If you’ve been spending much of the last 24 hours inside a secure building fearing that a spent Soviet spacecraft part might land on your head, then the good news is that it’s safe to come out now. The object — part of the Kosmos-482 spacecraft that launched 53 years ago — crashed to Earth at around 9:24 a.m. Moscow time (2:24 a.m. ET) on Saturday, according to the Russian space agency Roscosmos. Recommended Videos While there have been no eyewitness reports of the 1,000-pound part coming down, Roscosmos has said it believes the object landed in the Indian Ocean west of Jakarta, Indonesia. Related Debris from spent rockets or satellites enters Earth’s atmosphere all the time, but most of it burns up before reaching our planet’s surface. Kosmos-482, however, was made of sterner stuff, as it had been designed to withstand the extreme pressure and heat of Venus, the planet where it was supposed to have landed just over 100 days after its launch back in 1972. The Kosmos-482 mission was over shortly after it began, when a rocket malfunction during launch meant that it would never be able to reach its destination. After the vehicle’s upper stage failed to properly ignite, it remained trapped in a highly elliptical Earth orbit where it stayed for more than half a century before eventually reentering Earth’s atmosphere on Saturday. While some folks may have had concerns about the great lump of metal landing on their head, the European Space Agency had tried to put things into perspective prior to its return, saying: “The risk of any satellite reentry causing injury is extremely remote. The annual risk of an individual human being injured by space debris is under 1 in 100 billion. In comparison, a person is about 65,000 times more likely to be struck by lightning.”

Taylor Swift is being subpoenaed as a witness in Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni's ongoing case. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images 2025-05-10T23:08:05Z Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Taylor Swift has been subpoenaed in the legal battle between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. A spokesperson for Swift told outlets the subpoena is "tabloid clickbait." Baldoni and Lively, who starred in "It Ends with Us," filed dueling lawsuits against each other. Taylor Swift is the latest big name to appear in Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni's contentious legal scuffle.TMZ reported on Friday that Baldoni's attorney, Bryan Freedman, subpoenaed Swift as a witness in the case related to "It Ends With Us," a 2024 romance film starring Baldoni and Lively. Although the film did well at the global box office, its success has been overshadowed by the behind-the-scenes rift between its leading stars. In addition to acting, Baldoni directed the film, and Lively was billed as a producer. In response to the subpoena, a spokesperson said Swift had minimal involvement in the film beyond licensing her song "My Tears Ricochet.""Taylor Swift never set foot on the set of this movie, she was not involved in any casting or creative decisions, she did not score the film, she never saw an edit or made any notes on the film, she did not even seeThe spokesperson said the decision to subpoena one of the world's biggest pop stars was made to create "tabloid clickbait.""The connection Taylor had to this film was permitting the use of one song, 'My Tears Ricochet.' Given that her involvement was licensing a song for the film, which 19 other artists also did, this document subpoena is designed to use Taylor Swift's name to draw public interest by creating tabloid clickbait instead of focusing on the facts of the case," the spokesperson said.Representatives for Swift, Lively, and Baldoni did not respond to a request for comment from Business Insider. Lively and Baldoni have countersued each otherSo far, neither Lively nor Baldoni has backed down in their legal battle.Following the August 2024 premiere of "It Ends With Us," based on Colleen Hoover's eponymous book, Lively filed a complaint with the California Civil Rights Department accusing Baldoni of sexually harassing her and creating a "hostile work environment that had nearly derailed production of the Film."The complaint also accused Baldoni and his team of attempting to damage Lively's public reputation. The complaint, formalized into a lawsuit last December, mentioned Swift by name.Baldoni sued The New York Times for libel last December after the outlet published an article about Lively's accusations. One month later, Baldoni accused Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, of taking over the film and attempting to hurt his reputation in a $400 million lawsuit. Both Lively and Reynolds have asked for Baldoni's lawsuit to be dismissed. Recommended video

