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Elon Musk announces SpaceX's Starlink project set for go-live next month

Posted on Mon Sep 20, 2021, 12:44 am

Elon Musk has announced that his SpaceX Starlink project, which aims to deliver global broadband service through a satellite constellation, will go live in O ...

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Healius Ltd (ASX: HLS) Share Price and News

Posted on Thu Sep 16, 2021, 4:59 pm

Mr Hubbard previously held partnership positions in the accounting, corporate finance, assurance and audit divisions of PricewaterhouseCoopers and acted as external auditor for some of Australia's ...

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The Price of Sugar

Posted on Mon Sep 13, 2021, 5:01 pm

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Precision Medicine 2018

Posted on Mon Sep 13, 2021, 5:01 pm

Our 3rd Annual Precision Medicine Virtual Conference is now available On Demand! Precision Medicine 2018 will continue the dialogue and provide updates on new efforts in drug discoveries, developments ...

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Posted on Sun Sep 12, 2021, 5:00 pm

William Searcy, a two-decade FBI veteran and a former head of information technology programs at the bureau, has joined Unisys Michael Vickers, a former undersecretary for intelligence at the ...

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Chances are we'll all be toast before we make the equine connection

Posted on Sun Sep 12, 2021, 5:00 pm

Nevertheless Con Slobodchikoff, a professor at Northern Arizona University who has been working with prairie dogs for 30 years (love to see his productivity graphs), backs it, although he concedes ...

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Genetics startup turns to CRISPR to resurrect the woolly mammoth

Posted on Sun Sep 12, 2021, 5:00 pm

A new genetics company called Colossal has grand ... Tech entrepreneur Ben Lamm and geneticist George Church have founded a new company called Colossal with the specific aim of developing a ...

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Avantium named European Cleantech Company of the Decade

Posted on Sun Sep 12, 2021, 5:00 pm

The Cleantech Group, a leading global research and advisory ... timeframe since we first conceived of a Cleantech Forum Europe," as Cleantech Group CEO Sheeraz Haji expressed it. "We sought companies ...

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Posted on Sat Sep 11, 2021, 5:00 pm

New Zealand authorities have approved tech billionaire Sean Parker's purchase of a one-third stake in film director Peter Jackson's visual effects studio. Parker needed special permission from the ...

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The Future of Technology: Energy Generation and Storage

Posted on Fri Sep 10, 2021, 12:01 pm

Pacific, Asia Society Northern California will host a discussion on TheFuture of Technology: Energy Generation and Storag ...

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Scripps Student Spotlight: Natalie Grayson

Posted on Thu Sep 9, 2021, 10:36 am

San Diego native Natalie Grayson is a second-year PhD student at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego, where she is studying marine biology. Before coming to ...

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iRobot's latest Roomba can detect pet poop (and if it fails, you'll get a new...

Posted on Wed Sep 8, 2021, 9:16 pm

That's a disaster that could lead to poop being spread around your home, not to mention gumming up your expensive bot. To alleviate that concern, iRobot is making a Pet Owner Official Promise (yes, P.

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Most health industry players would win under overhaul

Posted on Wed Sep 8, 2021, 5:00 pm

"The hospitals did quite well for themselves," said Sheryl Skolnick, a hospital analyst with CRT Capital Group in Stamford, Conn. But Skolnick and other experts note that health overhaul will ...

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Khosla Ventures $28 million investment in Rocket Lab is now worth about $1.7 ...

Posted on Wed Sep 8, 2021, 8:21 am

Khosla Ventures, the Silicon Valley venture capital firm founded by Vinod Khosla, made multiple early bets on Rocket Lab that are paying off enormously.

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Global warming an urgent problem

Posted on Tue Sep 7, 2021, 5:00 pm

At least one climate scientist, Wieslaw Maslowski of the Naval Postgraduate School, projects a blue, ice-free Arctic Ocean in summers by 2013, an event that has never occurred before, as long as ...

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John Derbyshire

Posted on Tue Sep 7, 2021, 5:00 pm

Mr. Derbyshire is a former contributing editor of National Review. Amusing to read about the Kony 2012 guy getting his collar felt by the San Diego PD on Thursday. We here at Radio Derb very ...

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Stack Overflow Names New CFO After Prosus Deal

Posted on Tue Sep 7, 2021, 5:45 am

Stack Overflow, an online community for software developers, named Matt Gallatin as chief financial officer after it was acquired by European tech giant Prosus NV for $1.8 billion last month. Mr ...

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Notebooks - News

Posted on Mon Sep 6, 2021, 11:45 pm

Dell will release its Streak handheld computer in Europe next month and in the U.S. during the summer, CEO Michael Dell said on Thursday. The news is buzzing as a leak from Hon Hai Precision Industry ...

