Month: April 2021

TODAY: In 1996, Rent opens on Broadway.   A hundred days into Joe Biden’s presidency, Rebecca Solnit looks back to the last presidency: “It was a disorder from which we were forever trying to emerge into order, like people clawing a slimy bank, only to slump back into the ooze.” | Lit Hub Politics “I
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Satellite company SpaceX has received permission to halve the altitude at which its low earth orbit satellites float. SpaceX is run by US zillionaire Elon Musk, who is an early leader in the LEO market, having already lobbed over a thousand satellites, which deliver broadband to underserved areas, into orbit already. Those exist at a
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Out in the California high desert, a new breed of astronaut is being built in the race to make private space exploration a reality. When Nicholas Schmidle was granted rare access to the test pilots at Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic, he hoped he might discover something about ambition and courage. He didn’t expect to confront
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(CNN) — Rather than dropping in popularity, superyachts have been more in demand than ever during global pandemic. However, yacht designer Uros Pavasovic has come up with a rather unorthodox way of utilizing discarded aircraft while simultaneously pushing the boundaries of superyacht design. He’s devised a 130-meter vessel that’s powered by re-purposed jet engines located
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Open-source software vendor Red Hat has launched a bunch of arcane products and initiatives so baffling they must be doing something clever. Red Hat made its name using Linux to make enterprise-grade software. As the business world, including telecoms, is increasingly inclined to stick as much as it can into the cloud, IBM-owned Red Hat
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