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Watch: From launch to fiery splashdown, SpaceX’s Starship completes orbit testA thunderous lift off, rapid satellite deployments and a fiery ending. That’s how SpaceX’s 14th launch of its Starship rocket panned out today. 4 hrs agoUS & Canada
Getty ImagesApple has been ordered to pay $5.7bn (£4.3bn) in damages after a US jury found it had used another firm’s tech without permission.Audio firm Taction Technology claimed in 2021 that Apple had infringed two of its patents for haptics systems, which enable vibrations for actions such as receiving a message or pressing a button.This tech is built into devices like the iPhone and Apple Watch.Apple said it had not used Taction’s vibration tech and would appeal the verdict.”Apple’s Taptic Engine is fundamentally different from Taction’s technology, which Taction’s own testing of Apple’s products confirmed during trial.”Haptics allow people to…
ReutersBodhana first took up chess during the Covid pandemic A British child chess prodigy has become the youngest player in history to earn the woman grandmaster (WGM) title.Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, from north-west London, secured her third and final WGM norm – a certified title-level performance – while representing England at the 46th Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, the International Chess Federation (FIDE) confirmed.Speaking to FIDE, Sivanandan said she was happy about the achievement but wanted to “keep making history”.It is the latest milestone in a remarkable rise for the schoolgirl, who has already become Britain’s youngest women’s chess champion and…
Chris McCarthyDr Chris McCarthy says the pillow that’s best for you depends on the way you sleep (branding has been obscured)”I am one of those people,” says Dr Chris McCarthy. “I do take my pillow with me.”You may have seen those people at the airport – a pillow stuffed under an arm as they drag their suitcases to check-in.Or you might be one yourself – attached to a pillow that’s soft enough to settle into but robust enough that it’s not bunched into a ball by morning.McCarthy insists he’s not being fussy. He’s a top physiotherapist and knows the wrong…
Watch: Were the arrests near UK military base ‘pure luck’?A farmer who called emergency services when she saw a group of “masked men” near RAF Fairford early on Sunday believes she “foiled” their plans by “pure luck”.2 hrs agoUK
SuppliedAn image sent to the BBC appearing to show the moment five men were arrestedA farmer who told the BBC her 999 call “foiled” a suspected terror plot says police and security services “dropped the ball” in their handling of the incident.She told BBC News she called police just after 01:30 BST on Sunday after seeing three vans parked in a “weird formation” near RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire. The vans had a “large group of hooded and masked men” outside who started to “panic” when they saw her.Five men, all UK nationals from London in their early to mid 20s,…
LIVESpaceX to launch Starship into orbit around Earth for first timeElon Musk’s company SpaceX describes the spacecraft as “the world’s most powerful launch vehicle ever developed” as it is preparing to undergo its 14th test flight.
Watch: Madonna and Taylor Swift win big at the MTV VMAsTaylor Swift, Madonna, and LISA were among the big winners at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) on Sunday evening in downtown Los Angeles.5 hrs agoCulture
Getty ImagesXi and Trump’s talks in Washington yielded no joint statements and few major breakthroughsOn Monday, China released more information of what was agreed at the talks between Xi Jinping and Donald Tump last week, shedding light on a handful of concrete outcomes.But there were no joint statements and few major breakthroughs.Instead, both governments issued separate accounts of the meeting – perhaps a sign that despite the White House tours and promise of warmer ties, Washington and Beijing remain wary of each other.Here are four things we now know – and still don’t – about what transpired at the talks.Beijing…
National Trust Images/PAThe tree stump on Hadrian’s Wall has been surrounded by a fence to protect itThe stump of the iconic Sycamore Gap tree is showing “encouraging” signs with a thick ring of new shoots growing around it, three years on from its illegal felling.The landmark on Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland was targeted on 28 September 2023 by Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers, who travelled during a storm from their homes in Cumbria to cut it down.Their actions sparked widespread outrage and the pair were later jailed for criminal damage to the Victorian-planted tree and Roman wall.Site owners the National…