STORY: From Blue Origin's explosion to Jensen Huang starring in Taiwan, this is Tech Weekly.

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Blue Origin's giant uncrewed New Glenn rocket exploded in its launch pad during a test firing of its engines.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said damage to the launch pad could take 'serious time' to repair, and cited a possible 2028 time frame.

The rocket blew up during what was supposed to be a routine static "hot-fire" test in preparation for its fourth flight to orbit since January last year.

It's a big setback for Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, as it trues to close the gap with Elon Musk's IPO-bound SpaceX, with both firms racing to help return people to the moon.

But SpaceX was also told to investigate its own recent incident during part of a Starship mission.

U.S. aviation regulators want the firm to see why its giant Starship rocket booster recently crashed into the Gulf of Mexico.

Regulators said they believed there was an issue with the so-called Super Heavy booster section as it returned to Earth.

The mission was otherwise largely a success, and authorities said there were no reports of injuries to members of the public, or of damage to public property.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang made waves at Computex in Taiwan.

He unveiled a new RTX Spark PC chip to bring AI capabilities directly into laptops and desktop computers.

And he held court at a Taipei resutaurant with senior South Korean tech leaders, including the boss of SK Hynix and executives from Samsung and LG.

South Korea is one of Nvidia's key markets and Huang said he'll soon visit the country itself, likely later this week.

A fashion show with a difference was held in the South Korean capital.

The 'physical AI' fashion show imagined what robots will wear in the future.

It even featured robots alongside human models in coordinated looks.

And unionized workers at Samsung Electronics approved a bonus pay deal.

The vote stopped a massive 18-day strike from going ahead.

Two unions for the world's largest memory chipmaker said 74% of over 62,000 workers who cast their votes had supported the deal.

The government-mediated agreement brought relief across South Korea as Samsung makes up for roughly a quarter of the country's exports.