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UK’s Space Forge debuts new reentry tech for in-space manufacturing satellites May 16, 2023

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Welsh in-space manufacturing startup Space Forge has developed a satellite reentry system to enable rapid recovery and reuse of its in-space manufacturing spacecraft.

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US pharmacy giant says hackers accessed personal data of almost 6 million patients May 16, 2023

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One of the largest pharmacy service providers in the United States has confirmed that hackers accessed the personal data of almost six million patients.

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Apple partner Foxconn to invest $500 million in India’s Telangana May 15, 2023

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Foxconn will invest $500 million to set up manufacturing plants in the southern Indian state of Telangana, the latest in a series of bets from the key Apple contract partner as it expands its base in the South Asian market.

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Toyota Japan exposed data on millions of vehicles for a decade May 15, 2023

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Toyota Japan has apologized after admitting to leaving millions of customers’ vehicle details on the public internet for a decade.

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TikTok turns up on the volume on its music play with NewMusic search feature May 12, 2023

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TikTok has upended how music is discovered, used and consumed these days; now, its long-term effort to build a business around that is getting a boost.

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Pinterest is combining Pins and Idea Pins into a single format May 12, 2023

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As Pinterest further shifts its focus to video content following the development of its video-focused Idea Pins, the company says it will now streamline its tools for all Pin formats into one creation flow.

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Study says App Store revenue of small developers grew by 71% in last two years May 11, 2023

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Apple just released findings from an independent study, which highlighted that the revenue of small developers on the App Store grew by 71% from 2020 to 2022.

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Clearview fined again in France for failing to comply with privacy orders May 11, 2023

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Clearview AI, the US startup that’s attracted notoriety in recent years for a massive privacy violation after it scraped selfies off the Internet and used people’s data to build a facial recognition tool it pitched to law enforcement and others, has been hit with another fine in France.

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Vast and SpaceX aim to put the first commercial space station in orbit in 2025 May 10, 2023

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Artificial gravity space station startup Vast announced that it intends to put the first commercial space station in orbit in August 2025 via launch partner SpaceX.

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UK greenlights $7.3B merger between satellite rivals Viasat and Inmarsat May 10, 2023

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The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has officially greenlighted the proposed $7.3 billion merger between Viasat and Inmarsat.

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