US Judge rules Twitter can’t be transparent about amount of surveillance requests processed per year due to “national security” of the 4th Reich

Six years ago, Twitter sued the US government in an attempt to detail surveillance requests the company had received, but a federal judge on Friday ruled in favor of the government’s case that detailing the requests would jeopardize the country’s safety. If Twitter revealed the number of surveillance requests it received each calendar quarter, it Read more about US Judge rules Twitter can’t be transparent about amount of surveillance requests processed per year due to “national security” of the 4th Reich[…]

Disney Plus’ butt cover-up hides a much bigger problem – corporations feel free to put out revisionist histories

There’s a scene in Touchstone Pictures’ 1984 movie Splash where a young Tom Hanks watches a beautiful naked mermaid run off into the ocean from which she came. In the original version, the camera follows Hanks’ gaze, showing a brief glimpse of a naked butt. Splash received a PG rating because of the shot (and Read more about Disney Plus’ butt cover-up hides a much bigger problem – corporations feel free to put out revisionist histories[…]

For the First Time, a Robot Repaired a Satellite in Orbit

Space.com calls it “the first commercial satellite servicing mission.” But more specifically, it’s being called “the first in-orbit rendezvous and docking of two commercial satellites” in a statement from Northrop Grumman Space Systems, which also notes their “subsequent repositioning of the two-spacecraft stack.” And it was all done using robotics floating 36,000km (22,369 miles) above Read more about For the First Time, a Robot Repaired a Satellite in Orbit[…]