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SpaceX is building a water pipeline to Starbase — but access comes with some conditions

7 August 2025 at 17:30
SpaceX has reportedly distributed an “unconditional and perpetual agreement” to non-SpaceX affiliated homes that would exchange access to Starbase’s water and sewer system for residents’ agreement to leave the area for “any and all launch, testing and other operational activities.”

Truth Social’s AI search is powered by Perplexity, but the platform can set limits on sources

7 August 2025 at 14:18
The search engine, dubbed Truth Search AI, is already available on the web version of Truth Social, with public Beta testing on the iOS and Android apps planned for “the near future.”

Trump says Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan must ‘resign immediately’

7 August 2025 at 13:03
Trump's post comes after Republican Senator Tom Cotton on Wednesday wrote to Intel's board of directors, asking about Tan's ties to China, his investments in the country, and raised concerns about his time leading Cadence Design Systems, which had a Chinese military university as a customer.

Library of Congress explains how parts of US Constitution vanished from its website

7 August 2025 at 12:55
The U.S. congressional agency confirmed to TechCrunch that the removal of key sections of the Constitution from its website were removed in error. The full text has now been reinstated.

Two teens charged in attack on former DOGE official Edward ‘Big Balls’ Coristine

7 August 2025 at 00:45
Two 15-year-olds have been charged with unarmed carjacking after allegedly attacking Edward "Big Balls" Coristine, the teenage software engineer and former Neuralink intern who became a prominent figure in the Trump administration's cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

TeaOnHer, a rival Tea app for men, is leaking users’ personal data and driver’s licenses

6 August 2025 at 19:40
The newly launched app, now trending on Apple's App Store, contains at least one major security flaw that exposes the private information of its users, including their uploaded selfies and government-issued IDs.
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