Daily Archives: Mar 17, 2026

James Thompson

Jeff Bezos’ New Glenn Lands at Sea, Sends Twin Mars Probes...

It was a launch that combined firsts, risks, and engineering milestones. On November 13, 2025, Blue Origin's towering 321-foot-tall New Glenn rocket roared off Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 36, carrying NASA's twin ESCAPADE spacecraft on a trajectory unlike any Mars mission before-and then nailed a precision booster landing at...
Charles Mitchell

Google’s CBP Facial Recognition App Puts Silicon Valley in Trump’s Deportation...

It started with a quiet update to the Google Play Store a Customs and Border Protection facial recognition app, now available to local police working with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. At the same time, Google removed community-developed "ICE-spotting" apps, labeling ICE officials as a "vulnerable group" in need of...
William Harrison

U.S. LNG Surge Rewrites Europe’s Energy Map as Russian Pipelines Fade

Russia's decision in 2022 to choke off gas deliveries to Europe was meant to fracture Western unity; instead, it set off a structural shift in the continent's energy system, as it quickened the buildout of liquefied natural gas infrastructure and bound Europe more tightly to U.S. supply chains. The...