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After a booster explosion on Friday, SpaceX successfully caught the upper stage, or spacecraft, portion of its massive Starship rocket from orbit on Saturday — a triumphant milestone for the company. SpaceX made the historic catch using its “chopsticks,” mechanical arms attached to a launch tower, at its facility in Starbase, Texas. Test Flight 15, the most ambitious Starship test yet, marked the first time Elon Musk’s company attempted to catch both the rocket’s booster and upper stage. Musk posted a video on X inspecting the upper stage craft after completing the capture. CNBC
It’s a clear, sunny autumnal day in the East Midlands, and for chartered surveyor Andrew Moffat, 64, that signifies something far more interesting than a much-needed November blue sky. “Look at this,” he says, showing me an app he’s happily prodding at in his Loughborough home. “I’ve got the fridge freezer running, the lights are on, the computer and security system is powered – and there’s zero electricity use. Pretty amazing, really.” Moffat is one of the happier early adopters of the new plug-in solar panels. Telegraph
EcoFlow’s Stream Plug-in Solar Kit is now available to buy in the UK, giving households a new way to generate their own electricity without the need for rooftop solar installation. The system uses solar panels and a microinverter to convert sunlight into electricity that can be used to power everyday appliances. The launch follows changes to UK plug-in solar regulations introduced on 27th August 2026, which have opened up new possibilities for more flexible home solar systems. EcoFlow first announced that the kit would be available to pre-order on 20th August, but general availability begins today. T3.com
Italian regulators have fined social media giant Meta €805m (£670m; $887m) for accessing Android users’ photos without their specific consent. Italy’s Data Protection Authority said Meta did not properly inform about 20 million smartphone users that it had access to their photos and videos via a feature of the Facebook app. It has given Meta, which also runs WhatsApp and Instagram, 60 days to disable the feature by default and seek users’ consent separately. The fine is among the largest an Italian authority has ever imposed on a tech company. BBC
A car maker finishing production of a hatchback when its replacement is just around the corner wouldn’t always count as significant news. But there’s something about the Polestar 2 and the way it has defined the brand – plus the timing of its departure and its replacement coming at a particularly uncertain-feeling juncture – that makes it feel unusually important. Autocar
You are looking for some gifts for Christmas and want to support small businesses when you shop. When you visit the site of one you’ve heard good things about you are asked to verify that you are human.Instead of clicking on a series of images, or typing letters that appear, just as you have seen before, you are asked to press a series of keys and then press enter. This is a tactic known as the “ClickFix” scam one of the most popular used by criminals to trick people into infecting their own computer with malicious software. The Guardian
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