Andreas Kornfeld of Alexander Historical Auctions says the phone sold Sunday afternoon to a person who bid by phone. The auction house does not disclose the names of buyers. Bidding for the phone started at $100,000. The red telephone includes a Nazi party symbol and Hitler's name engraved on the back. Occupying Russian officers gave the phone to a British officer, Sir … [Read more...]
SpaceX’s failure could really set the company back
The satellite was, in part, leased by Facebook as part of its project to deliver internet access to Sub-Saharan Africa, marking the social network's first foray into space-based internet delivery, in a partnership with the satellite company Eutelsat. "As I'm here in Africa, I'm deeply disappointed to hear that SpaceX's... failure destroyed our satellite that would have … [Read more...]