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• Huge U.K. power outage disrupts rail, road traffic in rush hour - NBCNews.com

  09-08-2019 23:14 via nbcnews.com
  Huge U.K. power outage disrupts rail, road traffic in rush hour  NBCNews.comMassive power cut across UK affects homes, businesses and transport networks  Channel 4 NewsPower restored to London and southeast England after National Grid failure  CNN'Major incident' with generators left more than 14,000 homes across Nottingham without power  Nottinghamshire LiveLondon power cut: Video shows passengers walking on train tracks after being evacuated  M
  
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• New Hubble pictures of Jupiter fascinate scientists - AL.com

  09-08-2019 22:55 via al.com
  New Hubble pictures of Jupiter fascinate scientists  AL.comHubble Telescope's Gorgeous New Jupiter Views Could Help Demystify Shrinking Great Red Spot  Space.comJupiter’s Great Red Spot Is Behaving Strangely  The AtlanticJupiter from Hubble: Enormous, magnificent, and… fading at the edge?  SYFY WIREAmateur astronomer captures the incredible moment a rogue space rock SLAMS into Jupiter  Daily MailView full coverage on Google News
  
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• A rabid fox bit a 6-year-old girl in Maine. Then her friend's pet dog killed the fox. - Boston.com

  09-08-2019 22:30 via boston.com
  A rabid fox bit a 6-year-old girl in Maine. Then her friend's pet dog killed the fox.  Boston.com6-year-old bitten by rabid fox in Bath  NEWS CENTER MaineBath girl, 6, bitten by rabid fox, which is killed by friend's dog  Press HeraldRabid fox bites 6-year-old girl  WABIMaine girl chased and bitten by rabid fox  NewsCenterMaine.com WCSH-WLBZView full coverage on Google News
  
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• New SETI Project Will Practice Looking for Alien Life Near Deep-Sea Vents on Earth

  09-08-2019 22:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  InVADER will explore deep-sea vents on Earth to prepare future missions to do the same on watery worlds in the solar system like Europa or Enceladus. (Credit: D. Kelley, University of Washington/NSF-OOI/WHOI)Some of the most intriguing possibilities for finding life outside Earth are on water worlds like Europa or Enceladus — ocean moons orbiting Jupiter and Saturn. However, those worlds are encased in layers of ice, meaning any ocean exploration will take place far beneath the surface.
  
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• Trump on Democratic critics: 'They call anybody a racist when they run out of cards' - AOL

  09-08-2019 21:50 via aol.com
  Trump on Democratic critics: 'They call anybody a racist when they run out of cards'  AOLKamala Harris lands key Iowa endorsement  POLITICOThere are some surprises in Iowa  The Washington PostSenior Voters, Some Wavering on Trump, Figure to Shape 2020 Election  The Wall Street JournalDemocrats pounce on Trump in bid for rural voters | TheHill  The HillView full coverage on Google News
  
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• White House proposal would have FCC and FTC police alleged social media censorship

  09-08-2019 21:44 via rss.cnn.com
  A draft executive order from the White House could put the Federal Communications Commission in charge of shaping how Facebook, Twitter and other large tech companies curate what appears on their websites, according to multiple people familiar with the matter.
  
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• The Democratic Party deepfaked its own chairman to highlight 2020 concerns

  09-08-2019 21:44 via rss.cnn.com
  The Democratic National Committee wanted to demonstrate the potential threat to the 2020 election posed by deepfake videos — clips created with artificial intelligence that can make people appear to do or say things they never did. So the committee came up with a novel solution: It had experts make one, with its chair as the victim.
  
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• I tried 5G. It will change your life — if you can find it

  09-08-2019 21:44 via rss.cnn.com
  Self-driving cars. Robotic surgeries. Toothbrushes that detect when you're sick. This is the future 5G technology promises in less than a decade's time. But AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile have a long way to go before they deliver on that promise.
  
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• Huawei unveils its rival to Android. It's called Harmony

  09-08-2019 21:44 via rss.cnn.com
  Huawei has finally unveiled its own operating system, a move that could help shield the smartphone maker from the escalating US-China trade war.
  
