latest update has fixed several bugs, including one affecting some iPhone 12 Mini handsets where the lock-screen display would fail to respond to touch.
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Crew Dragon is the best, latest arrival to the ISS tells earthlings

The latest arrivals to the ISS have been answering questions about Sunday's space trip, as well as life on the orbiting outpost.
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NASA report casts doubt on achieving moon landing by 2024

NASA says it will be unlikely to achieve its hoped-for moon landing by 2024, with funding issues, rising costs, and schedule delays all impacting the mission.
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NASA video relives this week’s spectacular SpaceX mission to the ISS

Relive this week's historic Crew-1 astronaut mission to the International Space Station with this NASA video showing the best bits.
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Wonder Woman 1984 coming to HBO Max and theaters on same day

The highly anticipated Wonder Woman 1984 movie will debut on HBO Max and in U.S. theaters on December 25, Warner Bros. Pictures has confirmed.
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Boeing’s 737 Max has been cleared to fly passengers again

The FAA has approved the 737 Max for flight again. The decision comes 20 months after the aircraft was grounded following two crashes that killed 346 people.
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Apple gear worth $6.6 million nabbed in highway heist

A gang has stolen Apple products worth around $6.6 million from a truck in an audacious and apparently carefully planned highway heist.
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Google Maps’ latest features aim to ease holiday season stress

Google is adding new pandemic-related data to Maps aimed at getting you safely through the busy holiday season and beyond.
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Twitter launches Stories-like fleets that disappear after 24 hours

Twitter users can now fleet as well as tweet. A fleet is a lot like a tweet, except that it disappears from the platform after 24 hours.
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Crew Dragon astronauts are safely aboard the International Space Station

The Crew Dragon astronauts have safely boarded the International Space Station about 28 hours after blasting off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Zoom update offers a new way to tackle disruptive Zoombombers

Zoom now offers call participants a way to quickly deal with an unwanted visitor, and also warns users if their meeting is at risk of being hacked.
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French broadcaster posts obituaries of famous folks who are very much alive

Radio France Internationale has been left red-faced after it accidentally posted the obituaries of around 100 prominent figures who are still very much alive.
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Watch astronauts’ tour of Crew Dragon spacecraft as it heads to ISS

Watch this tour of the interior of SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft as it heads toward the International Space Station at the start of a six-month mission.
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Get creative with Apple’s ideas for iPhone 12 videos

If you're looking for some inspiration on how to create stunning video imagery with your new iPhone, then check out these ideas from Apple.
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Astronaut Noguchi joins elite spacecraft club that includes only two others

Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi is currently on his way to the International Space Station, with Sunday's launch sending him into an elite club.
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iPhone 12 Mini owners reporting lock-screen sensitivity issue

Some iPhone 12 Mini users have been reporting a sensitivity issue with the device’s lock screen. The new handset started shipping on Friday, November 13.
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These are the most popular items people say they’d take on a moon trip

What would you take with you on a mission to the moon? NASA asked people this very question, and this is what it found.
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NASA eyes weather forecast for Saturday’s historic SpaceX launch

NASA needs decent weather conditions for Saturday's planned launch of the Crew Dragon with four astronauts on board. So how is the forecast looking?
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Airbnb blunder leads to vanishing accounts and deleted bookings

Airbnb accidentally deactivated a number of customer accounts on Wednesday, causing some travel bookings to be deleted.
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Get to know the Crew Dragon astronauts before they blast off into space

Watch the four Crew-1 astronauts answer some rapid-fire questions prior to Saturday's launch to the ISS aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft.
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Terrifying Monster Wolf robot aims to scare off bears

A terrifying Monster Wolf robot has been installed by a town in Japan as part of efforts to scare off bears.
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YouTube is back after global service outage

YouTube says its service is up and running again after an outage that lasted several hours on Wednesday, November 11.
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How to check if your Ring video doorbell is affected by fire risk notice

Around 350,000 of Ring's second-generation video doorbells are at the center of a safety scare after reports emerged of some of the devices catching fire.
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Mars will receive a new visitor in 100 days’ time

NASA's Perseverance rover is well on its way to Mars and is expected to land on the red planet exactly 100 days from now. After then, it has much work to do.
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SpaceX makes history after NASA certifies Crew Dragon for flight

SpaceX made history on Tuesday after its commercial human spaceflight system became the first of its kind to be certified by NASA.
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Sony looks set to fly into drone market to take on the mighty DJI

Sony looks set to enter the drone market with a brand called 'Airpeak,' with the first machines possibly launching in the spring of 2021.
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SpaceX pics show gleaming Crew Dragon and Falcon 9 ahead of historic launch

Just days before NASA’s milestone Crew-1 mission to the ISS, SpaceX has posted photos of the brand new Crew Dragon capsule that will carry the four astronauts.
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Watch high-speed hyperloop pod transport first passengers

Virgin Hyperloop has tested its ultrafast transportation system with passengers for the first time. You cant watch a video of it here.
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Crew Dragon astronauts arrive at Kennedy Space Center ahead of historic launch

The astronauts set to fly aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon on its first-ever operational flight have been speaking at the launch site ahead of the historic mission.
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Google Pixel 4a gets box-cutter treatment in extreme durability test

A smartphone is never going to be best buddies with a box cutter, though this encounter featuring Google's Pixel 4a smartphone does offer a few surprises.
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Robots could soon make up a quarter of U.K. army, top general suggests

The head of the British armed forces has suggested that a quarter of the nation's army could be made up of robots by 2030.
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A hyperloop pod just carried its first passengers in test trip

The reality of an ultrafast "hyperloop" transportation system edged closer on Sunday after the first-ever passenger test took place in the U.S.