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Today is Wednesday, Aug. 4, the 216th day of 2021. There are 149 days left in the year.
by Associated Press
Aug. 3 2021 @ 5:07pm
Today is Wednesday, Aug. 4, the 216th day of 2021. There are 149 days left in the year.
Today s Highlight in History
On August 4, 1987, the Federal Communications Commission voted 4-0 to abolish the Fairness Doctrine, which required radio and television stations to present balanced coverage of controversial issues.
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In 1735, a jury found John Peter Zenger of the New York Weekly Journal not guilty of committing seditious libel against the colonial governor of New York, William Cosby.
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COVID Froze Prison Visits, Spotlighting High Cost of Phone Calls
A person makes a call from a jail in New York City, which in 2019 became the first major U.S. city to offer free phone calls for incarcerated people. More states and localities are considering reducing or eliminating the cost of calls in prisons and jails.
Julie Jacobson
The Associated Press
Before the coronavirus pandemic, Judi Jennings regularly led arts and crafts events in the visitors lobby at the Louisville Metro Department of Corrections in Kentucky.
It wasn’t until in-person visits were suspended last year that Jennings realized how much it costs for people in jail to talk to those outside: around $5 for a 15-minute call to some local landlines, $9.99 for a 15-minute call to a cellphone.
Elon Musk Reveals Starship Progress By Giulia Campos
on August 04 2021 9:20 AM Musk s company is working on Starship to launch cargo and people on missions to the moon and Mars.
Elon Musk on Monday shared photos of SpaceX engineers installing engine boosters on what he hopes will become the new commercial airplane- a Starship to space.
The 29 Raptor engines were fitted overnight on the Starship launch vehicle that will blast off a 23-story rocket booster for its first orbital flight.
According to CNBC, SpaceX has conducted multiple short test flights of Starship prototypes over the past year, but reaching orbit represents the next step in testing the rocket.
03 August 2021, 11:08 pm
(Photo : Screenshot From App Store) SpaceX Starlink Mobile App Hits 90,000 Users in Beta Phase with 4.6 Out of 5 Rating
The SpaceX Starlink mobile app has just reached a new achievement of getting 90,000 users despite only being in its Beta Phase. As of the moment, the mobile app reportedly got a new upgrade this week which reportedly makes it easier for users to find clear patches of sky in order to monitor connection outages.
SpaceX Starlink Mobile App
According to The Verge, the SpaceX Starlink mobile app has also added a new dark mode for its active user interface. The app improvements reportedly came out just yesterday as SpaceX had reported a strong 90,000 active users during the open better than nothing beta phase. The users reportedly span rural regions across 12 different countries as of the moment.
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