Month: November 2023

The Talos Principle 2: Abenteuer mit Philosophie und Farben

Roboter, die über Menschen philosophieren und viele kluge Dinge sagen – plus Knobelaufgaben: Golem.de hat The Talos Principle 2 getestet. Von Peter Steinlechner (Adventure, Spieletest)

Roboter, die über Menschen philosophieren und viele kluge Dinge sagen - plus Knobelaufgaben: Golem.de hat The Talos Principle 2 getestet. Von Peter Steinlechner (Adventure, Spieletest)

Getting prescription drugs online is so easy. Are regulators paying attention?

Telehealth prescribers flourish in the wake of the pandemic, regulatory gaps and all.

tablet with pills, stethoscope

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It started with a Google search for prescription medications I might get online.

Almost immediately, ads from telehealth companies began chasing me around the Internet, promising access to drugs to make me prettier, skinnier, happier, and hornier. Several of these companies sell anti-aging creams. While decidedly pro-aging, I don’t love the visible effects of my sun-soaked youth. “Sure,” I thought. “Why not?”

Within the hour I had joined the millions of Americans who get prescription drugs from providers in cyberspace.

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Death of a Unicorn: Was tun, wenn man ein Einhorn umgebracht hat?

Paul Rudd und Jenna Ortega töten in dem neuen Film des Studios, das Everything Everywhere All At Once gemacht hat, versehentlich ein Einhorn. Nun ist der Film abgedreht und der komplette Cast bekannt. (Filme & Serien, Streik)

Paul Rudd und Jenna Ortega töten in dem neuen Film des Studios, das Everything Everywhere All At Once gemacht hat, versehentlich ein Einhorn. Nun ist der Film abgedreht und der komplette Cast bekannt. (Filme & Serien, Streik)

After Vulcan slips, Space Force ends up awarding more missions to SpaceX

“It is imperative to rapidly deliver critical space capabilities.”

A Falcon Heavy rocket launches the USSF-67 mission for the US Space Force in January 2023.

Enlarge / A Falcon Heavy rocket launches the USSF-67 mission for the US Space Force in January 2023. (credit: SpaceX)

The US Space Force this week awarded a massive round of launch contracts to two companies to carry its national security satellites and other payloads into orbit over the next several years.

As part of this package, United Launch Alliance (ULA) received 11 launch contracts worth a total of $1.30 billion, and SpaceX got 10 missions worth $1.23 billion. These values include the cost of launch services, mission integration, and "mission success" incentives. The ULA launches will all occur on the company's new Vulcan rocket, while seven of the 10 SpaceX missions will fly on the Falcon 9, and three will fly on the company's larger Falcon Heavy booster.

One of the main intrigues in national security launch is whether the ongoing delays of the Vulcan rocket—which was originally due to launch in 2020—would impact the share of launches ULA received from the government. And based on the latest data, this appears to have happened. Instead of receiving an anticipated 60 percent of launch orders from 2019 to 2023, ULA has only received 54 percent from the military. This amounts to three fewer launches, or a lost value of about $350 million.

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