This Ariane 5 rocket carried Intelsat 33e and Intelsat 36 into space in 2016. | Photo by JODY AMIET/AFP via Getty Images A communications satellite built by Boeing has fallen apart while in orbit, as reported earlier by Jalopnik. On Saturday, Intelsat said its 33e satellite stopped working due to an “anomaly” before confirming its “total loss” on Monday. “We are coordinating with the satellite manufacturer, Boeing, and government agencies to analyze data and observations,” Intelsat said. The company has since established a board to conduct a “comprehensive analysis of the cause of the anomaly.” The satellite’s breakup doesn’t have great timing for Boeing, following the company’s troubled Starliner mission and a criminal fraud charge over 737 Max plane crashes, The US Space Force also confirmed the incident: U.S. Space Forces-Space (S4S) has confirmed the... Continue reading…

Illustration by Haein Jeong / The Verge Thousands of creatives, including famous actors like Kevin Bacon and Kate McKinnon, along with other actors, authors, and musicians, have signed a statement warning that the unpermitted use of copyrighted materials to train AI models threatens the people who made those creative works. 11,500 names are on the list of signatories so far. Here is the one-sentence statement: “The unlicensed use of creative works for training generative AI is a major, unjust threat to the livelihoods of the people behind those works, and must not be permitted.” The statement was published by Fairly Trained, a group advocating for fair training data use by AI companies. Fairly Trained CEO Ed Newton-Rex told The Guardian that generative AI companies need... Continue reading…

From April to June, the number of abortions performed in the United States rose 11% compared to the same time period last year, according to a new report released on Tuesday.

The Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an attempt by national and state Republicans to immediately reinstate recently passed election rules that a judge had ruled were invalid. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thomas Cox last week ruled that the State Election Board ...

With former President Donald Trump's encouragement, Republicans are voting early again, flocking to the polls for in-person voting ahead of Election Day and helping push the national number above 17 million.The early turnout is breaking records in swing states such as...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said during a press conference on Tuesday that seized Russian assets – the majority of which are said to reside in Europe – would generate enough capital to cover the United States $20 billion portion of the G7's $50 billion loan to Ukraine.

Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy told Politico on Tuesday that former President Donald Trump would win "decisively" if the election were held this week.

Democrat presidential nominee Kamala Harris leads Republican Donald Trump by 4 points nationally among likely voters, according to Morning Consult's latest tracking survey released Tuesday.

Republican Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake's campaign office in east Phoenix was placed in lockdown and then evacuated Tuesday after a staffer opened a letter containing a suspicious substance.

Pollster Frank Luntz has warned Vice President Kamala Harris, cautioning that her presidential bid could falter if she focuses solely on attacking former President Donald Trump, emphasizing that voters need clear policy, not just criticism.