The Download: saving the “doomsday glacier,” and Europe’s hopes for its rockets
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Summary
Today’s must-reads include Europe attempting to launch its own commercial rockets and Tesla recalling its Cybertrucks.
The new nonprofit Arête Glacier Initiative has been set up to find out more about the likelihood of the Thwaites glacier in Antarctica collapsing.
Elon Musk has been granted access to US plans for war with China, despite the fact that Tesla relies heavily on its trade with China and SpaceX is a defence contractor for the US.
Facebook’s AI unit used a library of pirated books to train its AI model, despite considering paying for the books before deciding to use LibGen instead.
A judge has ruled that All I Want For Christmas Is You was not stolen from other writers, in a ruling supporting the singer’s fight for artistic rights.
A cyber attack on 3rd November took down the Ukrainian government’s official website as well as that of its defence ministry and two major banks.