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SpaceX Lands A $4 Billion Contract To Help Build Trump's Golden Dome

That’s on top of another $2 billion contract awarded to SpaceX earlier this week.

Elon Musk's conglomerate company for space exploration, artificial intelligence and telecommunications can now add military defense to its mission statement. SpaceX was awarded a $4.16 billion contract from the Space Force to build satellites that track foreign aircraft and missiles as part of President Trump's proposed Golden Dome project.

The Space Force uses a more official name for the Golden Dome, called the "Space-Based Airborne Moving Target Indicator," but it's the same missile defense system that's estimated to cost $1.2 trillionover a span of 20 years. From Space Force's press release, the project will use "advanced space-based sensors, secure and rapid communication links, and resilient ground processing" to establish "a persistent, global capability to sense and track airborne targets from space." The Space Force said it would issue multiple contracts as part of this long-term...

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Backrooms is a certified blockbuster with a $38 million opening day

Terrence O'Brien is the Verge’s weekend editor. He has over 18 years of experience, including 10 years as managing editor at Engadget. The Kane Parsons’ film Backrooms is expected to earn up to $90 million in its opening weekend after pulling down $38 million on Friday alone.

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Snap alums unveil Ghost Angels fund

A group of 20 Snap alumni has come together to launch a fund called Ghost Angels to back the next generation of social media. The fund declined to disclose how much it has raised so far, but says it has backed at least five companies and plans to deploy the

Oscar-Winning 'Star Wars' Editor Marcia Lucas Has Died

Marcia Lucas, who edited ‘Star Wars’ and ‘Return of the Jedi,’ has died at 80. Star Wars Marcia Lucas, who won an Oscar for editing the very first Star Wars film, has died at 80 years old from cancer. Lucas was the former wife of Star Wars creator George Lucas

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NVIDIA, Microsoft And Arm Hint That A New Era Of PC Is Coming

NVIDIA, Microsoft, and Arm synchronized their social media feeds with a single cryptic message: "A new era of PC. 25.0528, 121.5990." It was a carefully coordinated, understated tease, but pointing somewhere very specific. Plug those coordinates into Google Maps and they point straight to the Taipei

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Backrooms is a certified blockbuster with a $38 million opening day

Snap alums unveil Ghost Angels fund

Oscar-Winning 'Star Wars' Editor Marcia Lucas Has Died

NVIDIA, Microsoft And Arm Hint That A New Era Of PC Is Coming