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• Amazon is investigating alleged child labor law violations at a Foxconn facility that makes Echoes and Kindles

  09-08-2019 21:44 via rss.cnn.com
  A new report from China Labor Watch accuses Foxconn of worker abuse, poor pay and imposing long hours on employees who make popular Amazon devices. Amazon said in response that it has opened an investigation.
  
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• Twitter Restores Mitch McConnell Campaign Account After GOP Freak-Out - The Daily Beast

  09-08-2019 21:27 via thedailybeast.com
  Twitter Restores Mitch McConnell Campaign Account After GOP Freak-Out  The Daily BeastPast Flip-Flops Cloud Trump's Position on Background Checks  The New York TimesTrump says there's support for background checks  CBS NewsHarmeet Dhillon: McConnell campaign's Twitter ban new shot in Big Tech war on conservatives – Wake up, America  Fox NewsMitch McConnell, the ‘do nothing’ Senate leader  The Washington PostView full coverage on
  
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• How These Sharks Glow Neon Green to their Friends

  09-08-2019 21:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  The biofluorescent shark Scyliorhinus retifer. (Credit: David Gruber)(Inside Science) -- When we look at the seafloor, we might not see the bottom-dwelling sharks that blend in with the rocks and the sand. But to other sharks of the same species, they stand out like green glow sticks. Now scientists know how.In 2014, marine biologist David Gruber, from the City University of New York, and his team discovered that two species of bottom-dwelling sharks are biofluorescent. The swell shark
  
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• Ancient African Ancestors Lived In High Mountains, Ate Rodents of Unusual Size

  09-08-2019 20:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  Ethiopia's Bale Mountains. (Credit: Michele Alfieri/Shutterstock)High-altitude environments are not exactly welcoming places to call home. It’s hard to breathe, there’s little shelter and being that much closer to the sun means more exposure to UV radiation. The inhospitable conditions are why high mountains and plateaus were some of the last places on Earth humans occupied. Now researchers find prehistoric humans lived in a high-altitude rocky outcrop in Ethiopia’s Bale M
  
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• The US isn't winning Trump's trade war, everyone is losing - Washington Examiner

  09-08-2019 20:50 via washingtonexaminer.com
  The US isn't winning Trump's trade war, everyone is losing  Washington ExaminerChina expert Gordon Chang praises Trump's tariffs: 'The Chinese are now doing things which smell desperate'  Fox NewsTrump says US government won't do business with Huawei, not ready to make a trade deal with China  CNBCWhy Vietnam is emerging as a 'winner' and possible new target of the US-China trade war  South China Morning PostWashington’s China trade dilemma &nbs
  
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• Narendra Modi says Kashmir power grab “a new era” for India - Vox.com

  09-08-2019 20:30 via vox.com
  Narendra Modi says Kashmir power grab “a new era” for India  Vox.comInside Kashmir's lockdown: 'Even I will pick up a gun'  BBC NewsIndian troops fire tear gas as mass protests erupt in Srinagar  Al Jazeera EnglishWhat the Kashmir decision means for Indian federalism — and democracy  The Washington PostFears of TOTAL WAR as Indian warships prepare for Pakistan-based terror attack  Express.co.ukView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Perseids NASA live stream: How to watch the Perseid meteor shower online - Express.co.uk

  09-08-2019 20:16 via express.co.uk
  Perseids NASA live stream: How to watch the Perseid meteor shower online  Express.co.ukSkywatching Spider Photobombs 2019 Perseid Meteor Shower  Space.comAustralia Perseids 2019: How to watch the meteor shower light up the night in Australia  Express.co.ukBLOG: Friday PM T-Storms, Perseid Meteor Shower  WAVY.comSPACE PLACE: Perseid meteor shower, full 'sturgeon' moon  13News NowView full coverage on Google News
  
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• West Nile-infected mosquitoes found in Thornton - 9News.com KUSA

  09-08-2019 18:56 via 9news.com
  West Nile-infected mosquitoes found in Thornton  9News.com KUSAMichigan wildlife officials seek ruffed grouse for West Nile virus testing  WWMT-TVWest Nile virus cases rose in the US in 2018, killing 167 people  CNNMosquitoes Test Positive For West Nile In Warrington  Doylestown, PA PatchWest Nile infection count rises to 16 in Las Vegas Valley  KTNV Channel 13 Las VegasView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Keidel: Preseason Games Always A Tough Gauge, But We Did Learn A Little From Giants-Jets - WFAN

