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Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 138, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, happy August, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I've been reading about microwave sounds and Meta glasses and Alex vs. Alix, testing the Logitech Alto Keys K98M to see if I'm ready for the mechanical keyboard life, digging into the history of the first chatbot, clearing space on my desk for a Bob Ross deskmat, doing a full Ted Lasso rewatch ahead of the new season next week, finally getting into Cyberpunk 2077 now tha

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FAA Considers More Starbase Traffic as Skyroot Lands a US Customer

The FAA is weighing an increase in launch and flight traffic at SpaceX's Starbase facility, according to this roundup of rocket industry news. Separately, India's Skyroot Aerospace has secured a customer from the United States. The report also highlights testing progress on a pioneering reusable upper stage being developed for Stoke Space's Nova rocket. Details beyond these developments were not provided in the excerpt available for this summary.

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Blue Origin Commits Heavily to New Glenn Rocket Program

Blue Origin is making a major commitment to its New Glenn rocket, according to Ars Technica. The company is building infrastructure intended to support multiple New Glenn launches per week by the end of the decade. The article provided is brief, so further details such as specific investment amounts or timelines beyond this goal are not available in this source text. The move signals an ambitious push to scale up the company's launch capacity.

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Googlebook Review: Android on a Laptop Still Feels Like Android

Google's Googlebook, an Android-based laptop, is now available as a review subject. The article finds that the device largely retains the traits of the phone operating system rather than offering a fully desktop-class experience. Its reviewer concludes that Android laptops have arrived, but that Google still faces considerable work to make the platform strong in this form factor. The source text is brief, so specifics such as pricing, hardware details, and performance benchmarks are not covered here.

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Global timekeeping body votes to scrap the leap second

The International Bureau of Weights and Measures voted on Thursday to abolish the leap second, a periodic adjustment used to keep official clocks aligned with Earth's uneven rotation. Members had earlier agreed to phase it out by 2035, but the decision has now been accelerated. The change will take effect on May 20 of next year, which coincides with World Metrology Day. The move is intended to avoid potential disruptions to digital infrastructure similar to the concerns raised around the Y2K bug. The article notes the timing reflects a reason that has not been seen before, though the full details are only available in the complete report.

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