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November 11, 2020
Read an exclusive ‘Star Wars’ excerpt of the anthology ‘From A Certain Point Of View: The Empire Strikes Back’, ,
In honor of the 40th anniversary of “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back,” you can get the inside stories of the film’s characters in “From A Certain Point Of View: The Empire Strikes Back” (Del Rey Books, 2020).
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SpaceX just test fired the Falcon 9 rocket for its astronaut launch for NASA, ,
SpaceX fired up the Falcon 9 rocket that will launch its next astronaut mission for NASA on Wednesday (Nov. 11), setting the stage for a Nov. 14 liftoff.
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US spy satellite launch on Atlas V rocket delayed by Tropical Storm Eta, ,
United Launch Alliance is delaying the launch of an Atlas V mission 24 hours due to inclement weather from Hurricane Eta.
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Pictures from space! Our image of the day, ,
The three brightest planets in the night sky flaunt their colorful features in this montage of images captured by the European Southern Observatory’s New Technology Telescope.
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How to use Alexa Care Hub to check in on older relatives, Monica Chin
Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge
Amazon has rolled out the Care Hub, a set of Alexa features you can use to remotely check in on older relatives in their homes. That could be especially useful during COVID-19, when many folks aren’t able to visit their relatives as often as they usually do. Care Hub is free and easy to set up — your relative just needs an Alexa device.
Through Care Hub, Alexa can send you alerts when your relative first uses their Echo device each morning or if they don’t use the device by a certain time. You’ll also have access to an activity feed where you can see an overview of their Alexa activity. (Amazon emphasized that this was designed with privacy in mind — you can see the types of activities your relative is doing, but you can’t see things…
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Facebook extends political ad ban another month as Trump refuses to concede, Nick Statt
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Facebook on Wednesday announced an extension on its political advertising ban for at least another month, citing delays in election results due to COVID-19 and unprecedented rates of mail-in and absentee voting. The extension was announced in an update posted to its original blog post on the topic.
“The temporary pause for ads about politics and social issues in the US continues to be in place as part of our ongoing efforts to protect the election. Advertisers can expect this to last another month, though there may be an opportunity to resume these ads sooner,” the update reads. “Getting the US election results this year may take longer than in previous elections due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and more people voting by mail….
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The seasonal ozone hole over Antarctica will remain active well into November, ,
The seasonal ozone hole over the Antarctic will persist well into November, according to satellite and weather balloon observations from NASA and NOAA.
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Google Photos will end its free unlimited storage on June 1st, 2021, Dieter Bohn
Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge
After five years of offering unlimited free photo backups at “high quality,” Google Photos will start charging for storage once more than 15 gigs on the account have been used. The change will happen on June 1st, 2021, and it comes with other Google Drive policy changes like counting Google Workspace documents and spreadsheets against the same cap. Google is also introducing a new policy of deleting data from inactive accounts that haven’t been logged in to for at least two years.
All photos and documents uploaded before June 1st will not count against that 15GB cap, so you have plenty of time to decide whether to continue using Google Photos or switching to another cloud storage provider for your photos. Only photos uploaded after June…
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Twitch apologizes to streamers for its mishandling of music copyright, Bijan Stephen
Twitch published a blog post today with the relatively anodyne title “Music-Related Copyright Claims and Twitch.” What was in it, however, was anything but. The post explained exactly why streamers received that strange email notifying them that Twitch had deleted some of their clips and VODs, and it gave creators an update on what tools they can expect to see from the company in the future.
The bottom line? Twitch was unprepared for a sudden onslaught of copyright takedown notices from the music industry that started back in May. “Until May of this year, streamers received fewer than 50 music-related DMCA notifications each year on Twitch. Beginning in May, however, representatives for the major record labels started sending thousands…
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November 10, 2020
A mission to ‘Mars’ at the HI-SEAS habitat: Live updates, ,
Space.com’s Chelsea Gohd is joining a crew of researchers for a two-week analog mission to Mars at the HI-SEAS. Follow it live here!
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