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El Salvador leads the world into cryptocurrency: bitcoin legal tender

Posted on Mon Sep 6, 2021, 10:06 pm

SAN SALVADOR, Sept 7 (Reuters) - El Salvador on Tuesday became the first country in the world to adopt bitcoin as legal tender, a real-world experiment proponents say will lower commission costs ...

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Coating Advances Lithium-Metal Battery Research

Posted on Mon Sep 6, 2021, 5:00 pm

Researchers have provided new promise for developing a lithium-metal battery with commercial viability with the ... Zhenan Bao, a professor of chemical engineering at Stanford, and Yi Cui, professor ...

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EVENT INVITE: Satellites, Space and Cyber Threats, Sept 9, 6-7pm AEST

Posted on Mon Sep 6, 2021, 3:44 pm

He also serves as CEO of Icon Cyber. The much awaited iTWire Shop is now open to our readers. Visit the iTWire Shop, a leading destination for stylish accessories, gear & gadgets, lifestyle ...

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Ida updates: Over 50 dead in Northeast after flooding as death toll continues...

Posted on Sat Sep 4, 2021, 9:08 am

There were four confirmed tornadoes in Pennsylvania in Horsham Township, Bristol, Oxford and Buckingham Township, according to the NWS. As of Friday ... year veteran Sgt. Brian Mohl, called ...

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Book clubs are helping people read and lead

Posted on Thu Sep 2, 2021, 4:36 am

On the other hand, genres like science fiction imagine alternative realities, thus empowering managers to see how malleable the future may be, says science fiction writer Eliot Peper in the essay ...

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19th Annual Global Peace Film Festival Announces Film Line-Up

Posted on Tue Aug 31, 2021, 8:37 am

Directed by Academy Award ®-winning director Louie Psihoyos with co-director Peggy Callahan. Every year, the GPFF encourages and programs work from local Florida filmmakers. This year's program ...

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Verizon offers private edge computing from Microsoft

Posted on Tue Aug 31, 2021, 7:44 am

"Our partnership with Microsoft brings 5G Edge to enterprises ... is the intersection between the network and edge" said Yousef Khalidi, corporate vice president Azure for Operators at Microsoft.

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Platforms That Harness Astrophysical Data To Unravel The Universe's Mysteries

Posted on Thu Aug 26, 2021, 9:17 pm

not just speeding up the rate at which we make discoveries but changing the scientific questions that we can ask," said Andrew Connolly, a professor of astronomy, director of the eScience ...

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Posted on Thu Aug 26, 2021, 5:00 pm

Bob Flores, Founder of Applicology Incorporated and former Chief Technology Officer of the CIA, shared his views on how the public sector is dealing with the big data deluge, particularly with regard ...

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Pivotal Makes First Investment in Solar, Bets Small and Strategic on Northwes...

Posted on Thu Aug 26, 2021, 5:00 pm

(A notable exception would be Rick LeFaivre of Kirkland, WA-based OVP Venture Partners, who notes that cleantech VCs should invest in the sweet spot between mom-and-pop companies and $100-million ...

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Posted on Wed Aug 25, 2021, 5:00 pm

Digital native is a term coined by Marc Prensky in 2001 to describe the generation of people who grew up in the era of ubiquitous technology, including computers and the internet. Digital natives ...

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Google introduces global kids safety programme in India, updates Google Safet...

Posted on Wed Aug 25, 2021, 6:38 am

Speaking at the event, Vint Cerf, Google''s vice-president and chief internet evangelist, said the internet one experiences today has exceeded all his initial estimations. Cerf, considered as the ...

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20 Highlights of MD&M West 2015

Posted on Tue Aug 24, 2021, 5:01 pm

12. Mind Control: How a Single Channel EEG Could Change the World | 10:10 a.m. The inventor of the iBrain and CEO of NeuroVigil, Philip Low will discuss the potential of his portable brain scanning ...

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Where Will Nvidia Stock Be In 5 Years? What To Consider

Posted on Tue Aug 24, 2021, 11:33 am

Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) has continued to prove its mettle as Jen-Hsun Huang and co. have been able to consistently outperform the Street's revenue and eps consensus, quarter after quarter ...

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Do-It-Yourself Radio

Posted on Tue Aug 24, 2021, 2:27 am

Tom Taylor, editor of the trade publication Inside ... Avenue Discount and computer retailer Genes 2000, companies like Verizon and Hennessy have purchased time as well. But perhaps the best ...

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Teens Are Advocating for Mental Health Days Off School

Posted on Mon Aug 23, 2021, 8:38 am

The legislator who sponsored the bill, Representative Mike Winder, a Republican, told the television station KUTV in February that it was his daughter, then a senior at Southern Utah University ...