  09-08-2019 18:44 via wfan.radio.com
  Keidel: Preseason Games Always A Tough Gauge, But We Did Learn A Little From Giants-Jets  WFANGiants news, 8/10: Injury updates after game vs. Jets  Big Blue ViewGiants have a 'full blown' QB controversy with Daniel Jones – Will Cain | First Take  ESPNThis is already not the same old Jets  New York Post Jets’ Sam Darnold declines to wish Tom Brady happy birthday, cites ‘competitive edge’  The Washington PostView full cover
  
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• Walmart pulls violent video game displays, but not gun sales - KVIA El Paso

  09-08-2019 18:24 via kvia.com
  Walmart pulls violent video game displays, but not gun sales  KVIA El PasoMan charged after setting off fears of Walmart mass shooting  ABC NewsWalmart removes violent video game images after shootings — but it's still selling guns  Yahoo Finance2020 Vision: El Paso and Dayton dominate as Warren calls on Walmart to stop selling guns  Yahoo NewsWalmart Didn’t Solve Its Gun Problem This Week  BloombergView full coverage on Google News
  
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• No AOC, you do not have 'a lot of common ground' with libertarians - Washington Examiner

  09-08-2019 18:22 via washingtonexaminer.com
  No AOC, you do not have 'a lot of common ground' with libertarians  Washington ExaminerOhio man charged with allegedly threatening AOC on Facebook  NBC NewsOcasio-Cortez says her ex-chief of staff's attacks on moderate Dems were 'divisive'  Fox NewsA man wrote on Facebook that AOC ‘should be shot,’ police say. Now he’s in jail.  The Washington PostOhio man charged with threatening to shoot Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, illegally stockpiling a
  
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• 9 Things You Think Are Environmentally Friendly — But Aren't

  09-08-2019 18:07 via feedproxy.google.com
  Hopefully that bag isn't made out of organic cotton. (Credit: Vasiliy Ptitsyn/Shutterstock)We all care about the environment at least a tiny bit. Some
  of us more than others. But there are things a few of us do with the best
  intentions that, it turns out, fall somewhere between not helpful and
  completely counterproductive. Here are some of the worst offenders and how to
  avoid them.Recycling something “just in case”Yeah, sadly, “aspirational
  recycling” is not helpful at al
  
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• Trump unloads on Biden: 'Joe is not playing with a full deck' - Fox News

  09-08-2019 17:55 via foxnews.com
  Trump unloads on Biden: 'Joe is not playing with a full deck'  Fox NewsBill Maher on Biden's 'senior moments': 'Get used to it' if he becomes Dem nominee  Fox NewsJoe Biden: Poor kids are just as bright as white kids  CNNColumn: Don’t like Biden’s gaffes? Consider the alternatives  Chicago TribuneCan Joe Biden keep his lead?  Washington ExaminerView full coverage on Google News
  
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• After massacre, Walmart pulls violent video game displays. Firearms remain on sale.

  09-08-2019 17:52 via nbcnews.com
  The retailer instructed employees in an internal memo to remove any marketing material and turn off or unplug video game consoles that show violent games.
  
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• Woman who lied about spreading HIV charged with misdemeanor - WRDW-TV

  09-08-2019 17:51 via wrdw.com
  Woman who lied about spreading HIV charged with misdemeanor  WRDW-TVGeorgia woman who claimed to use HIV for revenge doesn't have the STD  New York Post Americus woman tests negative for HIV after Facebook video goes viral  WALBWoman claiming to have spread HIV to partners in a viral video gets tests results  WRBLAmericus woman's latest HIV test negative; arrest imminent  The Albany HeraldView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Fukushima nuclear plant out of space for radioactive water

  09-08-2019 17:27
  The utility company operating Fukushima's tsunami-devastated nuclear power plant says it will run out of space to store massive amounts of contaminated water in three years
  
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• Robocall blocking apps caught sending your private data without permission - TechCrunch