Video game companies are lying to us about everything – Reader’s Feature GameCentral Published May 11, 2025 1:00am You are not their customer (ESRB) A reader is sceptical about the current leadership in the video games industry and worries that the needs of gamers are not the priority for publishers. The games industry is in such a strange place at the moment. On the one hand we have amazing games being released, with things like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Blue Prince, and Monster Hunter Wilds. And on the other we have publishers acting like monsters, cutting hundreds of jobs at a time, while making billions in profits. Not only that but making business decisions so stupid that its left ordinary gamers like me absolutely baffled. It’s not just the obsession with live service games (which Sony proved this week they still can’t shake) but the total refusal to deal with the rising cost of making games, with anything other than price rises. When even Nintendo sees that as the only answer you know they’re not even trying to address the problems, and that’s what got me to thinking. It seems to me that nobody high up in the games industry is in the slightest bit interested in being a custododian, as you might say, of gaming. Nobody is looking out for its long term health, nobody cares whether people lose their jobs or developers go under, and definitely nobody cares about art. You might call me naïve for even thinking any of these things were possible but whenever something bad happens in gaming I think back to that awful photo of Phil Spencer (the head of Xbox) and the head of Blizzard at the time, standing in front of hundreds of Blizzard employees, a huge number of which got laid off only a few days later. Both men must’ve known that at the time but they’re both grinning away as if they’re at a pop concert, soaking up the adulation from their ‘fans’. Nobody in charge of a game publisher is in the role for anything other than themselves. They don’t even care about the company, just their own money, bonuses, and eventual golden parachute. Remember when the head of Microsoft had Game Pass targets removed from the list of things he had to do to get a bonus? These people don’t care about anything but their own bank balance. They’re only human, I suppose you could say. I’m not sure I would be any different if I was earning $10 million a year. But then recently I was watching a video by Alanah Pearce, who used to work at Sony Santa Monica, about everything that’s going on. It’s very interesting, and only 20 minutes long, so I advise everyone to watch. A lot of it was familiar to me from things GC has said in the past, about publishers not being interested in what gamers want but instead what will please investors. They make money from selling games, obviously, but that takes time to filter through. Most of the actual cash flow, as I understand, comes from investors and venture capitalists. What this video makes clear, is that we ordinary people are not even the customers of these companies, of Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony, EA, Ubisoft and the rest. The investors are. Everything games publishers do they do for them. Once you realise that all the dumb decisions suddenly start to make sense. There’s too many live service games and gamers want more single-player games, but it never happens. Why? Because investors know about Fortnite, Minecraft, and the rest and they want more of that. Even just the potential of a hit of that scale is far more important to them than just a modest profit from a normal game. Already sick of hearing about AI in games? Tough. Investors love it. Even if it doesn’t work and it’s going to ruin the economy by putting so many people out of work, if they find out AI is involved they’re more likely to invest. And it’ll be the same for whatever dumb buzzword is next in tech, just like it was for NFTs. Games are getting too expensive to make so maybe we should cut budgets and shorten games… that doesn’t make sense to investors. They don’t understand, or want to understand, gaming so the only logical thing to them is to put more money in to get more money out. If any publisher tries to pretend to you that they’re doing it for the gamers or give a damn about what the game is or who’s making it… they’re lying. All they’re interested in is what pleases investors. Even laying people off is part of that, because that’s what investors expect any company to do, that isn’t showing infinite growth. More Trending Everything bad that’s happening to the games industry right now is because of greedy execs looking out for themselves and uncaring investors looking for easy money. Any good games that come out of that is purely a side product and no one that could make things better has any interest in doing so. Publishers don’t care about games, and they definitely don’t care about you. By reader Grackle Why are they smiling? (ResetEra) The reader’s features do not necessarily represent the views of GameCentral or Metro. You can submit your own 500 to 600-word reader feature at any time, which if used will be published in the next appropriate weekend slot. Just contact us at gamecentral@metro.co.uk or use our Submit Stuff page and you won’t need to send an email. GameCentral Sign up for exclusive analysis, latest releases, and bonus community content. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Your information will be used in line with our Privacy Policy

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District 27 Coffee Shop / INS StudioSave this picture!© Akasa Rana Architects: INS Studio Area Area of this architecture project Area:  216 m² Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2024 Photographs Photographs:Akasa Rana Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project Manufacturers:  Dekson, Ikea, Jaya Board, Mortar Utama, Philips, TOTO INDONESIA, Taco, mulia glass Lead Architect: Wisnu Wardhana More SpecsLess Specs Save this picture! Text description provided by the architects. The Reuse Project is part of the development of architectural theory that also falls within the category of sustainable architecture. This is one of the real examples of a Reuse Project that we completed this year.Save this picture!Save this picture!The existing structure of the building was formerly a medical laboratory used by a health clinic that is no longer in operation. The building owner then leased it to a new tenant, who decided to repurpose it with a new function. The tenant chose to transform the space into a community space that also functions as a local coffee shop.Save this picture!The building faces the west, exposing its façade to intense afternoon sunlight. To address this, we partially enclosed the front using frosted glass blocks and curved walls, which help diffuse the light and cast varying shadows across the façade from noon to evening.Save this picture!Save this picture!We began by assessing the existing room partitions already in place. The limited space available in the leased property became the main consideration in planning the new layout. We divided the seating area into two parts using frosted glass blocks to create private spaces so that the seating area would not feel overcrowded.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!The coffee bar was placed in the center of the layout as the focal point of the main activity, directly connected to the kitchen and service area. A "dead corner" formed due to the existing floor plan was turned into a "mirror selfie" spot for visitors by installing a large mirror that visually expands the space as one heads toward the restroom.Save this picture!The entire exterior of the building was finished using cement colored in terracotta as a representation of the dominant local color palette, setting it apart from the surrounding buildings.Save this picture! Project gallerySee allShow less Project locationAddress:Makassar, IndonesiaLocation to be used only as a reference. It could indicate city/country but not exact address.About this officeINS StudioOffice••• Published on May 11, 2025Cite: "District 27 Coffee Shop / INS Studio" 10 May 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1029994/district-27-coffee-shop-ins-studio&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save世界上最受欢迎的建筑网站现已推出你的母语版本!想浏览ArchDaily中国吗?是否 You've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors, offices and users.Go to my stream

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