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Posted on Sun Aug 22, 2021, 5:00 pm

Alaves 1-4 Real Madrid: Hazard stars in LaLiga opener Alaves 1-4 Real Madrid: Eden Hazard stars for Carlo Ancelotti's side in LaLiga opener PETE JENSON IN SPAIN: He only played 65 minutes but it ...

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Will low-income buyers reshape the smartphone market?

Posted on Sat Aug 21, 2021, 5:00 pm

Chetan Sharma Consulting reported in August that ... For years, challenger operators like MetroPCS and Leap Wireless (LEAP) have struggled to make any headway in the smartphone business utterly ...

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James W. Loewen, wrote 'Lies My Teacher Told Me,' dead at 79

Posted on Fri Aug 20, 2021, 2:23 pm

He was 79. Loewen's publisher, New Press, announced that the author died Thursday at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland. A professor emeritus at the University of Vermont who lived in Washington, ...

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Gaming computers vs. gaming laptops

Posted on Fri Aug 20, 2021, 1:38 am

So when companies like AMD and Intel release new technologies ... According to police chief Scott Gardner, Euclid Avenue is closed between Shaw and Northfield. Drivers are urged to avoid the ...

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Mark Zuckerberg wants to expand Facebook into the metaverse, even if nobody k...

Posted on Thu Aug 19, 2021, 11:57 am

But its introduction to the mainstream means the masses could probably use a rundown. Author Neal Stephenson told Vanity Fair in 2017 that he was just "making shit up" when he wrote about what he ...

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DXC Technology Names Chris Drumgoole Its Chief Operating Officer

Posted on Wed Aug 18, 2021, 5:00 pm

As COO, Drumgoole will have primary accountability for driving DXC’s day-to-day business operations, while supporting change management aligned with the company’s ...

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Getaway Guide: Weekend Road Trip To Salt Lake City, UT

Posted on Wed Aug 18, 2021, 5:00 pm

With Living Planet Aquarium, that is exactly what guests will find. Founded by marine biologist Brent Andersen, Living Planet is a world-class aquarium. It provides educational activities and ...

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NUCLEAR FAMILY Three-Part HBO Documentary Series Debuts September 26

Posted on Wed Aug 18, 2021, 11:34 am

NUCLEAR FAMILY is a Story Syndicate Production presented by Big Beach, Impact Partners and Topic Studios ... Jenny Raskin, Geralyn Dreyfous, Lauren Haber, Peter Saraf, Leah Holzer, Alex Turtletaub ...

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WWE 'NXT': Samoa Joe, Karrion Kross battle through arena

Posted on Wed Aug 18, 2021, 9:26 am

Advertisement Also on WWE NXT, Indi Hartwell and Dexter Lumis teamed up to face Robert Stone and Jessi Kamea ... Drew Barrymore discussed the impact filmmaker Steven Spielberg has had on her ...

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Forced Physics Data Center Technology Celebrates First Installation of Edgeil...

Posted on Wed Aug 18, 2021, 7:10 am

This positions Forced Physics DCT to serve markets previously limited by other ... Our Edgeility System allows customers to compute anywhere - even the harshest environments," states Scott Davis, CEO ...

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Apeel Adds $250M to Accelerate Innovation and Sustainability in Fresh Food Su...

Posted on Wed Aug 18, 2021, 5:42 am

while simultaneously expecting the best in terms of quality and sustainability," said James Rogers, CEO of Apeel. "We'll use our latest funding to help our supplier and retailer partners offer a ...

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Nuance brings the full power of Dragon voice recognition to mobile

Posted on Tue Aug 17, 2021, 5:00 pm

In a brief demonstration, it was able to fill out a variety of forms fairly accurately while Nuance's Peter Mahoney, CMO and general manager of Dragon, dictated notes in our noisy office.

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Cyberspace and U.S. Competitiveness

Posted on Tue Aug 17, 2021, 5:00 pm

Cloud-based business services like Salesforce.com need constantly improving network technologies, especially in mobile communication. Equally important will be balancing open access with improved ...

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Huntington Park Police Extends Knightscope Contract 2 Years

Posted on Tue Aug 17, 2021, 7:36 am

"The K5 robot is having a positive impact on crime and nuisance activity at Salt Lake Park, which is reducing the instances of police activity at the park," both the city manager, Ricardo Reyes, and ...

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U.S. employers get religion with vaccine mandates

Posted on Mon Aug 16, 2021, 9:48 pm

Brett Horvath cited religious beliefs when he refused a tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis vaccine in 2016 that was required by the City of Leander Fire Department in Texas where he worked as a driver ...

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A provocative new copyright for Magic: The Gathering cards raises unusual que...

Posted on Mon Aug 16, 2021, 1:54 pm

A curious new page in the history of Magic: The Gathering was written earlier this year when Dr. Robert Hovden, an academic and a legal provocateur, copyrighted his personal deck of cards.

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