  09-08-2019 17:09 via techcrunch.com
  Robocall blocking apps caught sending your private data without permission  TechCrunchThose robocall blocker apps are hanging up on your privacy  CNETRobocall-blocking apps might be sending your private data to third parties  Digital TrendsView full coverage on Google News
  
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• UN: Change Land Use To Avoid A Hungry Future

  09-08-2019 17:06 via technocracy.news
  If global warming isn’t personal enough to scare you to death, the UN trots out the rabid notion that you are going to starve to death as a result of it. Coupled with rising sea levels and shortages of drinking water, mankind has no future unless… it adopts Sustainable Development. ⁃ TN EditorHuman-caused climate change is dramatically degrading the Earth’s land and the way people use the land is making global warming worse, a new United Nations scientific report sa
  
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• Amazon Bonds With Law Enforcement Over Ring Cameras

  09-08-2019 16:49 via technocracy.news
  Amazon is providing police with blanket surveillance in neighborhoods but homeowners bear the cost of installing its Ring cameras that replace doorbells with Internet connected cameras. Privacy? Forget it! ⁃ TN EditorOn July 12, a few hours before dawn, a man in Chandler, Arizona, was jolted awake by an alert on his phone. It was coming from his Ring security camera, which had detected movement outside his home.
  The live feed showed a group of young men breaking into cars. The man hol
  
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• Hubble Showcases New Portrait of Jupiter

  09-08-2019 16:41 via scitechdaily.com
  The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals the intricate, detailed beauty of Jupiter’s clouds in this new image taken on 27 June 2019, by Hubble’s Wide...
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• Improving Solar Cell Efficiency With Nanowire Arrays

  09-08-2019 16:33 via scitechdaily.com
  Transparent electrodes are a critical component of solar cells and electronic displays. To collect electricity in a solar cell or inject electricity for a display,...
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• Germany Fights Global Warming, Slaps Tax On Sausage

  09-08-2019 16:27 via technocracy.news
  The non-existent evidence behind the claim that livestock produce more emissions globally than do automobiles is driving attacks on the meat industry with taxes being levied to discourage consumption. ⁃ TN EditorGerman legislators have proposed raising the sales tax on meat from seven percent to 19 percent to fight climate change and improve animal welfare.
  Research has shown that greenhouse gas emissions from livestock account for a higher percentage of total global emissio
  
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• Algorithmic Detection of Outside Influences on the Media

  09-08-2019 16:23 via scitechdaily.com
  EPFL researchers recently developed an algorithm that maps out the media landscape and reveals biases and hidden influences in the news industry. News consumers may...
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• Huawei unveils phone system that could replace Android

  09-08-2019 14:33
  Huawei has unveiled its own operating system for smartphones.
  
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• China's Currency Devaluation Will Hurt China More Than It Hurts US - The Federalist

  09-08-2019 13:03 via thefederalist.com
  China's Currency Devaluation Will Hurt China More Than It Hurts US  The FederalistTrump Still Has Plenty of Ways to Escalate His China Trade War  BloombergTrump's China trade war rattles the world | Nine News Australia  Nine News AustraliaChina Tries to Teach Trump Economics  The New York TimesThere will be no winners in a currency war  Financial TimesView full coverage on Google News
  
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• You can read this article. An internet blackout means no-one in Jammu and Kashmir can

  09-08-2019 12:12 via rss.cnn.com
  One of the world's most sensitive regions is in the midst of a crisis and could be on the verge of conflict, but the world may not find out what's happening there until it's too late.
  
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• White House will reportedly wait on granting Huawei licenses as the trade war ramps back up

  09-08-2019 09:33 via rss.cnn.com
  American technology companies that had hoped to soon resume sales to Huawei may have to keep waiting.
  
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• Lawmakers embrace hackers in Vegas as 2020 election looms

  09-08-2019 09:33 via rss.cnn.com
  A US Senator, multiple members of congress, and dozens of congressional staffers and members of the intelligence community will descend on Las Vegas this weekend to rub shoulders with hackers at Def Con, one of the world's largest hacking conferences.
  
