After Blue Origin’s rocket explodes, its spacecraft makes a dramatic escape

There were no passengers on board this flight carrying scientific instruments.

The emergency escape system is seen firing on the New Shepard spacecraft Monday morning after its rocket was lost.

Enlarge / The emergency escape system is seen firing on the New Shepard spacecraft Monday morning after its rocket was lost. (credit: Blue Origin)

An anomaly occurred during an uncrewed flight of Blue Origin's New Shepard launch system on Monday morning.

As the mission carrying three dozen scientific payloads ascended to about 9,000 meters, the New Shepard capsule's solid rocket motor-powered escape system suddenly fired, safely pulling the capsule away from the rocket. This happened 1 minute and 4 seconds after launch.

Blue Origin's webcast did not explain the anomaly, but it appeared that the rocket's flight termination system was activated. This happened after the rocket had passed through max Q, the point at which the vehicle faces maximum dynamic pressure during ascent, and its BE-3 rocket engine was throttling back up to continue climbing on its suborbital trajectory. Suddenly, there was a large, anomalous plume of fire from the rocket's engine, and the escape motor on board the spacecraft fired.

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Fachkräftemangel im Handwerk: Zuckerwort und Peitsche

Eine gutgemachte Imagekampagne soll die Wertschätzung für Handwerksberufe steigern, um junge Menschen dafür zu gewinnen. Doch der Präsident Zentralverbands wünscht sich auch mehr Druck auf Erwerbslose

Eine gutgemachte Imagekampagne soll die Wertschätzung für Handwerksberufe steigern, um junge Menschen dafür zu gewinnen. Doch der Präsident Zentralverbands wünscht sich auch mehr Druck auf Erwerbslose

Netflix partners with Ubisoft to bolster fledgling gaming division

Streaming giant will launch three new mobile games next year based on Ubisoft hits.

Ubisoft’s <em>Valiant Hearts</em> game. The deal with Netflix will allow the French video game maker to tap into new audiences and experiment with fresh formats for existing titles.

Enlarge / Ubisoft’s Valiant Hearts game. The deal with Netflix will allow the French video game maker to tap into new audiences and experiment with fresh formats for existing titles. (credit: Ubisoft)

Netflix has teamed up with Ubisoft, one of Europe’s biggest video game companies, as the streaming giant seeks to bolster its fledgling gaming business.

The California-based streaming service will launch three new mobile games next year based on Ubisoft’s games, including its most successful title, Assassin’s Creed.

The move comes as Netflix attempts to accelerate growth of its new gaming arm amid a slowdown in the company’s streaming business. The streaming group has lost more than half of its market value since April when it revealed its decade-long subscriber growth had ended.

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Sony Xperia 1 IV Gaming Edition has 16GB RAM and Xperia Stream clip-on accessory for cooling and streaming

The Sony Xperia 1 IV is a premium smartphone with a 6.5 inch, 3840 x 1644 pixel OLED display with a 120 Hz refresh rate, a 240 Hz touch sampling rate, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor, and 512GB of storage. When Sony launched the phone earlier …

The Sony Xperia 1 IV is a premium smartphone with a 6.5 inch, 3840 x 1644 pixel OLED display with a 120 Hz refresh rate, a 240 Hz touch sampling rate, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor, and 512GB of storage. When Sony launched the phone earlier this year, it shipped with 12GB of […]

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Everything we know about the upcoming Chromecast HD with Google TV

There’s mounting evidence that Google is preparing to launch a Chromecast HD device which will be positioned as a cheaper alternative to the company’s Chromecast with Google TV. According to a series of recent leaks, the new model will top…

There’s mounting evidence that Google is preparing to launch a Chromecast HD device which will be positioned as a cheaper alternative to the company’s Chromecast with Google TV. According to a series of recent leaks, the new model will top out at 1080p video streaming instead of 4K and have slightly less powerful hardware. But […]

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Metal Hellsinger im Test: Doom trifft Death vom Feinsten

