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After two years of designing, building, and testing, NordSpace was just 58 seconds away from its dream of flight. That dream will have to wait a little longer. The Markham, Ont.-based aerospace startup was forced to delay the first suborbital flight of its Taiga rocket today, which would have marked the first-ever commercial rocket launch from Canadian soil. “It happens! It’s literally rocket science.” Rahul Goel NordSpace CEO An erroneous trigger of the rocket’s ignition safety system just under a minute from takeoff was the last and final setback that pushed NordSpace outside of its planned launch window. With a…

In a filing with Maine’s attorney general’s office on Thursday, TransUnion attributed the July 28 breach to unauthorized access of a third-party application storing customers’ personal data for its U.S. consumer support operations. TransUnion claimed “no credit information was accessed,” but provided no immediate evidence for its claim. The data breach notice did not specify what specific types of personal data were stolen. In a separate data breach disclosure filed later on Thursday with Texas’ attorney general’s office, TransUnion confirmed that the stolen personal information includes customers’ names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. When reached by TechCrunch, TransUnion…

Veteran indie filmmaker Jim Jarmusch premiered his new movie “Father Mother Sister Brother” today at the Venice Film Festival, where journalists asked him about Mubi, the streaming platform that co-produced the film — specifically, about Mubi’s recent $100 million funding round led by Sequoia Capital. “I was disappointed and disconcerted by this relationship,” Jarmusch said, while noting that his own “relationship with Mubi started much before that, and they were fantastic to work with on this film.” Numerous filmmakers — including those with ties to Mubi — signed an open letter criticizing the streamer for accepting money from Sequoia and…

The United Kingdom recently started enforcing the Online Safety Act’s age-check rules, and The Washington Post reports that it’s already having a significant effect on web traffic. U.K. law now requires pornography websites to verify their users’ ages through means such as face scans and driver’s licenses; it also requires that online platforms prevent children from being exposed to adult content (which is why sites like Bluesky and Reddit have begun checking some users’ ages). To study the law’s effect, the Post says it examined the top 90 porn sites based on U.K. visitor data from Similarweb, finding 14 sites…

I A homicide investigation has rocked the final days of Burning Man after a man was found dead “lying in a pool of blood” Saturday night at the Nevada desert festival, according to the Pershing County Sheriff’s Office. According to the New York Times, the grim discovery occurred around 9:14 p.m. just as the festival’s iconic wooden “Man” effigy began its traditional burn.    The victim, described as a white adult male whose identity remains unknown, was found by a festival participant who flagged down a deputy. Sheriff Jerry Allen confirmed that deputies, Bureau of Land Management rangers, and local…

The Canyon County Prosecuting Attorney charged Baez with malicious injury to property and desecrating a grave.  The Caldwell Police Department (CPD) announced on Monday that Henry Baez was arrested on Aug. 15 on charges of injury to property and desecrating a grave. According to a news release from CPD, Baez has repeatedly desecrated a grave at Canyon Hill Cemetery. Police said that over the past several weeks, the gravesite in question had been repeatedly disturbed, including mounds of trash being dumped and digging near the headstone.

A 51-year-old man was arrested Monday evening in connection with a fatal shooting after his teenage son escaped their Caldwell home and called police. Delbert Cornish was arrested Monday on multiple charges after a woman was found dead in a home on Blaine Street. The Canyon County Coroner identified the woman as 18-year-old Hope Cornish on Tuesday. Delbert is Hope’s non-biological father, a Caldwell Police spokesperson told KTVB. The incident began shortly after 4 p.m. Monday, Aug. 18,  when the teen called 911 to report that his father was armed inside their home. The son told dispatchers he found Cornish…

Federal safety regulators issued a warning about counterfeit  Labubu dolls, known as Lafufus, due to a choking hazard. The Consumer Product Safety Commission urged consumers to avoid buying fake Labubu dolls sold online and elsewhere as they may pose a “serious risk of choking and death to young children. The counterfeit dolls, sold as plush figures and plush keychains, have entered the market as demand for the PopMart Labubu’s has skyrocketed in recent months. Labubu dolls, created by Hong Kong-born artist Kasing Lung, have become a popular collectible item a decade after the toothy monsters were first introduced. The safety agency…

In a motion filed on Monday, the defense stated that they intend to call a psychiatrist, Dr. John Mariani, to show that Carl Rinsch was incapable of forming the intent required for a fraud charge. “Dr. Mariani is also expected to testify that Mr. Rinsch’s mental conditions were likely exacerbated by external factors including the use of prescription stimulants and the psychological impact of the Covid 19 pandemic,” the defense stated. Rinsch was indicted in March on charges that he spent production funds on crypto and on lavish personal expenses, including two handmade Swedish mattresses worth $650,000. He has pleaded not…

In the trailer, Wednesday (Jenna Ortega) wakes up from the coma she fell into after Tyler (Hunter Doohan) threw her out of a window at the Willow Hill Psychiatric Hospital. Weems, dressed as a nurse, greets her: “Rise and shine, sleepyhead! Ready for your sponge bath?” Suddenly, Wednesday and Weems are shown in a dream-like outdoor area with a door that appears to lead nowhere and a massive gorgon head statue with a fireplace in the mouth. “This isn’t hell, Miss Adams, but I understand the confusion,” Weems says. When Wednesday asks, “If I’m not dead, why are you here?,”…