Virgin Orbit is committing to double its launch rate in 2022. Company CEO Dan Hart says the company is focused on "ramping up" and expanding operations globally after its successful satellite launch on Wednesday. The company sent a 70-foot rocket that deployed seven satellites into orbit, including ones for the U.S. Defense Department and the royal Netherlands Airforce. Virgin Orbit already has agreements in place to launch from the island of Guam and Cornwall in the United Kingdom.
Instagram will begin testing changes to its app to make it look more like TikTok. Facebook's head of Instagram Adam Mosseri says the app plans to start showing users full-screen, recommended videos in their feeds. Mosseri specified that TikTok and YouTube are reasons for these changes and cites them as serious competitors. Users will begin seeing changes on the app over the coming months. Instagram has already tried to look more like TikTok with its introduction of reels last year.
Twitter is giving out 140 NFTs, featuring seven different designs. The NFTs will be available on NFT marketplace Rarible. The social media giant is handing out the NFTs directly to people who reply to its original tweet announcing the giveaway. Twitter now joins the many brands, celebrities, and companies that are minting and auctioning off NFTs. Rarible has been one of the biggest benefactors from the NFT boom, raising over $14 million in funding.