Virgin Galactic is going public to fund its expensive tourist spaceflights
By Steve Dent From engadget It’ll keep the company running until commercial launches begin. Space tourism company Virgin Galactic has announced that it will go public via a merger with an investment firm. Its new partner, Social Capital Hedosophia (SCH), will invest…
Jaw-dropping video shows Virgin Galactic pilots blasting into space
By Mark Kaufman From Mashable The spaceship Unity left Earth Friday morning and then successfully glided back down to California’s Mojave desert. Virgin Galactic pilots Dave Mackay and Mike Masucci flew the aerospace company’s fifth-supersonic powered test flight — with…
Blasting through your Bitcoin
Do you own a Bitcoin or two? Lucky you – especially if you got them before all the crazy market fluctuations of 2017. Why haven’t you used them yet? Is it because they seem like a pirate hoard to be…
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US Convicted Pa. AG says she’ll resign on Wednesday Pennsylvania’s embattled attorney general said she will step down from her post effective Wednesday afternoon following her conviction earlier this week on charges that she leaked confidential investigative material to a…
Pay with Bitcoin: 10 of the most interesting places to spend it
By Lyndsey Gilpin From Tech Republic Bitcoin continues to gain popularity as a digital currency, but what businesses actually accept them? Here are 10 prominent online and brick-and-mortar retailers. It still takes some searching to find places to spend your…