Virgin Galactic faces even more setbacks in its paid space travel. Reuters reports that Virgin has postponed its first commercial research flight, Unity 23, to mid-October. The mission was originally scheduled for late September or early October, but a supplier warned of a possible “manufacturing defect” in the flight control actuation system, Virgin said. It … Read more
Google is again postponing the return to personal work. CEO Sundar Pichai told employees the company was postponing the mandatory return to office until January 2022. The current voluntary program will last until January 10th. From then on, Google’s offices will decide when (and if) office work becomes mandatory. Staff will be notified 30 days … Read more
After Amazon previously announced it would return to the office on September 7 this year, Amazon has announced another delay until January 3, 2022, Reuters reported. The plan change comes amid a surge in the highly contagious COVID-19 delta variant in the United States. “As we continue to closely monitor local conditions related to COVID-19, … Read more
Power outages amid ongoing winter storms have affected more than 2,000 COVID-19 vaccination sites, slowing the pace of administering doses, U.S. health officials said Friday. More than a third of U.S. states have reported shipment delays. Government vaccine distribution partners “have all faced challenges as workers have been snowed in and unable to get to work to package and … Read more