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SpaceX Starship megarocket blasts off before expected return for reuse

Flight 15 expected to orbit Earth about 14 times over 22 hours, before company catches it at Starbase, Texas SpaceX’s Starship megarocket blasted off from Texas on Friday afternoon as the aerospace company sought to make history with a double catch of its reusable rocket, but ultimately fell short. Starship, the world’s largest rocket, standing at 407ft, is expected to orbit Earth about 14 times over the course of 22 hours, before the company catches the rocket at its launchpad at Starbase in south Texas. Continue reading...

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Crypto

Hyperscalers List GPUs at Nearly 2× the GPU-Cloud Price, Fluence Research Finds

The AI Compute Race report prices GPU compute outside the biggest buyers: a three-year commitment cuts the median price by 48%, while 17 of 22 tracked GPU models rose in price over the past year DALLAS, Texas – November 13, 2026 – Fluence has published The AI Compute Race, a report that prices GPU cloud compute for every company that is not a frontier lab or a hyperscaler. It was produced with research partners NEAR AI, io.net, Boundless, Phala, Gensyn, Fortytwo, Theta, Compute Labs and GAIB. Its central finding: where a company buys a GPU-hour sets the price. Across H100, H200 and B200 models

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The sinister power of Friday 13th: how this maligned date affects our lives

Property sales that complete on this day have a lower median price. Air fares are cheaper. Weddings are non-existent. And motor collisions increase. How did it become so mired in superstition? “I have only worked one Friday 13th wedding in my 14 years in business,” says Caroline Smyth, a photographer and celebrant based in Larne, Northern Ireland. “I definitely think it is down to the fact that it’s a date surrounded by superstition. People are maybe afraid it’s a bad omen for their marriage.” Smyth’s sole Friday 13th wedding, in September 2013, was the first she ever photographed – and it kic

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Crypto

Ethereum Researchers Drop Faster Block Plan to Prioritize Quantum Security

Ethereum researchers are proposing a major change to the network’s development priorities, stepping away from plans to introduce faster block production in favor of accelerating protections against quantum computing and artificial intelligence threats. Research group Ethlabs announced that it would withdraw its Quick Slots proposal from Ethereum’s planned Hegotá upgrade, redirecting its resources toward a […]

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