Wahnsinnig gut: Metal Hellsinger ist ein superschneller Shooter im Stil von Doom, in dem neben höllischen Reflexen auch Rhythmus gefragt ist. Von Peter Steinlechner (Spieletest, Steam)

Wahnsinnig gut: Metal Hellsinger ist ein superschneller Shooter im Stil von Doom, in dem neben höllischen Reflexen auch Rhythmus gefragt ist. Von Peter Steinlechner (Spieletest, Steam)

ACE Shuts Down More Illegal Steaming Sites – These Sites May Be Next

The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment has announced the shutdown of seven domains linked to illegal streaming services, together generating at least 27 million visits per month. ACE’s interest in these domains dates back to 2020 and was revealed in DMCA subpoenas issued in the United States. A new batch of similar subpoenas reveal fresh ACE targets.

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new ace seize bannerThere are just three certainties in life – death, taxes, and regular announcements by the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment that more pirate sites have been shut down.

The latest to fall to ACE are all part of an Argentina-based streaming ring, variously branded as Pelismart and Pelispop. ACE says that seven domains, all belonging to the same operator, were taken down in August following enforcement action in July.

27 Million Visits Per Month

ACE says that the four most popular domains – pelismart.com, pelispop.me, pelispoptv.com and pelispophd.com – had combined monthly traffic of over 27 million visits, offering movies and TV shows for streaming and download.

After tracking down their operator, ACE says that an agreement was reached to transfer the domains to ACE and enter into a settlement, the terms of which haven’t been disclosed.

“This is a huge win for the ACE team based in Latin America as we work to protect the legitimate digital ecosystem throughout the region,” said Jan van Voorn, Executive Vice President and Chief of Global Content Protection for the Motion Picture Association.

“While there are larger services that continue to operate in the region, it is only a matter of time before we will shut them down and the operators will undoubtedly have criminal charges filed against them in the countries where they currently reside.”

Sites Identified as Targets Many Months Ago

As part of ACE/MPA investigations, the groups often obtain DMCA subpoenas in the United States that compel intermediaries such as Cloudflare to hand over information on pirate sites.

In November 2020, one such subpoena listed a Pelismart-branded domain as a target. In May 2021, another DMCA subpoena targeting Cloudflare mentioned Pelismart once again. This April, another subpoena citing a Pelispop-branded domain showed that ACE was still on the trail.

Other Pirate Sites Under Investiagtion

DMCA subpoena applications in the United States often provide an early signal that sites are under investigation or face other action, such as site-blocking processes in various jurisdictions.

These are the domains listed in numerous ACE/MPA subpoena applications filed in the last couple of weeks, which require Cloudflare and Tonic Domains to hand over whatever details they hold on their customers:

– cardsharingkaufen.to (IPTV)
– scws.xyz (IPTV)
– watchseries.pics (streaming)
– tamilblasters.cloud (streaming)
– 1tamilMV.team (streaming)
– moviehdfree.net (streaming)
– tvshows88.com (streaming)
– baixarseriesmp4.top (streaming)
– comando.to (streaming)
– 0123movie.net (streaming)
– Imaple.co (streaming)
– momovod.tv (streaming)
– movieffm.cc (streaming)
– streamblasters.live (streaming)
– streamingcommunity.agency (streaming)
– streamingcommunity.best (streaming)
– cb01.kaufen (streaming)
– cb01.rodeo (streaming)
– ilcorsaronero.link (streaming)
– eurostreaming.party (streaming)
– eurekaddl.pics (streaming)
– globsalstore.uk (streaming)
– moviestars.to (streaming)
– netcine.to (streaming)
– ondebaixa.com (streaming)
– supertela.org (streaming)
– warezcdn.com (streaming)
– joymovies.123streamcms.bid (streaming)
– sapphirebilling.net (IPTV)
– televisiongratisenvivo.com (IPTV)
– sltube.com (streaming) – Part of the StreamLare operation and a key enforcement target

The DMCA subpoena documents can be found here (1,2,3,4,5,6,7, pdf)

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