We don't have much in the way of upcoming missions but the recap section is great. China went to the Moon, ULA sent people to the ISS, and SpaceX launched its Starship rocket again.
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If you are looking for a new phone, check out the OnePlus 12R which is currently discounted by $50 to $449.99. This is the lowest price this model has been for on Amazon. It's the 8GB/128GB edition.
The Samsung Galaxy S23 FE 5G is now just £449 on Amazon, the lowest price it has ever been. At that price, you save £150 because it's normally £599. This 128GB model is available in three colours.
Meta is rolling out a new feature in Messenger called Communities. These groups can hold up to 5,000 users who can chat in group chats and see important updates in the home feed from admins.
The Samsung M70C is at its lowest-ever price on Amazon. It costs just $361.94, down 40% from its $599.99 list price. This 32-inch monitor can also be used as a TV thanks to pre-loaded streaming apps.
Vodafone has announced that the world's biggest subsea cable, 2Africa, is now connected to the UK via Cornwall in the south of the country. The cable links Europe, Africa, and South Asia.
The Samsung Galaxy Watch6 costs just £179 thanks to this amazing 38% discount on Amazon! The Galaxy Watch6 is an Amazon Choice with speedy delivery, great reviews, and a great price to match!
Anyone on Ubuntu 23.10 needs to think about upgrading to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS now because their version will stop getting updates on July 11. No updates means Ubuntu 23.10 will become less secure.
Google has finally launched NotebookLM to a global audience. It integrates Gemini 1.5 Pro and helps you work on source material. Google heralds it as a great companion for doing research.
If you're looking for a new-on-the-market robot vacuum, check out this iRobot Roomba Vac Essential which you can get now for just $179.99 following a $70 discount off the original $249.99.
If you're on the lookout for a Chromebook tablet with an attachable keyboard, look no further than the 11-inch Lenovo IdeaPad Duet 3, which is currently on sale for just £179.99 in the UK.
The Chinese phone maker Oppo has announced that it's going to bring new AI features to its line-up of devices, from the affordable right through to the premium, to democratise access to AI.
If you're on the hunt for a router, check out the TP-Link Archer BE550. It has all the latest features built in and more. You can get it now for just $249.99, you'll be saving $50.
The AOC Gaming 24G2SPU 24-inch monitor is now available on Amazon for just £109.97 - that's 35% off the original price. It is a well-rated product so it could be a good, affordable option for you.
A study conducted by the University of Victoria, Canada, shows that exercise on Meta's Supernatural VR program is actually vigorous and can be used to meet weekly exercise goals from home.
The Raspberry Pi foundation has launched the Raspberry Pi AI Kit which lets you run AI projects on the device thanks to a Hailo co-processor. What's nice about this product is that it's just $70.
None of Your Business (NOYB), an Austrian privacy organisation, has filed two complaints against Microsoft with the Austrian privacy watchdog. It said Microsoft 365 Education is tracking kids.
New Salesforce data shows that many office workers are excited by AI but that some issues still need to be tackled. One major point Salesforce made was that employees need training in AI first.
You can now get the Google Pixel Fold on Amazon for its lowest-ever price of $1,299. The phone originally cost $1,799 so you're saving a huge $500. Amazon also offers trade-in to lower the cost more.
If you're looking for a tablet for a young child, have a look at the Amazon Fire HD 8 Kids tablet (2022). It just received a 47% discount, pushing it down to its lowest price ever at £79.99.
The Linux Mint team has been working on a substantial upgrade to the Software Manager, which makes it load much quicker and boosts the security by disabling unverified Flatpaks by default.
Three has conducted a survey among parents and found that they worry about their children's lack of digital skills. To help address the skills gap, it has launched workshops in 297 stores.
You can pick up the 256GB iPad Pro 11-inch (M4) from Amazon now with a sweet $55 discount. With this applied, you'll be saving 6% on the original cost with it costing $944 instead of $999.
Are you looking for a new high-end phone? Amazon is currently running a deal for the Galaxy S24 Ultra which will net you savings of up to 24% depending on which size variant you buy.
Nvidia could soon overtake Apple as the second-most valuable company in the world, only behind Microsoft. Nvidia has been doing very well for itself in recent years because it powers ChatGPT.
CISPE, a European cloud provider association, has denied that it is close to a deal with Microsoft to address an antitrust issue. Sources said yesterday that the two were approaching a deal already.
The popular comic app, Webtoon, has filed for initial public offering in the US. If approved, it'll mean anyone in the world can buy a part of this popular business. It's still loss-making now though.
Microsoft could pay out millions of euros to the European cloud provider association, CISPE, for the latter to drop an antitrust case and not file any complaints against it anywhere else in the world.
We have quite a few missions coming up This Week in Rocket Launches. Notably, to start the week, there will be back-to-back Falcon 9 launches carrying Starlink internet satellites to space.
The online marketplace, Temu, has been designated as a very large online platform by the EU after it passed 45 million users in the EU. As a VLOP, it will now be under more scrutiny.
Anthropic has announced Claude Tool Use. It's aimed at developers leveraging Claude for third-party services and with tools, they can make Claude much more powerful, read on to find out more.
OpenAI has announced ChatGPT Edu, an affordable plan for learning centres such as universities. Before now, several prestigious universities had been using the ChatGPT Enterprise plan.
Amazon is currently selling the 98-inch Samsung QLED 4K QN90D TV with a massive $2,000 discount. This brand new TV is at its lowest price ever since being made available on Amazon in April.
Google has announced that it'll invest $2 billion building a data centre and establishing a cloud region in Malaysia. The investment could create 26,500 jobs in the area and boost GDP.
Google has announced the new Fitbit Ace LTE designed to get kids more active using interactive characters called Eejies. The watch costs $229.95 and then has a $9.99 per month Fitbit Ace Pass.
Mistral AI has launched Codestral, its very first large language model for coding tasks. It is fluent in 80+ programming languages and outdoes much of the competition using less compute.
The US Department of Justice has announced the arrest of YunHe Wang for operating what could be the largest botnet ever. While he has been charged, Wang has not yet been convicted.
Former OpenAI safety lead Jan Leike has taken up a job at rival firm Anthropic. There, he will continue his work on superalignment and try to find a way for humans to control powerful AIs.
Microsoft has released a new weekly update for its browser in the Dev Channel. Version 126.0.2592.11 is now available with a new OTP feature, improved reliability, and accessibility improvements.
Helen Toner, one of the board members that tried to overthrow Sam Altman as head of OpenAI, has said the board wasn't given advance notice of the launch of ChatGPT back in November 2022.