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• Kashmir's internet blackout could add fear and confusion to its ongoing crisis

  09-08-2019 09:33 via rss.cnn.com
  One of the world's most sensitive regions is in the midst of a crisis and could be on the verge of conflict, but the world may not find out what's happening there until it's too late.
  
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• Neo-Nazi website founder owes $14 million to woman he urged readers to harass

  09-08-2019 09:17 via nbcnews.com
  Tanya Gersh said she and her family received threatening and horrifying messages for months after Daily Stormer founder Andrew Anglin encouraged a "troll storm."
  
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• Radical New View of Gene Control

  09-08-2019 08:05 via scitechdaily.com
  Along the genome, proteins form liquid-like droplets that appear to boost the expression of particular genes. In recent years, MIT scientists have developed a new...
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• Samsung Galaxy Book S debuts with Snapdragon 8cx, 23 hours of battery life and weighs under 1 kg - Notebookcheck.net

  09-08-2019 06:31 via notebookcheck.net
  Samsung Galaxy Book S debuts with Snapdragon 8cx, 23 hours of battery life and weighs under 1 kg  Notebookcheck.netICYMI #147: Samsung Galaxy Book S, Galaxy Note 10 Maxis contract, Asus ROG Phone 2 Malaysia & more!  SoyaCincauSamsung Galaxy Note 10 vs Huawei Mate 30 Pro: the flagship phones, head to head  T3Save $80 on the 128GB Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2019) at Amazon  PhoneArenaDigital Trends Live: Galaxy Note 10, a home cocktail dispenser, and mor
  
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• Dark Matter May Be Older Than the Big Bang

  09-08-2019 06:28 via scitechdaily.com
  A new mathematical model suggests dark matter may have been produced before the Big Bang during cosmic inflation, when space was expanding rapidly. Researchers believe...
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• Flight of the Midge Larva: How These Tiny Creatures Blast Off

  09-08-2019 02:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  via GIPHYImagine trying to bend an inflated bicycle tire tube in half. It's a bit difficult, though not impossible. When you let go, the pressure inside snaps the tube back to its normal shape, as if spring-loaded.What you're doing when you bend the tube is essentially storing energy inside it, to be released all at once when you let go. The trick isn't very useful when it comes to bike tires, of course, but scientists have found that a species of midge has a unique way to put this tech
  
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• Uber reports its largest quarterly loss ever

  09-08-2019 01:50 via rss.cnn.com
  Even by Uber's standards, the company burned through a staggering amount of money in its most recent quarter.
  
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• Facebook offers media outlets millions to license content, WSJ reports

  09-08-2019 01:50 via rss.cnn.com
  Facebook has reportedly offered several news outlets millions of dollars in exchange for the rights to display their content in a news section it plans on adding.
  
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• Broadcom to acquire Symantec's enterprise security software business

  09-08-2019 01:50 via rss.cnn.com
  Chipmaker Broadcom is buying cybersecurity specialist Symantec Corporation's enterprise security business for $10.7 billion in cash, the companies announced Thursday.
  
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• Atlanta bans electric scooters at night, after deadly wrecks

  09-08-2019 00:53
  During what's become a deadly summer for riders, Atlanta is banning electric scooters in the nighttime hours
  
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• Russia-linked Twitter accounts promoted 'doxxing' over racial tension videos

  09-08-2019 00:52 via nbcnews.com
  Clemson University researchers found videos of confrontations between white people and minorities received instrumental early social media promotion from inauthentic accounts.
  
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• Uber posts biggest quarterly loss ever after stock payouts

  09-08-2019 00:50
  Uber posted its largest quarterly loss ever after making huge stock-based payouts in the months following its stock market debut
  
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• Atlas 5 launch adds to US military's secure communications satellite network - Spaceflight Now

  09-08-2019 00:41 via spaceflightnow.com
  Atlas 5 launch adds to US military's secure communications satellite network  Spaceflight NowAir Force cubesat successfully deployed from Atlas 5 upper stage  SpaceNewsThere's a new anti-jamming satellite in orbit  C4ISRNetULA successfully launches fifth US Air Force-protected communications satellite  TechCrunchThe Atlas V rocket's 'jellyfish' in the sky  Florida TodayView full coverage on Google News
  
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