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Defence department puts out call for satellites that can talk to each other and to the ground, are ‘scalable, rapidly deployable and reconstitutable’ Defence is looking for a mesh of military space satellites that can talk to each other as well as to the ground, and is “scalable, rapidly deployable and reconstitutable”. The system, in other words, would need to be able to be made bigger, to be quickly put into action and to be repaired in case of attack or accident. The military network could include the ability to track high-velocity projectiles and the use of infrared, would need…

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes attempted to flee the US shortly after her conviction on fraud charges last year, prosecutors claim. According to a new court filing, the 38-year-old bought a one-way ticket to Mexico last January. “Only after the government raised this unauthorised flight… was the trip cancelled,” prosecutors said. Holmes was convicted for defrauding investors in her blood testing start-up that was once valued at $9bn (£7.5bn). The former Silicon Valley star falsely claimed the technology could diagnose disease with just a few drops of blood. But it did not work and – facing multiple lawsuits – the company…

Around 25 million people in California are under a flood watch this weekend as the latest in a parade of deadly storms drenches the state. Several waterways have flooded, at least 19 people have died and thousands have been told to evacuate their homes. In Montecito, a town 84 miles (135km) north-west of Los Angeles, locals say the rain aggravates their trauma. A mudslide here killed 23 people in 2018 and many are afraid it could happen again. Rita Bourbon credits Italian stone masons with saving her life. The craftsmen built her home more than a century ago and she…