SpaceX had a delightful surprise on Wednesday.

The private spaceflight company launched its Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral with Luxembourg’s first military satellite, GovSat-1, in tow.

The satellite, to be used for secure communications over sea and humanitarian operations, was successfully deployed 32 minutes into its flight. 

But in that time, something rather remarkable happened: A Falcon 9 first stage booster survived its water landing in the Atlantic Ocean. That wasn’t supposed to happen. 

In fact, the booster appears to be relatively intact, and now SpaceX will try to bring the rocket back to shore. Read more…

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Source: Mashable | SpaceX rocket meant to be destroyed somehow survives

Logan Paul is getting roasted. Again. 

This time it’s for a controversial comment he left on Cardi B’s Instagram. 

The rapper posted this photo of her at the Grammys on Wednesday with the caption “They trinna crucify me like they did Christ .”

And then Paul — only a month after getting heavily criticized for his deeply insensitive vlog of Japan’s “suicide forest” — commented this:

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Source: Mashable | Logan Paul is getting dragged for his insensitive comment on Cardi B's Instagram

Facebook just can’t help itself. 

Following news Wednesday morning that an Amtrak train full of Congressional Republicans crashed into a truck, the social media site was soon promoting conspiracy theories and lies purporting to explain the sinister forces behind the tragedy that left one person dead. 

For a company that has publicly and repeatedly been accused of enabling the spread of so-called “fake news,” this is just yet another major misstep in a long line of missteps. 

First spotted by The Daily Beast’s Ben Collins, Facebook’s screw up du jour involved the “People Are Saying” section of Trending Topics. The phrase “Charlottesville, Virginia,” which is near where the train wreck occurred, was trending, and clicking through brought a Facebook user to a page with information about the incident.  Read more…

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Source: Mashable | Facebook promoted lies and conspiracy theories following Amtrak crash