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By Max A. Cherney Silicon Valley-based artificial intelligence chip startup d-Matrix has raised $110 million from investors that

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Roiled by an oil price spike

Russia's central bank announced Wednesday it plans to sharply step up support for the ruble, which has weakened considerably after 18 months of Western sanctions...

By Nichola Groom A fleet of U.S. offshore wind projects central to President Joe Biden's climate change agenda

SpaceX is ready to launch its next-generation Starship rocket, according to Elon Musk, pending regulatory approval. Starship is the most powerful rocket ever built, measuring 121 metres in height and capable of producing 5,000 metric tons of thrust. Once testing is complete, the craft will form part of Nasa’s Artemis mission to return astronauts to the Moon. Mr Musk also plans to use the rocket to transport people and cargo around the solar system, eventually using fleets of Starships to establish a permanent human colony on Mars. The next launch will be the second attempt at an orbital flight test, with the only previous effort ending in an explosion just three minutes into the 90 minute flight earlier this year. Each launch attempt requires approval from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), while also requiring favourable weather conditions. “Starship is ready to launch, awaiting FAA licence approval,” Mr Musk posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Wednesday. A spokesperson for the FAA previously told The Independent that the launch licence application for Starship depends on various requirements being met, including reviews on policy, payload, safety, airspace integration, financial responsibility and environmental impacts. “The FAA will make a licence determination only after the agency is satisfied SpaceX meets all licensing, safety and other regulatory requirements,” the spokesperson said. SpaceX typically only reveals the date for rocket tests a few days before they take place, though numerous factors can still delay them. Weather at SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Texas is currently favourable for a launch, though the area can be prone to storms and hurricanes between June and November. SpaceX performed its 62nd orbital rocket launch of 2023 earlier this week, breaking its own record for the most number of launches in a single year. The private company has delivered roughly 80 per cent of all Earth payload mass to orbit in 2023, with Mr Musk predicting that this figure will rise to more than 99 per cent once Starship is in operation. “These magnitudes are madness to consider, but necessary to make consciousness multiplanetary,” he posted on X on Sunday. Read More SpaceX smashes rocket launch record as Musk eyes historic Starship mission SpaceX abandons YouTube for live streams of launches in favour of X/Twitter

Andrew Carnie spotted a curious anomaly in the three New York outposts of his membership club Soho House

What looks like a static clump of birds is actually a constantly moving and highly organized system.

The Week 1 result that seems really meaningful but turns out not to be is a time-honored tradition in college football

Tennis has a fuzzy yellow problem most players don’t think about when they open cans of fresh balls, or when umpires at U_S_ Open matches make their frequent requests for “new balls please.”

It’s impossible to question Keon Coleman’s decision to leave Michigan State now

Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs have been fast starters to the NFL season

YouTube TV’s first season as the carrier of “NFL Sunday Ticket” begins this weekend