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Winners and losers About five years ago NASA awarded initial space station development contracts to four different companies: Northrop Grumman, Blue Origin, Axiom Space, and Voyager Space. Since then Northrop has dropped its effort and joined Voyager’s team. There has also been some interest from other companies, most notably Vast, which is working with SpaceX to develop its initial space …

Horror game Vile: Exhumed, which sees you delving into a 90s computer to uncover a man’s obsession with an adult film actress, has launched as a free download after being “wrongly banned” from Steam over sexual content, according to developer Cara Cadaver of Final Girl Games. Initially released via Itch.io (where that version remains live), the game was set to …

‘We’re just tired of playing by the rules:’ Newsom bets 2028 chips on redistricting power play  Politico California Democrats Look to Redraw House Map to Counter Texas G.O.P.  The New York Times Gavin Newsom is taking a page out of Trump’s playbook  SFGATE Gov. Newsom vows to fight fire with fire if Texas lawmakers pass legislation regarding redistricting  Fox News A California plan is …

Meta eavesdropped on period-tracker app’s users, SF jury rules  SFGATE Jury rules Meta violated California privacy laws by quietly collecting Flo users’ menstrual health data  Yahoo Finance Meta found liable for abusing consumer reproductive health data to run targeted ads  Fierce Healthcare Meta illegally collected data from Flo period and pregnancy app, jury finds  Ars Technica Meta used Flo menstruation app data to sell …

BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from reallocating $4 billion meant to help communities protect against natural disasters. U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns in Boston granted a preliminary injunction sought by 20 Democrat-led states while their lawsuit over the funding moves ahead. A spokesperson for the Federal Emergency Management Agency did not immediately …

A drone hovers in airspace outside the safety perimeter surrounding St. Louis Lambert International Airport as an airliner approaches for a landing on March 10. Jeff Roberson/AP hide caption toggle caption Jeff Roberson/AP The Trump administration wants to make it easier for companies to use drones for business — from delivering coffee to inspecting power lines to working on farms. …

Trump rules out Bessent for Fed chair  Reuters Prediction markets see Hassett and Warsh as Fed chair frontrunners as Trump talks up the ‘Kevins’  CNBC Trump narrows Fed chair candidates to four, excluding Treasury Secretary Bessent  AP News Trump Live Updates: Fed Chair Replacement, India Tariffs and More  The New York Times Trump Rules Out Picking Scott Bessent as Fed Chair  The Wall Street Journal …

A California jury has found Meta in violation of state user privacy laws in a class-action suit brought by users of period tracking app, Flo, who alleged that the tech giant collected private menstrual health data without users’ consent and used it for ad-tracking purposes. The plaintiffs, claiming to represent millions of Flo users, had accused Flo and Meta of …

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee death row inmate can be executed without deactivating his implanted defibrillator, the state’s high court ruled on Thursday. The ruling overturns a lower court’s order and paves the way for Byron Black to be executed on Tuesday morning, as scheduled. The Tennessee Supreme Court found that requiring that the device be deactivated “amounted to …

As an obesity doctor, a nutrition researcher, and a professor of medicine and aging, Kurt Hong has dedicated his life to understanding the link between our diets and longevity and helping patients avoid diseases such as type 2 diabetes and cancer. But his career isn’t entirely selfless, he told Business Insider. “I always joke with my wife that I also …