Rocket Ship Cat Condo: Give Your Cats Some Space

Imagined by Tucker Murphy Pet and available on Wayfair, the 54″ Bernoussi Cat Condo is a piece of cat furniture shaped like a rocket ship. The squared-off rocket features four levels of fun, with a comfy cushion on each level, hanging fluffy balls for batting around, and scratch pads for scratching. Honestly, make a human-sized version, and I’d spend most of my day in it.

Add this cat condo to your home, then treat your cats to some grade-A catnip and let them go play catronauts for a few hours! They might actually think they’re in space. I mean, if cats have a concept of space, which they probably don’t, now that I think about it. Even I have a hard time grasping the concept, and it’s right there on the other side of the atmosphere.

Don’t already have a space-themed room where this cat rocket would fit right in? Well, get decorating – a space theme is one of the best themes for a room. It’s right up there with the tiki bar. And that’s pretty much it. It’s either space or a tiki bar in my home, and one room that’s both.

SpaceX Rakes in $55 Million Profit Even as Starship Waits to Fly

Following back-to-back annual losses, SpaceX has reportedly turned a profit during the first quarter of the year despite an increase in costs as the company continues to spend on its unproven Starship rocket, which has not flown.

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U.S. Space Companies Becoming Prime Targets for Foreign Malware, Federal Agencies Warn

As private space companies have ramped up production and launches in the past several years, they’ve also been unwittingly putting a target on their back. U.S. government agencies are warning the private space sector that they are in the crosshairs of foreign intelligence agencies.

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10 Reasons You Should Be Watching Foundation

Yes, there’s a lot of genre TV on a lot of different streamers—and yes, Apple TV+’s Foundation is a high-concept show at the midpoint of its second season. But if you’re a sci-fi fan, and you’re not tuning in (it’s adapted from the works of Isaac Asimov), you’re missing out on unique characters, multiple threads of…

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The Maui Fires Are Messing With Hawaii’s Prized Coral Reefs

Devastating wildfires that have killed more than 100 people have also created dangerous conditions for fragile wildlife and natural ecosystems off Maui’s shores. Scientists and officials are worried that coral reefs near Maui are going to be hurt in the aftermath of these fires.

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Sega completes purchase of Rovio for $776 million

Sega Sammy has completed its purchase of Angry Birds developer Rovio, officially plunking down a cool $776 million to acquire the company. The deal was first floated back in April, but both companies had to jump through some finalization and regulatory hoops. Sega’s hoping the purchase will give them a stronger foothold in the mobile space, despite the golden days of Angry Birds fandom passing almost 15 years ago.

However, Rovio is not just the one IP. Beyond Angry Birds and its many spinoff games, the company is known for the match-three puzzler Sugar Blast and the narrative mystery title Small Town Murders. Okay, those aren’t exactly high-profile IPs, but Sega gets something beyond recognizable franchise titles with this purchase. It gets a ready-made infrastructure for developing, publishing and advertising mobile games. This means it can hit the ground running when making mobile titles based on its own IPs, like Sonic, Samba de Amigo, Persona, Football Manager and others. There’s also hundreds of older games just waiting for mobile ports.

Back in April, CEO Haruki Satomi said that “the mobile gaming market has especially high potential, and it has been Sega’s long-term goal to accelerate its expansion in this field.”

Beyond Sega’s pre-existing franchises, the company will likely continue with more Angry Birds mobile games. Despite losing some of that late 2000s luster, Angry Birds is still a fairly hot commodity, with related movies, TV shows and even a bizarre restaurant in New York City. Maybe pairing up those annoyed avians with a certain blue hedgehog will bring the one-time mobile smash back into the collective consciousness. Now, who’s up for flinging Knuckles into a bunch of pigs?

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/sega-completes-purchase-of-rovio-for-776-million-191525883.html?src=rss

Woman Accused Of Killing 6-Year-Old Girl, Dumping Body On Mom’s Lawn Pleads Not Guilty

Authorities allege Hannah Landon beat and strangled Bella Fontenelle, stuffed her body in a bucket and wheeled it to her mom’s house on a wagon.

Let's Talk About Blue Beetle's Post-Credit Scenes

The new era of DC Studios is kicked off with Blue Beetle, originally part of the old regime, it now starts off James Gunn and Peter Safran’s new slate of heroes in a big way.

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Twitch Will Finally Let You Ban Users From Your Streams

Twitch is finally letting streamers block out those viewers they’ve already banned from chat. However, these bans won’t be based on any user identifier beyond accounts, so the various kinds of insufferable Twitch-holes who are dedicated enough could still find ways to watch.

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Everything You Need to Know Before Watching Ahsoka

A brand new Star Wars show comes to Disney+ next week but, unlike many of its predecessors, it’s more of a sequel than an original. Star Wars: Ahsoka debuts on August 22 and though it promises to tell a brand new story, wholly accessible to any Star Wars fan that wants to watch, Ahsoka and her place in the universe is…

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