# SpaceX building a $100 billion 'Starbase' launch site in Louisiana, Apple walked back a bad idea, and Adam Mosseri says it's 'news to him' that employees limited his exposure to teen safety data

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Podcast: [Engadget News + Next](https://stenobird.com/podcast/engadget-news-next-1001063)
Published: 2026-08-26T11:30:00+00:00
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-SpaceX said the Louisiana facility will be massive with five launch complexes, each with two launch pads. -A now-abandoned plan would have allowed companies to immediately know that they were dealing with a masked address, making the feature essentially useless. -One bit of internal research that surfaced during the trial Tuesday was from a 2023 slide deck prepared by Instagram designers and others about teen safety on the app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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