Source: Japan’s ispace confirms that Hakuto-R failed its lunar landing
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Hakuto-R Mission 1, ispace’s first Moon landing mission, was unsuccessful, and there is a “high probability” that the lander crashed upon its attempted landing.
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🚀 The spacecraft was in vertical position before approaching the lunar surface.
🌑 Ispace was unable to complete “Success 9” of its lunar landing mission plan.
🔍 The company is still analyzing the telemetry data to determine the root cause of the failure.
Source: UK regulator blocks Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard merger over cloud concerns
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The UK Competition and Markets Authority is blocking Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard over concerns that the deal would hand too much power to Microsoft, leading to a monopoly of the nascent cloud-gaming market.
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